DIY Cheap Mods
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From: Sidney B.C.
baffeld
Hey back to you Citorplus I saw your first post and it got me thinking I just got a Heritage 08 with a stage 2 and before I got it the stock pipes were put on so I looked Here and found your first thread! 08 Well this is to expand on that ..... all you need is a piece of high tensile strength grade 12.. 1/2 in fine thread ready rod (that's what we call it) and a jam nut . and guess what,, most hole saws will fit. So cut the baffle to the size you want or try to as you don't have a center..
I wish I could attach a pic opps I tried but I do better whrenchin anyway that is an old piece of stock I used to make clutch pullers from.... now thats Cheap
I wish I could attach a pic opps I tried but I do better whrenchin anyway that is an old piece of stock I used to make clutch pullers from.... now thats Cheap
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From: Rochester, NY
hog44mag,
I hadn't considered that idea at the time, but I don't see why it wouldn't work at least as well if not better than what I did.
You just need to remember that the idea here is to do things using common stuff that anyone might have laying around or can easily get, cheap.
Keep trying with the pics or PM me and I'll see if I can help you get them posted up.
I hadn't considered that idea at the time, but I don't see why it wouldn't work at least as well if not better than what I did.
You just need to remember that the idea here is to do things using common stuff that anyone might have laying around or can easily get, cheap.
Keep trying with the pics or PM me and I'll see if I can help you get them posted up.
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Sidney B.C.
hog44mag,
I hadn't considered that idea at the time, but I don't see why it wouldn't work at least as well if not better than what I did.
You just need to remember that the idea here is to do things using common stuff that anyone might have laying around or can easily get, cheap.
Keep trying with the pics or PM me and I'll see if I can help you get them posted up.
I hadn't considered that idea at the time, but I don't see why it wouldn't work at least as well if not better than what I did.
You just need to remember that the idea here is to do things using common stuff that anyone might have laying around or can easily get, cheap.
Keep trying with the pics or PM me and I'll see if I can help you get them posted up.
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Joined: Sep 2009
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I havent gone through the 53 pages to see if anyone has already posted this, but a friend of mine told me about this cheap mod along time ago. It's how to keep your straps on leather bags, like on a Heritage, from flopping in the wind.
The straps are always pulling out of the leather loops when your going down the road. So we punched a hole in the end of each strap and put a small bolt through the strap from the back side of the strap and a small chrome acorn nut on the out side of each strap.
When you close your bags, just push the straps through the leather loops and the acorn nut will keep the strap from coming out. Plus, you've added some chrome to your bike.
God bless!
Scott
The straps are always pulling out of the leather loops when your going down the road. So we punched a hole in the end of each strap and put a small bolt through the strap from the back side of the strap and a small chrome acorn nut on the out side of each strap.
When you close your bags, just push the straps through the leather loops and the acorn nut will keep the strap from coming out. Plus, you've added some chrome to your bike.
God bless!
Scott
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Joined: Sep 2010
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From: New England
So I decide I need a GPS. Those soggy maps are a PITA. So I go on line and fine a Magellan refurbished for $79. Right up my ally.
Now I have to figure out how to mount it. 2 ebay purchases later, and $40, and some cutting and glueing and I have a mount. Then I hear that glare is a problem. So I go looking for a solution, aha, my empty Costco cashews bucket.
Some Dremeling
and some more Dremeling
Some paint...
I just took it out for the "smoke test" and it worked fine. I rode in a large circle (40 miles) at 4:00 PM. Figured that would be the worst time. In all angles of the sun I could read the screen. The power cord kept it all together, even for about a 10 mile run at 70 miles per hour. Think I'm set!
Now I have to figure out how to mount it. 2 ebay purchases later, and $40, and some cutting and glueing and I have a mount. Then I hear that glare is a problem. So I go looking for a solution, aha, my empty Costco cashews bucket.
Some Dremeling
and some more Dremeling
Some paint...
I just took it out for the "smoke test" and it worked fine. I rode in a large circle (40 miles) at 4:00 PM. Figured that would be the worst time. In all angles of the sun I could read the screen. The power cord kept it all together, even for about a 10 mile run at 70 miles per hour. Think I'm set!
6th Gear
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Hawaii
OK, I like to scrape the boards and get as much even wear across my rear tire as possible. I "paid for the whole bike", as Jerry Palladino says, so I like to use all of it. SO, rather than wearing out footboards until I wind up getting into the bracket so hard that it levers a wheel off the ground (happened to a friend of mine) and low-sides me out, I drilled holes in the corners of the footboards and installed some 5/16-18x1" titanium bolts. Bonus: They make really pretty sparks!
I get mine from mettec, but you might find some cheaper somewhere. I use standard lockwashers under the bolt head and under the nuts. I find that after all this squeezes everything flat and countersinks itself, it can be difficult to get a wrench on, so the washers help with that and of course working loose. When they wear down, change them out!
https://store.mettec.com/product/125/283
I get mine from mettec, but you might find some cheaper somewhere. I use standard lockwashers under the bolt head and under the nuts. I find that after all this squeezes everything flat and countersinks itself, it can be difficult to get a wrench on, so the washers help with that and of course working loose. When they wear down, change them out!
https://store.mettec.com/product/125/283
Last edited by Furcifer; Jun 23, 2011 at 08:33 PM.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: United Socialist Republic of Massachusetts
I added the factory windshield, so I couldn't use the after market "turn signal relocation" brackets, so I made my own.
Two pieces of flat stock, tape on flat, draw shape on tape, cut tape/scribed flat stock , cut/ground flat stock to follow scribe, drill, rattle can, mount
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From: Rochester, NY
Nice job xraybox, but can you put up a couple of close up pics and maybe some of how you did it?
Be worth a lot more to guys who may not be able to figure out exactly how you did it from your description.
Be worth a lot more to guys who may not be able to figure out exactly how you did it from your description.
I welded 3/8" (appx) Toyota head bolts laying flat underneath mine. They've lasted for a year now, finally due for another set. Downside is bluing the chrome, but hey, where they are, there's very little metal left at all!