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From: Alberta
BTW I darn near got wiped out by a tractor trailer today in town on the highway. He suddenly changed lanes as I started to go by him. I picked up on it right away and moved over onto the shoulder. I had to come onto the brakes hard and chirped the back tire a tad. We were going down a hill and approaching a guardrail. The last thing I wanted was to still be on the shoulder when we got to the guardrail which sits about 2' from the line on the edge of the lane. I managed to tuck in behind him just before we got to it. Once we got down the hill and he went back in the right lane I pulled up and showed him what I thought of his driving.
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From: Sandy Eggo's North County
BTW I darn near got wiped out by a tractor trailer today in town on the highway. He suddenly changed lanes as I started to go by him. I picked up on it right away and moved over onto the shoulder. I had to come onto the brakes hard and chirped the back tire a tad. We were going down a hill and approaching a guardrail. The last thing I wanted was to still be on the shoulder when we got to the guardrail which sits about 2' from the line on the edge of the lane. I managed to tuck in behind him just before we got to it. Once we got down the hill and he went back in the right lane I pulled up and showed him what I thought of his driving.
Glad to see you already had a strategy to deploy if needed..(which, it was.)
Keep ridin' and watch out for the other guy.
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From: Illinois
BTW I darn near got wiped out by a tractor trailer today in town on the highway. He suddenly changed lanes as I started to go by him. I picked up on it right away and moved over onto the shoulder. I had to come onto the brakes hard and chirped the back tire a tad. We were going down a hill and approaching a guardrail. The last thing I wanted was to still be on the shoulder when we got to the guardrail which sits about 2' from the line on the edge of the lane. I managed to tuck in behind him just before we got to it. Once we got down the hill and he went back in the right lane I pulled up and showed him what I thought of his driving.
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From: Illinois
Finally able to ride to work Tues and Wed. Will be at 2700 miles by the end of the day. I have never racked up this kind of mileage in the past. It took me 5 years to get to 13500 on one of my previous bikes. Took me 3 years to get that kind of mileage on my last bike (2011 GSXR 600). At my current rate, I will be hitting 13000 miles in 2 years or less.
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From: England, UK
Battery Cover
Peej
Simple mod was chuck the naff battery box and replace with Harley chrome battery cover p/n 66375-06 and attach battery cover band chrome "Harley Davidson" script p/n 66443-06; that's what I did!!
For inspiration other options with the cover band are; ribbed chrome band p/n 66439-07 or skull chrome band p/n 66442-06
p/n 66375-06 fits '06 later Dyna models, '14 later models require cover band as above.
Hope this helps
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From: Denver, co.
well i spent my weekend installing some goodies, sundowner seat to make the wife happy, SE nightstick slip on, the HD moustache crash bar, SE air filter, the only thing is i can't decide if i should get rid of my vied-10, for a V&H FP3, any input from anyone if it would be worth it?
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well i spent my weekend installing some goodies, sundowner seat to make the wife happy, SE nightstick slip on, the HD moustache crash bar, SE air filter, the only thing is i can't decide if i should get rid of my vied-10, for a V&H FP3, any input from anyone if it would be worth it?
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From: Denver, co.
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