My new FXDP
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Alabama
Interesting. Did you know your front brake discs are swapped? I was wonderin if that was possible. Guess I know now.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: central ma
No guess I never noticed. PO must have done that. Those rotors are long gone now. Put 11.8 touring rotors on during the winter.
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Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Garland, TX
I noticed that too. Looks like a nice bike though.
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Joined: Feb 2012
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From: bfe
mine are swapped but but im to lazy to change them until I need wheel off
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From: Dorchester MA
Sweet
Reminds me of my first Sporters in 1973 back when HD didntcome out of the dealers 50% chrome.
Then again you could get chrome work done locally beforethey realized the process was so deadly.
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From: Houston, TX
I'm still looking for a beat up battery cover than I can wrinkle paint or rough up for black.
I did fix the brake light though. It ended up being the relay after all, but damned if I've ever seen a relay fail like this one did. It still closed the circuit and passed correct voltage to the bulb, but something funky was going on with the ground in the relay and it was feeding a residual amount of voltage to ground. That was the culprit. After about four hours total of multimeter work I swapped the ignition relay with the brake relay just for kicks. And it worked. Gotta love that "I'm an idiot" feeling.
I did fix the brake light though. It ended up being the relay after all, but damned if I've ever seen a relay fail like this one did. It still closed the circuit and passed correct voltage to the bulb, but something funky was going on with the ground in the relay and it was feeding a residual amount of voltage to ground. That was the culprit. After about four hours total of multimeter work I swapped the ignition relay with the brake relay just for kicks. And it worked. Gotta love that "I'm an idiot" feeling.
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Joined: May 2012
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From: Houston, TX
A bit of thread necromancing here... The bike has come along nicely. I took a break while I built a stroker 347 for the Mustang, but that project is wrapping up so it's back to the FXDP. I fooled with modding the stock police bags and seat setup but there's no way I can ride with that seat. I test fit the bags only with my current setup and they just don't look right.
I think I'm going to put them up for sale. Bars, bags and seats if anyone is interested.
I think I'm going to put them up for sale. Bars, bags and seats if anyone is interested.
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2nd Gear
Joined: May 2014
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From: houston
reviving this thread... I just got my pops 2003 fxdp up and running and the body work needs some TLC. I read that you have an extra full tank, are you interested in selling that?
