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Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Fredericksburg, VA
I can understand apparel being made overseas but I thought ALL Harley parts were made in the US. Wrong. I bought the Harley floating rotors for my bike and right on the front of the rotors it says Made in Japan.
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From: Central Jersey
Look on the inside of your forks sometime, down near the axles.. they're Showa forks, made in Japan
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From: Sheboygan,Wi
They have been using the Showa forks since the AMF days.
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Fallston, MD
the bolts aren't that long, keep in mind they have to reach through the mount, a rubber piece which is like 1/4" thick at least, the fender itself, and be able to be threaded into the nut..idk how much space you have between your tire and fender, but i have more than enough to fit my entire hand up there to hold the nut still while i get the bolt threaded before i wrench it down..
So outside-in was actually the only means with these bolts... My hands aren't TOO big, but I had an absolute BEAR of a time keeping a wrench in place under there or even unscrewing the original bolts... so I rummaged through my toolbox and found this sucker.
This message sponsored by... HUSKY... without this tool the Stress would easily take a good 20 years off your life... Husky, keeping you sane since 1924.
I swear, this little bastard tool was an absolute "Lifesaver"... sucker took about 5 minutes to install when it would've taken me about an hour or 80 to 90 wrench-drops later. Without it, this modification would've killed my "inner child".
Last edited by Zombiequest; Sep 7, 2011 at 12:47 PM.
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From: Central Jersey
Yo Zombie.. can you take some more pictures of those turn signal lenses? I'm thinking about getting the visored ones with the smoked lenses (front and rear) to match my headlight trim.. can you take some pictures from the rear/sides/etc please?
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Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Fallston, MD
Got the Headlight ring on yesterday, License plate today.. seems like every day a new mod arrives in the mail. The turn signal bulbs are orange, instead of the lenses.. these aren't smoked.
Last edited by Zombiequest; Sep 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM.
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From: Fallston, MD
Beyond easy to swap out also... probably the easiest mod there is.
Last edited by Zombiequest; Aug 9, 2011 at 08:02 PM.