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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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just wanted to say hello....
i bought my first harley last week.
2012 48 in a one-off black denim model. this is my first pure street bike. i have ridden motocross, desert, and dual sport adventure riding for many years and felt it was time to try some american street hardware. i ordered what appears to be the standard pipe upgrade..the black vh short shots that will be installed this week along with stage one ac and download. i will post pics once complete.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Welcome to the forum and enjoy the new Harley.About time to put mine away for the winter.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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Have a great time riding your new bike
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 05:13 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congrats with ur new bike !!
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 05:18 PM
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Congrats on that new bike, have fun!
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Welcome and Congrats on the new bike. Now it is time to make it your own. Enjoy!
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Congrats sure you will have a blast.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Congrats on the new bike. We'll look forward to the photos!
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jackshepard
just wanted to say hello....
i bought my first harley last week.
2012 48 in a one-off black denim model. this is my first pure street bike. i have ridden motocross, desert, and dual sport adventure riding for many years and felt it was time to try some american street hardware. i ordered what appears to be the standard pipe upgrade..the black vh short shots that will be installed this week along with stage one ac and download. i will post pics once complete.
Congrats on the new ride.

If you are able to do some simple wrenching those mods are easy to install. I know my steeler wanted a ridiculous amount to do it. Also, consider buying a real tuner such as the Dynojet Power Vision, and tuning the bike yourself instead of the one time download. Learn to tune yourself and really get the bike to run.

I was new to tuning and in 2 months learned allot with the help of people here and over on the XL Forum.

Good luck
 
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