dyna defender floorboards
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update: ordered all the individual parts for footboard kit. took a few weeks for one part that was on backorder but still available. everything is now on bike and my wife really loves it. her legs were too short for forward controls and the mid controls were ok for short rides but not comfortable on long rides. they also were in the way when she put her feet down on the ground. with short legs and a seat that had been lowered, narrowed, and moved forward - if she tried to push the bike backward especially, but also sometimes forward - she would hit her shins on the mid-controls. simple floorboards in place of the footpegs definitely did not work, as they actually increased the number of times she hit her shins when trying to maneuver. even a set of mini-adjustable floorboards were tried - they could be moved forward to a point they were no worse than mid-control pegs, but they were out too much for comfort.
the defender footboards are costly unless you can find a kit on ebay, but they would be one of two improvements my wife would make on her next bike if she ever had to buy another - of all the improvements we have made, they are very nice and the ability for her to be comfortable is very much worth the cost involved. (other improvement she liked - racetech front fork kit - really improved overall suspension performance).
she has now added detachable hard bags and a solo tour-pak for long rides, as well as a reverse gear to help in maneuvering especially on slopes. it has been a long process, but she will now ride that bike just about anywhere and feels comfortable enough to actually want to ride a lot. she's going cross country to mississippi in a couple of months on her own to help some close friends - a big jump from her hesitation to ride alone in the past. again - well worth the cost and efforts for us.
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update: ordered all the individual parts for footboard kit. took a few weeks for one part that was on backorder but still available. everything is now on bike and my wife really loves it. her legs were too short for forward controls and the mid controls were ok for short rides but not comfortable on long rides. they also were in the way when she put her feet down on the ground. with short legs and a seat that had been lowered, narrowed, and moved forward - if she tried to push the bike backward especially, but also sometimes forward - she would hit her shins on the mid-controls. simple floorboards in place of the footpegs definitely did not work, as they actually increased the number of times she hit her shins when trying to maneuver. even a set of mini-adjustable floorboards were tried - they could be moved forward to a point they were no worse than mid-control pegs, but they were out too much for comfort.
the defender footboards are costly unless you can find a kit on ebay, but they would be one of two improvements my wife would make on her next bike if she ever had to buy another - of all the improvements we have made, they are very nice and the ability for her to be comfortable is very much worth the cost involved. (other improvement she liked - racetech front fork kit - really improved overall suspension performance).
she has now added detachable hard bags and a solo tour-pak for long rides, as well as a reverse gear to help in maneuvering especially on slopes. it has been a long process, but she will now ride that bike just about anywhere and feels comfortable enough to actually want to ride a lot. she's going cross country to mississippi in a couple of months on her own to help some close friends - a big jump from her hesitation to ride alone in the past. again - well worth the cost and efforts for us.
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What handlebars are those? Thanks
DougJ
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From: indiana
I have a 97 wide glide I was able to find NOS J01921 floorboards the instructions from h-d are a little sketchy how do I mount the assembley shift plate it appears to me that it goes on the inner primary is that correct ?
Here's an image how it's bolted to my FXD2003 (please ignore the softail shifter lever):
I put a washer between the primary and the mounting bracket. Now it comes off about 2 mm. In this way the heel part of the shifter lever doesn't touch the chrome shifter shaft cover during up-shifting.
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I have a neighbor that has a defender. He still has the floorboards. I'll see if he's interested in selling.
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Would be interested if you talked to you neighbor about those running boards. I was in an auto accident over the winter and I can't ride the FXDXT with mid controls any long without causing lower back and hip pain. Put forward controls on the sportster and I can ride that all day without hurting. Could put forward controls on the DXT but have been looking for floorboards instead just to be different.
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