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Old May 27, 2025 | 08:10 PM
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After several test rides I've settled on this 2014. 29,000 miles. Told it was owned by an older gentleman who only had it serviced at dealers. Had been tuned at a HD dealership in Indiana. "Moon" something.... I'm getting the exact dealership. It has the Vance and Hines big shot longs, and I believe they said a screaming eagle breather. Test ride was very pleasant. The 103B felt plenty strong enough for my tastes. Handled well. Very comfortable. Everything seems to work. Only thing I'll do is get either the quiet or super quiet baffles to make wife and neighbors happy. It IS loud. Thanks for everyone's information.





 
Old May 27, 2025 | 08:14 PM
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Great color, best of luck!
 
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Old May 28, 2025 | 04:59 AM
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Beautiful machine, you won't be disappointed!
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Old May 28, 2025 | 08:19 AM
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Great bike as I've owned a few 103 HSTCs. The one thing I would do is see what baffle you actually have in there. I ran those pipes on a few bikes and it was far from loud... ENJOY!!
 
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Old May 28, 2025 | 08:37 AM
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Very nice looking bike, congrats!

I put these metal frames in the bags on my '09 Heritage and they worked great for maintaining the shape of the bags and improving the usable storage.
 
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Old May 28, 2025 | 08:45 AM
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Enjoy the new bike...! It should treat you well.....

If you bought it from a dealership, and it was only serviced at a dealership, they can print out the service history for you...

It would be nice to have and you may learn something about your new bike...

I recently bought a 2009 Cross Bones from a dealership. They printed out the service history. I got several pages of work order summaries, from three different dealerships, and it covered all but about 4 years of the bike's service & repair history..

They look like this:




 

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Great bike! I have the same year and it's wonderful. MIne also came with "so loud you can't hear yourself think" pipes. I started by changing the baffles (which was kind of a bitch) and eventually just switched mufflers.
 
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Great looking bike and nice color!!

That should bring you miles of fun!
 
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Originally Posted by uncle kebo
Great bike as I've owned a few 103 HSTCs. The one thing I would do is see what baffle you actually have in there. I ran those pipes on a few bikes and it was far from loud... ENJOY!!
Its got em. Just need to see which ones.

 
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