Winter Projects
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Winter Projects
Getting ready for some planned upgrades to my '02 Wide Glide when (if) I quit riding this winter.
It's getting custom paint. I haven't figure out what yet. Not even sure of the color. I think Black, but, I have so many cool custom colors & things I could do. We'll see what happens. I might just buy another set of tins so I can paint one, swap it out, paint the other, swap it out when I get tired of the first one, then strip and repaint that one... In any event, that's not much of an issue - just a thing to do.
The other main change is going to be putting on some chrome fork lowers, changing out the springs, going with polyurethane bushings, etc. My wife was going to go snag the lowers this week and asked what else I needed.
I gave her a list of what I needed for the project, and it wasn't too bad.
Then I gave her a list of what I could do...
If I'm going to replace the springs, might go ahead and lower it a bit... but then I'd want some Progressive 440's for the back, and might as well do the brakes since I'll already have the wheel off, so replacing the rotor would be a no brainer, and if I put a new rotor on, it only makes sense to replace the pads, and go with a braided line and may as well go ahead and throw a fork brace on their too, while we're at it, and...
...and then we were up around $1,600 to throw on a set of chrome fork lowers.
Nice.
It's getting custom paint. I haven't figure out what yet. Not even sure of the color. I think Black, but, I have so many cool custom colors & things I could do. We'll see what happens. I might just buy another set of tins so I can paint one, swap it out, paint the other, swap it out when I get tired of the first one, then strip and repaint that one... In any event, that's not much of an issue - just a thing to do.
The other main change is going to be putting on some chrome fork lowers, changing out the springs, going with polyurethane bushings, etc. My wife was going to go snag the lowers this week and asked what else I needed.
I gave her a list of what I needed for the project, and it wasn't too bad.
Then I gave her a list of what I could do...
If I'm going to replace the springs, might go ahead and lower it a bit... but then I'd want some Progressive 440's for the back, and might as well do the brakes since I'll already have the wheel off, so replacing the rotor would be a no brainer, and if I put a new rotor on, it only makes sense to replace the pads, and go with a braided line and may as well go ahead and throw a fork brace on their too, while we're at it, and...
...and then we were up around $1,600 to throw on a set of chrome fork lowers.
Nice.
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And thats how it starts, oh and this, while I'm here, gotta do this, it be crazy not to do that, this would look good, etc. etc.etc.etc...... Have Fun, I think I'm going to be down in a couple weeks, my project is going to be very much like yours.......
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I am tearing the rigid down this winter I have a few changes to make and want to put turn signals on it. I don't know if it will help or not half them cagers can't see em and the other half don't know what a turn signal is for let alone a hand signal! Hehe! Putting a different seat on it and looking at some other stuff. Don't know what it will cost in the end but I have to do it! Heck got all winter...right? Still have the RKC and the FB to ride as long as the roads stay good.
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I've had mine a whole two months already. Aside from the bike, I've probably already dropped an easy grand or two on "other stuff" - like helmets and jackets and gloves and, yes, assless chaps (it gets cold here in Chi-Town) ... and a few shiny things the bike "needed".
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