FXR build questions
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It's actually amazing how little damage it takes for the insurance companies to total an HD. You can usually score a great deal on them as well. If you're not concerned with it's resale value, it's a good way to end up with more bike than you could have otherwise afforded.
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Cruiser
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Thanks guys. It was written up by the insurance company for forks, tank, bars etc. Like the lower legs had a tiny scratch. I just filled and powder coated. I was changing the bars anyways. The tank was the biggest expense. Actually i probably spent more on hardware than anything else. Took me a whole year. I still have to get it titlied. That should be interesting. Keep you posted.
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Cruiser
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As of today......no more riding dirty. Went through the salvage inspection with the state police......pretty smooth, time consuming though. There are limited insp stations. I showed up to one with my bike on the trailer at 8am and there was a line of cars infront of me that were there from the day before. I went to another station couple days later that i was in and out in about 4hrs. Two trips to registry. One to change ct title to mass $50. Sales tax $80. Another trip to re-title as re-constructed $75. Then $20 to register and get plate. Im ready.
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Yeah, I guess I'm going to go with the Daymaker LED too. They do fit the newer Sportster buckets being that they're deeper than our FXR buckets. Fortunately I still have the Sportster bucket from my past 2006 XL. I held it up to the FXR bucket just to see the difference and it is quite a bit deeper. I haven't tried to actually fit it yet, but I can't visually see any reason it wouldn't work.
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I thought they both just had about a 3/8" hole in the bucket for the wiring harness to go into. Both use the H4 connector. I'll take a better look when I'm back at the shop.