Thank you and bike looks great..exactly what I was looking for

 

I should also add that the pics doing the install are showing with the stock halogen bulbs and blinker bulbs that come with the kit. I was surprised how bright and white they were and matching in color to the stock LED headlight. You might want to hold off on the extra expense of the LED aux light upgrade if it works for you. With my ADD/OCD issues, I couldn't not have everything LED.

 

Great looking bike, I also used the kuryakyn lights on my 2011 Road Glide Ultra, a perfect compliment to adding the triangular light beam to make cagers more aware of us.

 

Thanks and yes, makes us stand out better and another option to going with other than the HD version.

 

I love this bike.

 

Small but important (at least to me) change.

I have, or should say, had floor board extensions that lots have added and some that have commented on how dangerous they can be. I removed them but did add some different extensions that prevent what the first could and has caused; that being scraping on the wrong parts and accidents.

The extensions that were removed, made by various vendors, are made to space out the floor board supports by 1" between the frame and supports thereby extending the arms outward along with the floor boards. I very much enjoyed the position but not what also followed. I don't mind floor board scraping the ground in turns as they are designed to fold upward preventing a 'fixed' contact with the ground. These previous extensions I had on did cause this since the support arms were pushed out by 1" thereby creating a contact with the ground before the floorboards. This, as you know, is bad because a fixed object is and has created catastrophic events to riders/passengers. As you can see below, the level is placed midline and shows the contact with the support arms prior to the floorboards which is what I have scraped on a couple of occasions noticing that the floor board didn't move when said scraping occurred.

VERY BAD



So, I took those off and looked for something else. I ended up finding some extensions from Kuryakyn that moved them out 1" what I liked from previous and also mounted in a better way that I'll get back to, but also moved them forward 1" which I didn't really want. After looking at the design, I wondered if I could mount them in reverse to move them 1" back so I looked everywhere on the internet to see if anyone did and couldn't find anything. Then I called Kuryakyn to see if they knew or heard of anyone doing that and they didn't. Oh well, bought them and tried it and I will say that I can't be more pleased with the results. Here is the pic of the extensions which mount between the stock support arms and the floor boards thus moving the support arms back to there stock position.





Here they are mounted in reverse of how they were intended.




Shots with the floor boards back on.

RIGHT SIDE BEFORE:



RIGHT SIDE AFTER:





LEFT SIDE BEFORE:



LEFT SIDE AFTER:




Here is a pic showing the scrapes on the bottom of the rear left side support arm which is the lowest of all 4 arms. By design, the right side does not go as low so it was never a problem.



After changing to the new extensions, the result makes a huge difference in approach angle thereby making it a much safer setup. The level shows how much space is there now upon contact of the lowest part of the floor board.



I was a little worried about how much the 1" back would change things for me but there is nothing I don't like. It may be a problem or dislike for someone tall as that's what the part was intended to help with but being 5' 10" with a 32" inseam, it's perfect.
In regards to the right side, the floor board has better clearance of the brake pedal due to coming back which I very much like. The left side has no effect on change of shifting as I thought it might but I also have no rear shifter which might be an unwelcome difference if you do have that. Both sides are not close to anything and have no effect on placing my feet down at stops. I naturally center on the boards as I take off from a stop and have the ability to move my feet forward or back at will. The boards don't rattle and are tightened in such a way that if I lift them they stay up and gentle foot pressure puts them back down just like stock was. For me it fits absolutely perfect and it is much safer for myself and the wife.

By no means am I saying to change yours or get rid of them nor am I trying to create any debate. I'm just offering my experience and what I changed to for my own piece of mind and consider it a win win situation. This may be something you consider if it concerns you and want an alternative. If I didn't cover something that you might question, please ask away.



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You bring up a really good point. I was just about ready to order the standard spacers from Vtwin Goodies, but you have me rethinking it...

 

Very Nice write up db252! Thanks for sharing!