So over the holiday vacation I have had quite a bit of time off, and just prior to that I got my 98 Low Rider. It did not idle right when I got it, and on the 30 mile ride home the accelerator pump diaphragm ripped (at least I got home though!) With a rebuild kit and some help from the good folks here I got it running again and adjusted the previously installed dynojet kit. I also installed some Ness grips that had been included with the bike. So then it was onto other things...

After the carb was fixed a couple things I noticed when riding it was how awkward the shifting was, I had to lift my foot off the peg to get around the shifter, and I wanted a little more leg room. I started looking at forward control relocation kits, not much to them and they are a little pricey so I decided to make my own. First I made an aluminum version to see if I liked the position – seemed to work well so onto fabing up the official stainless steel versions.








After the brackets were complete I re-made the shift and brake linkage. At the same time I got rid of the current shift peg and made one out of SS (with O-Rings)









When I bought the bike there was a set of saddlebags with it, but they had not been mounted on the bike. Start the next project. The current turn signal hollow mounting studs were too short so I made a couple new ones that would accommodate the saddle bag mounting. At the same time I made a couple spacers to move the bags out away from the belt and disc.









I like the way it looked without the saddlebags better, but I also like the convenience of having saddlebags. In hind sight I think these are Wideglide or Superglide bags - the lids hit the rear fender when opened, so when I am feeling ambitious I might make some new spacers to move them out a little more.

Those things along with changing the fork oil, bleeding the brakes and polishing chrome have kept me busy in between the holiday family obligations. Now we need a little sunshine to get out and ride!

 

Looks better than store-bought; nice work.

 

You do damn nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

you cheated you have a J head in your home shop

 

With proto trak CNC I bought it as surplus and fixed the CNC, before that I had a manual round ram Bridgeport.

Thanks for the compliments! I'm always happy to help out too.

 

Yep damn good work there looks good front mounts are cool

 

Those pegs and brackets came out so sweet I'm sure the orders will start to flow in..... very nice....

 

The peg was all manual, made on my 1954 rivett lathe, she's a sweet old machine!

If there was enough interest I could put together kits for moving the forward controls... The cool thing would be that we could pick the increments of forward movement fairly easily if 1", 1.5", 2" ect... Then it would be truly custom for the rider!

Here is a picture of the "mock up" bracket I used to make sure the mounting was level and the distance I wanted. Its ugly, but it served the purpose.



After that I made a CAD drawing of the bracket which I used to write the program. The shift linkage was designed strictly by layout of the existing linkage and using off the shelf ball or heim type joints (the brake is just a clevis). The fasteners are stainless steel... I also put some acorn nuts on the back of the threads for looks.

 

i hate show and tell - wanted to keep the OEM board attachment and have it look like it came that way soo

its 2 inches up 99 FLST

 

looks like you're pushin' the limit to bumping the fender skirt; must be a really long leg'd rider