I have a genuine question about them. What kind of maintenance schedule do they require? What all is involved with the maintenance?
I have always liked the Springer Softail produced in the early 90’s that looked similar to a Softail Custom with a 16†rear wheel and 21†up front, but the Heritage Springer is also cool looking as well. Then again, I like just about any Harley in the 90’s.
I have also seen a couple of Heritage Springer’s with severe damage on the top portion of the fenders where they attach to the fork, apparently after hitting bad bumps or pot holes. I don’t know the details of what happened in those instances though. Any ideas about that?
I have a genuine question about them. What kind of maintenance schedule do they require? What all is involved with the maintenance?
I have always liked the Springer Softail produced in the early 90 €™s that looked similar to a Softail Custom with a 16 € rear wheel and 21 € up front, but the Heritage Springer is also cool looking as well. Then again, I like just about any Harley in the 90 €™s.
I have also seen a couple of Heritage Springer €™s with severe damage on the top portion of the fenders where they attach to the fork, apparently after hitting bad bumps or pot holes. I don €™t know the details of what happened in those instances though. Any ideas about that?
Grease the steering neck. And any tool oil (3 in 1) in the rocker pivots. What I was told when the wife decided it was her next move.
Sometimes I ride behind her. Mostly she likes to follow. But when she is in fron and I follow her lines, her x bones is way steadier then my Slim. Rode the bike a few times. And it swallows pavement imperfection like a black hole.
Not as bad as some talk about Prot. Depends on the roads you ride mostly. I put all new bushings in my 96 BB when I bought it with 36 K on the clock and none showed signs of wear. The springs needed replacing though. Noticeable difference with those and a new shock. My wife's 04 FX has 28K on it and still rides great. Took it apart to check no wear marks in any of the bushings. Springs were all good. A couple hour job the first time if you have the tools. They say you need the HD spring tool but I made one for 10 bucks at Lowes.
If you wear bushings out you have to be riding some shitty roads or like getting air under the wheel.
When I bought my Deluxe in '05 there was a Heritage Springer Classic right next to it... I still don't know what I was thinking....
Remember the Bad Boy? I almost bought one of those too in '97...I've missed a few chances. My Ironhead may eventually have one...might be my last hurrah.
Great for smooth roads. Poor braking performance if you like going fast and need to slow down quickly. Owners manual say to check them every 2,500 miles.
However I would not be without them. Have an 08 X Bones, 99 FXSTS and a 97 Heritage Springer. All all the best looking bikes out there.
Owners/service manual says to lube steering head bearings every 2,500 miles. No recommendation to check anything at that interval.
Fall away test is recommended every 5,000 miles in the service manual, but I don't think many find it necessary to do it that often so long as you are keeping the steering head bearings lubed. You'll get a feel for what the correct adjustment is and won't have to go through the entire process each time.
The most involved maintenance procedure is the rocker bearing adjustment every 10,000 miles. That requires removing the front wheel and fender, and a delicate touch to get the drag set right. The rebound spring adjustment is another point to keep an eye on, but every 10,000 miles should take care of that. It's a quick and easy check.
That's all there is to it. Fallaway, rocker drag, and rebound spring adjustment. Maintenance is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. As for the FL front fender snagging on the brake reaction link bolt, this does not happen often and I think could be attributed to a worn out shock or otherwise out of adjustment front end.
The springer ride is super smooth and I've never been on one that rattled my teeth or made my kidneys hurt. Any pain caused to IdahoHacker's pearly whites was probably due to a hard mounted Evo rather than a springer front end. (Sissy )
I sold my 13 street glide back in June and picked up a 03 heritage springer and haven't looked back, to me they ride like a caddy.since I lowered the rear 1.5" I stiffened up the rear shocks for when wife's on back it's a little rougher but still not as bad as the street glide was. I will agree it does not stop as fast but I bought mine to cruise around on not drag race so was just something to get use too. The dents in the fenders I have heard about were from most of them being lowered in the front, it brings the lower acorn nut closer to the fender then hit a big bad bump, I hate to say it but I hit a big *** pothole 2 days ago and thought for sure I messed something up but still ridding straight.
Oh and the look awesome. I know I put this one in another thread but only one in my phone.
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