Winter work on the Fat Bob
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Thanks. Nice looking bob Friso. Had to fabricate some brackets for the fairing, the brackets that came with it don't work with the FXD style trees... they are for the older FXR trees (had I known this I would have just gone with the Ness wide glide fairing). The fairing attaches to a headlight relocation bracket on the bottom, and attaches to the pinch bolts on the trees on each side. Yeah, just a standard 5 3/4" housing, with LED light.
Just got the dyno results... 109 hp / 107 tq
Just got the dyno results... 109 hp / 107 tq
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That's funny I was thinking of going the other way. You may find once you read up on the newer style cranks your better off with your bike. .unless you don't mind tearing the engine down and paying over a grand just to get the crank worked over on the Fat Bob to be as good as what you have.
That's funny I was thinking of going the other way. You may find once you read up on the newer style cranks your better off with your bike. .unless you don't mind tearing the engine down and paying over a grand just to get the crank worked over on the Fat Bob to be as good as what you have.
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bike looks amazing...
I am going a similar route with my set up. wish i could get mine together as quick as yours... just got my bars set up... I went with a night rod bar on top of an 8" riser which brings me about 11.5" high. just curious what lengths you went with for your throttle/idle, clutch and brake lines... bikes looking wicked man...
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I am going a similar route with my set up. wish i could get mine together as quick as yours... just got my bars set up... I went with a night rod bar on top of an 8" riser which brings me about 11.5" high. just curious what lengths you went with for your throttle/idle, clutch and brake lines... bikes looking wicked man...
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Not the best picture of my bars but ill make a thread in the next few days as i get more parts in... just curious u didnt have any issues with your brake, idle and throttle being too short? i tried to mock mine up and the stock cables wouldnt even reach. I figured id have to order +6" on all my for all my cables going from the original 4.5" riser to 8" and adding 3.5" with the bars... from what the drag book has listed stock 2010 cables are suppose to run (60" clutch) (29.5 throttle) (28.5 idle) and (18/1/4 front brake cable) so i was going to order their +6 everything... am i missing something? just trying to cover the basis hate waiting for something to show up and find its not gonna work...
Not the best picture of my bars but ill make a thread in the next few days as i get more parts in... just curious u didnt have any issues with your brake, idle and throttle being too short? i tried to mock mine up and the stock cables wouldnt even reach. I figured id have to order +6" on all my for all my cables going from the original 4.5" riser to 8" and adding 3.5" with the bars... from what the drag book has listed stock 2010 cables are suppose to run (60" clutch) (29.5 throttle) (28.5 idle) and (18/1/4 front brake cable) so i was going to order their +6 everything... am i missing something? just trying to cover the basis hate waiting for something to show up and find its not gonna work...
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Not the best picture of my bars but ill make a thread in the next few days as i get more parts in... just curious u didnt have any issues with your brake, idle and throttle being too short? i tried to mock mine up and the stock cables wouldnt even reach. I figured id have to order +6" on all my for all my cables going from the original 4.5" riser to 8" and adding 3.5" with the bars... from what the drag book has listed stock 2010 cables are suppose to run (60" clutch) (29.5 throttle) (28.5 idle) and (18/1/4 front brake cable) so i was going to order their +6 everything... am i missing something? just trying to cover the basis hate waiting for something to show up and find its not gonna work...
Not the best picture of my bars but ill make a thread in the next few days as i get more parts in... just curious u didnt have any issues with your brake, idle and throttle being too short? i tried to mock mine up and the stock cables wouldnt even reach. I figured id have to order +6" on all my for all my cables going from the original 4.5" riser to 8" and adding 3.5" with the bars... from what the drag book has listed stock 2010 cables are suppose to run (60" clutch) (29.5 throttle) (28.5 idle) and (18/1/4 front brake cable) so i was going to order their +6 everything... am i missing something? just trying to cover the basis hate waiting for something to show up and find its not gonna work...
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We originally ordered +4 on everything and all but the clutch cable was way too long, so we went back to stock length for everything else. Some of the difference may not just be in riser height, but in bar width as well. My advice would be to mock up your lines with string and then measure the string.
Thank you for your help look forward to seeing what else you have planned for your bike!