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I ran over a squirrel with my Fat Boy. He was on the side of the road, and as I was approaching, he darted out, did a 360, back into the woods. Good boy. But when I was right about even with him, he came out again, and the back tire did him in.
I never thought of this as a benefit of that big 240mm tire, but it really softened the impact. It was like being in a Cadillac. 😆 He took the asphalt temperature challenge. Fat Boy 1, squirrel 0.
Darn fine bike Fran! Custom paint? How many miles on her now?
That's actually a factory custom limited edition paint set called Resurgence. 150 of them were made.
I'm at just over 19500 miles. I didnt get to ride as much this year, so I didnt break 20k before 3 years.
That's it!....summer is over
So I've taken the bike off the road and started my project
First up was replacing the ECM Caddy Assembly (OEM 69201519/69201638), as arrowed below.
Jeez what a mission that was! - the amount of connections you have to unplug and detach never mind the routing of the wiring - took plenty of pics for reference.
Battery has to come out to get to 2 locating screws.
Luckily I'm replacing the rear suspension so having that out the way helped with access.
Anyway, got there in the end
Why did I replace this?
All because of one screw that had been overtightened/Loctited in which I ended up having to cut the head off to get the cross member off.
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Removed the V&H shortshots (non-PCX version) exhaust system
Fitted the Trask M8 Transmission Breather cover
Mounted the filter behind the wiring and where the bracket for the adjustable suspension damper was (no longer required as I'm going Air Ride)
Fitted the Muller Power Clutch and Gloss Black Transmission cover
Fitted the V&H Shortshots PCX version (chrome heat shields to be done)
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what a mission that was! - the amount of connections you have to unplug and detach never mind the routing of the wiring - took plenty of pics for reference.
