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Old Nov 5, 2017 | 06:56 PM
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lose the pipe guards! Which sissy bar is that ****? My wife would be more comfortable with a little something pushing her from behind when riding.

Don't run off with that last sentence.

I bled on my Roadster today getting the wiring to and around the PCV sorted and tidy. You haven't really wrenched on your bike until you've bled on it.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2017 | 07:59 PM
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My wife would be more comfortable with a little something pushing her from behind when riding.
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Old Nov 5, 2017 | 08:43 PM
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you're welcome.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2017 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ApexRider
lose the pipe guards! Which sissy bar is that ****? My wife would be more comfortable with a little something pushing her from behind when riding.

Don't run off with that last sentence.

I bled on my Roadster today getting the wiring to and around the PCV sorted and tidy. You haven't really wrenched on your bike until you've bled on it.
hahahaha! I'll try to be quiet. It's this sissy bar:
https://www.harley-davidson.com/stor...ht---sportster
 
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Old Nov 6, 2017 | 09:46 AM
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ah, thanks. Not sure if that will work with the Le Pera Sorrento installed. Say, you should ride by sometime and let me sit on that bike. I'd like to measure that bar and check out the rise on the moto bars. I'm thinking the Biltwell Tracker mid-rise on mine.
 
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Got my next project yesterday(most of it), today is clean , inventory and make a junk pile.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2017 | 11:08 AM
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should have washed it but I made a video of a cold start instead
 
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Old Nov 9, 2017 | 07:12 PM
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Got the T ready for winter riding. Duct taped the oil cooler.
 
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I installed tc bros speed line bars, slims fab sissy bar, and rode it

 
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