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On the passenger footboards..... Do they get in the way when you are backing up, or moving out of a parking space? Do the HD ones flip all the way up and stay up? When up, I would assume they don't bang in the back of your leg?
Rear footboards=do it yourself
Tire = I would go to an indy and save a ton
That is the usual choice for me. If I don't need to buy any specialty tools that I will never use again, I do it myself. If I don't have or can't get the tools, I look for an indy that will do it. If all else fails I go to the stealer.
Good Indy is how I roll. I do very little myself as I work 50-60hrs so my time away from work needs to be spent ON my bike or with the wife. I value my time out of work higher than what I make during work so I'd rather pay someone. It may take you a couple times getting raped by a Indy before you find a trustworth one. The guy I have now will basically do all the little crap for free. Anything thats like 15mins or less he'll do for free. When it comes to spending real time doing mods I know he'll only charge me for the time he spent b/c he wants my future business rather than bend me over good one time. I also agree that if you find a good shop they'll treat your bike like it's their own bc they want a happy returning customer. Big shops with lots of bike work usually dont give a rats *** bc they got 100 other bikes to work on so if they lose a customer oh well.
Need rear tire replaced, and want to add passenger footboards while I'm at it. Was wondering what most thought about using an independent mechanic rather than the dealer to save some money.
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