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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 07:32 PM
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I am putting my money on battery bolts. The kit you installed probably had longer bolts. Thread locker is still visible on the threads.
10MM head on that bolt.

 
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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 08:16 PM
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Damn near unanimous that those are battery bolts.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 09:58 PM
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Thanks guys. Sounds like the concensus is their battery bolts. I did change the battery out myself last year. Pretty sure I didn't leave the bolts in the battery compartment but can't say I didn't leave them on my tool box. Thanks for the heads up on the bracket.

 
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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 10:07 PM
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10mm...........battery, only metric bolts I know on HD
 
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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck1
10mm...........battery, only metric bolts I know on HD
Brake caliper bolts, also 10MM head.
So don’t throw that wrench away.

I am not a fan of the metric system, even less of a fan of mixed metric and Imperial. Pints of beer and foot long subs aren’t going away.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2023 | 04:10 AM
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Some batteries have 2 sets of bolts for each terminal.
I agree, battery bolts.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2023 | 07:27 AM
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Thanks everybody. I'm going to go with battery bolts. I appreciate all of the input. Also will be fixing my backrest bracket.

Ride Safe.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2023 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Highway Handler
Brake caliper bolts, also 10MM head.
So don’t throw that wrench away.

I am not a fan of the metric system, even less of a fan of mixed metric and Imperial. Pints of beer and foot long subs aren’t going away.
I went to England for first time last year. Spent 6 weeks there. I was about an hour in to my drive to my destination when I realized their road signs and speedometer are in miles and mph. Really threw me for a loop. Yet anytime you talk to someone it's meters, centimeters etc.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2023 | 09:59 AM
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I noticed your backrest bracket is not connected at the bottom front??? Not sure if that helps.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2023 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2K10FBLO
I went to England for first time last year. Spent 6 weeks there. I was about an hour in to my drive to my destination when I realized their road signs and speedometer are in miles and mph. Really threw me for a loop. Yet anytime you talk to someone it's meters, centimeters etc.
Being from there, I can tell you it's a bizzare mix of metric and imperial. People are weighed in pounds or stone (1 stone = 14 Lbs). if you take your dog to the vet it'll be weighed in Kg. Foodstuffs are pints, grammes, UK gallon (20% more than the US gallon). Cars mostly come with speedometers in MPH but motorcycles are often in KPH. Most people are familiar with inches or CM and both are used depending on what you're measuring.

Personally I MUCH prefer metric as it's so simple to use (everything is tens instead of 12s). The U.S. Weights and Measures standard has officially been metric since the mid seventies.
 
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