Front highway bar/engine guard installation
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Front highway bar/engine guard installation
Hi, y'all.
I'm new here and have been wandering around all over the place (on the 'net and here) trying to find instructions on (don't laugh at me,
at least I'm trying to do this stuff myself) how to install the front engine guard on my 2003 Harley XLH 883 Sportster. I've looked at the bike a dozen times with the engine guard in hand and just can NOT figure out how to put the
$%$^& thing on it--besides laying it on the seat and walking away, that is! I've also looked at instructions for installing the engine guard on other models but, they're not helpful as they don't seem to have the same kind of engine guard. Mine is one-piece. Could someone please point me to some good instructions
(with pictures, I hope) on how to do this? I've had the guard a year now and would so like to be able to put my feet up on long rides for a change.
Thanks,
A_Virginia_Rose
I'm new here and have been wandering around all over the place (on the 'net and here) trying to find instructions on (don't laugh at me,
at least I'm trying to do this stuff myself) how to install the front engine guard on my 2003 Harley XLH 883 Sportster. I've looked at the bike a dozen times with the engine guard in hand and just can NOT figure out how to put the$%$^& thing on it--besides laying it on the seat and walking away, that is! I've also looked at instructions for installing the engine guard on other models but, they're not helpful as they don't seem to have the same kind of engine guard. Mine is one-piece. Could someone please point me to some good instructions
(with pictures, I hope) on how to do this? I've had the guard a year now and would so like to be able to put my feet up on long rides for a change.Thanks,
A_Virginia_Rose
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Hi, y'all.
I'm new here and have been wandering around all over the place (on the 'net and here) trying to find instructions on (don't laugh at me, at least I'm trying to do this stuff myself) how to install the front engine guard on my 2003 Harley XLH 883 Sportster. I've looked at the bike a dozen times with the engine guard in hand and just can NOT figure out how to put the
$%$^& thing on it--besides laying it on the seat and walking away, that is! I've also looked at instructions for installing the engine guard on other models but, they're not helpful as they don't seem to have the same kind of engine guard. Mine is one-piece. Could someone please point me to some good instructions (with pictures, I hope) on how to do this? I've had the guard a year now and would so like to be able to put my feet up on long rides for a change.
Thanks,
A_Virginia_Rose
I'm new here and have been wandering around all over the place (on the 'net and here) trying to find instructions on (don't laugh at me,
at least I'm trying to do this stuff myself) how to install the front engine guard on my 2003 Harley XLH 883 Sportster. I've looked at the bike a dozen times with the engine guard in hand and just can NOT figure out how to put the$%$^& thing on it--besides laying it on the seat and walking away, that is! I've also looked at instructions for installing the engine guard on other models but, they're not helpful as they don't seem to have the same kind of engine guard. Mine is one-piece. Could someone please point me to some good instructions
(with pictures, I hope) on how to do this? I've had the guard a year now and would so like to be able to put my feet up on long rides for a change.Thanks,
A_Virginia_Rose
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Like I said....remove the horn and horn bracket and it just bolts on. It can only go on one way.
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Thanks.
A_Virginia_Rose
Last edited by A_Virginia_Rose; Apr 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM.
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Thats the right guard for your bike according to the HD website. The small mounting tab is the top part. it bolts onto the brace/bracket right in front of your rocker cover of your front cyclinder. You reuse the bolts you loosen and take off to attach the top tab to that bracket, if no new bolts are supplied. the bottom bracket is different from my 07. Looks like it bolts on from the side, instead of underneath that brace at the bottom. just out of curosity, just where is your horn? in front of your tubes?
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The holes where the horn bracket is now where the top of the guard bolts into. You put the horn bracket directly on top of the guard and bolt the horn bracket and guard in at the same time. Do not tightnen the bolts until you started all of the bolts....top and bottom
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You guys who've been replying to my plea for help are super!!!
Attached is a photo of where the horn is on my bike. I'm really embarrassed to show the picture for all the mud on it. Went riding yesterday and didn't even think about how dirty it got when I got home.
Am going out right now and try putting that guard on my bike.
Thanks again... to both you guys.
A_Virginia_Rose
P.S. Taking that horn off is gonna be a lotta fun. It was a knuckle-buster trying to put it back on after I put the voltage regulator on it. Hahaha.
Attached is a photo of where the horn is on my bike. I'm really embarrassed to show the picture for all the mud on it. Went riding yesterday and didn't even think about how dirty it got when I got home.Am going out right now and try putting that guard on my bike.
Thanks again... to both you guys.
A_Virginia_Rose
P.S. Taking that horn off is gonna be a lotta fun. It was a knuckle-buster trying to put it back on after I put the voltage regulator on it. Hahaha.