Nightster Winter Makeover

joker3300 · 2012-03-16 20:50:24

Before winter http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/October2011-3.jpg After http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/Photo0.jpg Painted the motor, air cleaner and covers. New points cover. Air shocks with a 3" lowering kit. Visor turn and tail covers with smoked lenses. http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/Photo3-1.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/Photo31.jpg Blacked out the upper forks and added a Superbrace. http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/Photo32.jpg LED tails and new painted derby cover. Also relocated the ignition. http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/joker3300/Photo33.jpg

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Mar 16, 2012 | 03:50 PM

joker3300

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Nightster Winter Makeover

Before winter

After

Painted the motor, air cleaner and covers. New points cover. Air shocks with a 3" lowering kit. Visor turn and tail covers with smoked lenses.

Blacked out the upper forks and added a Superbrace.

LED tails and new painted derby cover. Also relocated the ignition.

Mar 16, 2012 | 04:31 PM

151fire

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Nice lookin' bike man! How do you like those shocks and what headlight is that, love it!

Mar 16, 2012 | 05:14 PM

joker3300

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Originally Posted by 151fire

Nice lookin' bike man! How do you like those shocks and what headlight is that, love it!

The air shocks are great. Handles the bumps a lot better than the stock shocks and I no longer pop off the seat when I hit a huge bump. For the life of me, I cannot find where I got the headlight. Somewhere online.

Mar 17, 2012 | 03:52 PM

Ergonight

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Looks great Joker. What paint did you use on the engine?

Mar 17, 2012 | 03:54 PM

KOBRA883

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Hey that looks sharp! blacking out the upper forks made a huge difference... Looks good!!!

Mar 17, 2012 | 04:38 PM

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Looks great Joker. What paint did you use on the engine?

Thanks. The paint is Harley Davidson Texture Black.

Mar 18, 2012 | 01:30 PM

Peedib89

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what did you use to black out the upper forks?

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Mar 18, 2012 | 07:06 PM

joker3300

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what did you use to black out the upper forks?

I bought some vinyl sheets off of ebay for just a couple of bucks. Cut them and applied. Took a couple tries to get them on without air bubbles but it's pretty simple. The nice thing is, you can take the vinyl off at any time with no damage done to the original surface. I had also done the lower part but the vinyl would go under the fork seal and pull oil out which would cause the forks to lock up intermittently. Took those off right away and haven't had a problem since.