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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 07:13 PM
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..........NICE - good PICs , Thanks ,
 
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.......... I saw these in another Thread , they look Purdy Good ..

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...riser-bushings
 
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.......... I saw these in another Thread , they look Purdy Good ..

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...riser-bushings
Those look exactly like the Alloy Art Gooden Tite bushings. I wonder if they're the same thing.
 
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So, picked up some HD poly bushings, which are confirmed to be the same as the Gooden Tites. Day and night difference compared to the Drag Specialties poly bushings. No more play in my bars!
 
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Get the Alloy Art one's, probably the best made.


https://www.denniskirk.com/alloy-art...ontent=Default


Some reviews here:

http://reviews.denniskirk.com/2388/ph59502/reviews.htm
 
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Well lol, I see you beat me to it.
Anyway, I have the Harley one's and they work very well but my bike has drags.
 
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Originally Posted by sLow5Rider
So, picked up some HD poly bushings, which are confirmed to be the same as the Gooden Tites. Day and night difference compared to the Drag Specialties poly bushings. No more play in my bars!
... Cool , when I saw the PIC of um I thought they Looked Good.
Thinkin bout getting some myself .
 
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Originally Posted by Wide_Open
Well lol, I see you beat me to it.
Anyway, I have the Harley one's and they work very well but my bike has drags.
Yeah, we compared the HD bushings to the Alloy Art ones and they were dead on the same. I wish I had picked them up when I first had drags as well.

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... Cool , when I saw the PIC of um I thought they Looked Good.
Thinkin bout getting some myself .
We'll worth it. No more mushy feeling.
 
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I've got a question to go along with all this I changed mine out on my 06 train they have no play but the poly smushed out the sides is that a good sign and should there be some play in the bushings cause mine is rock solid I'm about to change the bars out and I'm getting the alloy art bushings this time just wanted to know if the poly smushing out is good and should there be some play in the bars thanks.
 
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I've got a question to go along with all this I changed mine out on my 06 train they have no play but the poly smushed out the sides is that a good sign and should there be some play in the bushings cause mine is rock solid I'm about to change the bars out and I'm getting the alloy art bushings this time just wanted to know if the poly smushing out is good and should there be some play in the bars thanks.
I don't think it would be an issue. I torqued mine to the correct specs and the bottom is smushed. It's rock solid though.
 
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