DIY Cheap Mods
5th Gear
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Europe
Thanks
Just wanted to say thanks to all who contributed here... Been lurking and learning on these forums for a year or so, This thread finally made me join up and come out of the closet.
Great ideas....
Ride safe all
Barrie
Great ideas....
Ride safe all
Barrie
I read somewhere on here that someone had used black barbeque paint on the exhaust. Anyone have experience trying something like that. I am CHEAP and have to be.....wife, nuff said.
I want to get 2 into 2 big radius, but for now, I'm looking at a way to black out the chrome pipes on my Blackline
I want to get 2 into 2 big radius, but for now, I'm looking at a way to black out the chrome pipes on my Blackline
My cheapo toolbag zipper zapped and it was a pain to use and bind up, so I looked at rollups...man, there ain't many and they ain't cheap.
~ Got an idea. ~
WALMART, or just buy American - I got a two-pocket cotton NAILPOUCH for $1.48, sewed a couple of runs to make 2 more pockets (the red thread) and will put it in a ziplok freezer bag to keep clean and just in case I need some plastic -
...a country boy CAN survive!
I actually put a lot more in it after the pics...shape fits the bottom of the saddlebag better too.
~ Got an idea. ~
WALMART, or just buy American - I got a two-pocket cotton NAILPOUCH for $1.48, sewed a couple of runs to make 2 more pockets (the red thread) and will put it in a ziplok freezer bag to keep clean and just in case I need some plastic -
...a country boy CAN survive!
I actually put a lot more in it after the pics...shape fits the bottom of the saddlebag better too.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 523
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From: kingston ontario
Took a meat thermometer with the long stainless shaft and just stuck it down in the neck wiring portal of the triple tree, leaving
the plastic cover on the shaft - seems to fit snugly, and of course, I polished it first...
...When my boyeez is feelin' frozen, I get curious as to just how cold it really IS! Last Sat. morning it wasn't
even that bad (38) and we were freezing after a late start...had digested our breakfast. Once fed, were warm again.
the plastic cover on the shaft - seems to fit snugly, and of course, I polished it first...
...When my boyeez is feelin' frozen, I get curious as to just how cold it really IS! Last Sat. morning it wasn't
even that bad (38) and we were freezing after a late start...had digested our breakfast. Once fed, were warm again.
That was my first idea - but drilling the oil cap and shoving that in would look stupid on top of it. If I had another cap, I'd possibly cut and shape it to fit, sealing the thermometer on top. You'd have to have the right amount of oil in the tank, and check the probe and mark it for your new dipstick. It might only reach oil with the bike standing up, but that's okay too.
I may take another thermometer and come up with a way to make it into a plug/dipstick without butchering the original. Lemme know if you have any ideas. For now, I'm thinking of one of those tapered rubber plugs you can buy at Lowe's. Drill thru, and grind it to shape it until the gauge sits right atop the oil bung.
I may take another thermometer and come up with a way to make it into a plug/dipstick without butchering the original. Lemme know if you have any ideas. For now, I'm thinking of one of those tapered rubber plugs you can buy at Lowe's. Drill thru, and grind it to shape it until the gauge sits right atop the oil bung.
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Not to knock your ideas guys, I love the initiative, but all the extra work your going to end up doing to make something the factory sells for under $35 seems like a bit of overkill to me.
Harley PN = 62896-00B $34.95
PS, if you look around I'm sure you can get one for a couple of bucks less than the factory or dealers sell them for.
Harley PN = 62896-00B $34.95
PS, if you look around I'm sure you can get one for a couple of bucks less than the factory or dealers sell them for.
Which is fine, but as a fabricator, I enjoy making nice things and saving where I can. I also read a lot on those digital units having many problems including leaking. Plus I have both thermometers laying around, so...