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Road trip with a bunch of friends, about 7 AM pulling out of our Hotel in Floyd Virginia. Going around the hotel was like 6 Stop signs, no traffic at all I am leading and I roll through the first 5. Last one there is a car coming and I stop, guy behind me didn't realize it and his front left highway bar went right into my bag. Guys behind me said it folded up and then just popped!!! The lid and hinge stayed with the outside of the bag, the backside stayed on the bike and the front and back where shards of ABS. Bungee got me to breakfast that happened to have a NAPA next door. Another buddy goes inside and finds a roll of black duct tape. In parking lot we add some to the outside of the bag and away we go with bungee as pictured. That night we used the entire roll on the inside and some more on the outside. Bag was on the bike for another 6 months, zero issues and no bungee chord. Duct tape for the win.
Well got the wire thru the frame for the Accell rectifier and mounted which I was told no longer make . And weird thing as I couldn't get the flashers on the Badlands turn signal to work ,as they would light up and turn off after 7 sec like it's suppose too ,but no flash! So I put a NEW Wagner flasher in 2 prong and still nothing . So went down to the parts store chain and purchased another one as had power on the hot side and I could manual make it flash ! Put the new one in and still nothing ! Took the rear fender back off and checked the wiring .Dam this is getting old ! So, for the hell of it I go into my 32 Ford Roadster and turn my blinkers on and they work so I rob it from there and put it in the Harley ! Guess what they WORK ! So that's 3 flashers bad ones right out of the box !!! One of the first series they made As you can see the flasher unit just below the Badlands unit to the left with the pink and green wire Got the spoiler/faring on hooked up with the rectifier in it as it's suppose to direct the air thru it and cool the bottom of the engine ! Double checking the wiring make sure it's all conected right on the Badlands unit one more time as now 2 hours on these turn signals The people at Badland now Namz where really great trying to help me figure out he problem too ! As they laughed about the instructions as they looked hand drawed .1996 Took the fender back off and checked the wires to make sure there was no problem s
Now that I have the wiring working may I can move forward again . Putting stuff back together . I sound like a broken record ! But the reward of seeing it come back together makes me want to get it done and put the bad memories behind me and move forward ! This is a mind struggle as it's hard to describe the past history of this and most will not understand other than our veterans ! Working on the dash that I made back in 1995-6 as put the turbo gauge in and hade to get a new speedo ofr it as it was all dented up It was cheaper to buy a new one than sending it back and have them fix it as the shipping there and back was more expensive than the new one as a shame there's only 180 miles on it speedo in and the Hi beam and turn signal indicators are in everthing tested and works ! left fuek tank on and pet **** hooked up with cross over line on and checking the seat fit after cleaning it up man it was bad .That it clears all the battery wires and the computor for the crane cam unit Seat was pretty bad with 30 years of dust and crud before pic of the dash before re-did it As the paint had chips in it and dents
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Found a couple of the old original pics when I just finished it as you can see the mirrors are different and no belt drive plus forward controls are differentand rear taillights are different . ! This was at my shop in Visalia, California around 1997-8 ?? at the shop in California My shop in Visalia,CA
Well got the dash together as had some other work that had to get done as it pays and this doesn't ! LOL Hope ya all enjoying the re build as it's making mre happy again ! Had to replace all the braided stainless lines as put gas in it and leaks all over the place so back apart again . Ready for the dash Dash fit really good ,now trying to find a handle bar tachometer in antilog for 1-1/2" bars to match the Autometer with silver face as they don't make them any more as I was told ! Another thing missing that I forgot about ! Finally got the seat on it !
Here's a question for ya all, looking to put a Tach on the handle bars ! Was thinking about a 2 5/8" Auto meter #2893 but they say it's for 4-6-8 cylinders Is there a kit to change the pulse signal or have a another idea ? Would like to stay with the 2 5/8" size if possible or 2 " no bigger . As it would be electrical not mechcanical . Your help is very much appreiacted .
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