Greetings from NC...love this thread...got some great ideas!!
I"m going to post pix of several upgrades to my 02 Road King...some inexpensive...some definitely not!!
Here's my list...reply if you want to learn more about any particular one.
- Cam upgrade with true dual Porker Pipe turn downs. (Pic included) - True Reverse gear (have matching Voyager Trike Kit that is FOR SALE)
- K&N Filter
- Hoffe Quadzilla Faring w/ XM2Go (pic included)
- USB/Cigarette Lighter Power supply
- Solid State digital Volt meter (pic included)
- Shark 100W rear speakers on King Tour Pack luggage rack (pic included)
- Stebel Nautilus Air Horn (pic included)
- Rear Flashing Brake light bar w/ Turn Signal
- Time Out Camper
Thnx...Mark
curious about the " TRUE REVERSE GEAR"
more info on that please.
[QUOTE=Frank the Real Biker;13371148]I'll admit it. I'm cheap. My stinginess is legendary among my friends. In order to maintain my penurious image I did this trick to save some bucks. Yeah, new ones are a mere $29.95, but like I said before...I'm cheap.
The little rubber **** on the bottom wore out and allowed the mats to flap in the wind. I feared they would eventually fly away or fall off in the parking lot. I went to the parts bin and found various lengths of stainless steel button head bolts, washers and nuts. Cut off the worn out rubber **** and drilled holes through the mats in their place. Bolted 'em on with the aforementioned hardware and "voila!" (That's French for "awright!") My feet don't slip off the footboards, either. Been riding with 'em that way for years with no problems.
I guess it allows the vibration to come up thru your feet a little more being bolted down tight, but to each his own. i was traveling thru Florida a few years ago and had one come loose [rubber bumpers crack with age] and start to flap, I thought at the next dealer stop i would replace it, But the next time i looked down it was gone!!, probable after turning at a stop light when my feet were on the ground?
Harley air shocks and Honda Goldwing shocks are the same shock. Go on Eboy and do a search for the controls off of a Goldwing...tons of new and used parts to get the job done, to include LOW volume, LOW pressure air compressors (which are hard to find just by searching the web for generic ones) and electric valving to release and add air. I purchased the whole set up off of a newer GW, including the digital "dash" control. It has the pressure displayed in digital format, plus has the buttons to adjust the shocks.
Speed Safely!
What?!?! No. Perhaps the old GL1500 but no GL1800 has air shocks stock. The newer gold wing you mention... Gl1800, has been around since 2001 so a bit unclear what you are talking about with "newer" goldwing comment.
Here's an oil change tip I saw. Usually getting the filter off is a pain in the butt. Had to make a little tin foil drip pan for under it to run the oil off as My RK didn't have the filter belly pan that Harley has now. At any rate, cutting both ends off a plastic pop bottle that is slighter larger than the filter and sliding it up over the filter right to the filter engine mount and then spinning it off. All the excess oil stays in the plastic bottle sleeve. Tried it with a big 2 litre bottle. Not sure what that is in imperial, but it works.
12-05-2014, 10:31 AM
