CGGorman's 99 Wide Glide build thread
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After reading your thread i'm glad to see your still with us, but hate that you have to go thru all the B/S that you've had to. I hope you get your Glide fixed up the way you want, and look forward to the pics.
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Got my brake lever today. 42636-00. This is a really nice part. I'm pretty impressed. Chrome plated aluminum with milled slots.
The factory steel lever weighs 1 lb, 11 oz.
The billet aluminum pc weighs 12.6 oz.
Just a hair under 1 pound savings. Not bad.
Here's a few pics to compare. The old one is obviously well used as well as bent up from the wreck...but you get the idea...
The factory steel lever weighs 1 lb, 11 oz.
The billet aluminum pc weighs 12.6 oz.
Just a hair under 1 pound savings. Not bad.
Here's a few pics to compare. The old one is obviously well used as well as bent up from the wreck...but you get the idea...
Last edited by cggorman; Jan 26, 2020 at 03:56 PM.
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Took a bit of a leap of faith tonight... Ordered the Carlini Lowdown bars. Sight unseen other than some pics on a handfull of Softies.
I inquired with Carlini if they were available with dimples for a clutch M/C and/or in Black. Negative on both. Had to wrestle with what was more important to me...the symmetry of a juice clutch setup or the fat low look of the Lowdowns.
Once I get them, I'll be sure to post up pics before I send them out to be stripped and powdercoated gloss black.
Closest photo match to a Wide Glide I've been able to find:
I inquired with Carlini if they were available with dimples for a clutch M/C and/or in Black. Negative on both. Had to wrestle with what was more important to me...the symmetry of a juice clutch setup or the fat low look of the Lowdowns.
Once I get them, I'll be sure to post up pics before I send them out to be stripped and powdercoated gloss black.
Closest photo match to a Wide Glide I've been able to find:
Last edited by cggorman; Jan 25, 2017 at 09:05 PM.
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Me too! Gonna be a while, though. I'm still not wrenching. Got another 8 weeks of weight restrictions and physical therapy before I can really use my left arm.
I'm concerned about tank interference, but I couldn't find anybody else with a setup like I want so I've just gotta blaze a trail and possibly spend some money on "useless" parts. If they don't work for my bike, I'll still be able to sell them at a small loss.
I'm concerned about tank interference, but I couldn't find anybody else with a setup like I want so I've just gotta blaze a trail and possibly spend some money on "useless" parts. If they don't work for my bike, I'll still be able to sell them at a small loss.
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The thought of spending $400 on a set of drag bars about makes me sick, but I got my quarterly profit sharing today and said, "F'k it." I have been looking for the "right" bars for about 2 years and these are damn close to exactly what I would design myself.