I realize there are probably a hald a dozen threads about this, but my thread promise not to be overly warm and fuzzy.

I too purchased a stabilizer from www.throttleupindustries.com for my 96 Ultra.
It was advertized 7-10 back log, ok I can deal with this, but I didn't get mine until 3 weeks later. over 20 days is not 7-10 day.. not even business days, but I realize that he had to get his order from us in order to know how many to have made. I did find the product to be as promised but was disapointed to find that the brace that bolts to the frame was too wide and had to drill out 2 or the three holes due to excessive powder coating. Another thing I found was the part that the rod bolts onto could have been made 1/4" longer. Speaking of being short, I had to grind the edge of the cross member as well as to tab to get things to mount like it was designed . I had 1 bolt that was too short and 1 nut striped which I ended up taking a grinder to remove and I also had to grind the powder coating from around one of the washers so it would slip inot the hole like it was designed to. I think the design over all is good, but tollerances are too tight.

Maybe my bike frame is slightly differnet causing me to do a little gringing to make things fit, but in anycase, 2 hrs later it was installed. It might have taken less time if I had a lift table.

Today temps got up to 58 degs and it was pretty windy but we went on a 100 mile ride through the hills of Tenn. Now I NEVER had that "Death Wobble", but what I did have was a uneasy wishy washy feeling when I would hit a bump / dip or get in a rut going into in a curve. Nothing super major, but still felt it never the less.

I didn't experience any of this... what I found was a good stable feel with the bike. I did about 60 miles of country roads with plenty of tight twisty curves, hills and then I finished the trip with about 40 miles of interstate. The bike handled great whether I was going 65 or 90 mph. Passed cars and semi's... switched lanes, bike had a good solid feel to it. Granted you feel something when your going across ruts or grooves, but the bike felt like it was tracking true like its was supposed to.

On a scale of 1 (bad) to 10 excellent)

I give the price (compared to other stablizers) a 10
Delivery of product a 6 (product wasn't delievered as stated)
Quality of product a 8 (had to modify mount to fit and 1 bolt was too short)
Perfomance of stabilizer a 10

Would I buy another one... yes
Would I recommend it ... Yes

So there you have it... the good , the bad and the ugly...

 

Thanx for the info. Santa is bringing a Bagger Brace here...

 

Did you contact Aaron first about the misfit?

 

Good post...I have one sittting on my desk, waiting to install...Been sick for a few weeks and haven't been able to ride or install the stabilizer...Will get around to it this week...hope to post my review...

 

Andrew, sorry you had trouble with the install. First let me apologize about the time it took you to get it. When you bought it, I had just relisted the "extended group-buy". I did say 7-10 days before being shipped which turned out to be 14 for your shipment on the 5th of December. No excuses, but the shop was just behind. I did try keeping guys updated on the ship dates on the first post of the thread. From then, it did take 6 days to get from Oregon to Tennessee via UPS on the 11th. It does all add up to 20 days so I am sorry about that. As far as all the trouble you had installing , I don't know what to say. There have been several posts made on here by guys that have said they had it installed in only 15 minutes. I have also received a few PM's from guys that had some trouble, but in all cases, it ended up being a bent cross-member they had to straighten. Believe it or not, I have a jig set up in the shop of an oil pan and a frame section with the cross-member in it, and they are all physically checked after grinding, before powdercoating and again after powdercoated. The shouldered washers that drop down through the cross-member are machined at 1.45" and come out of powdercoat at 1.46" to go in a 1.5" hole. I'm wondering if you had a bent cross-member? Especially if you say a bolt was too short. Again, I am sorry it took you 2 hours to install it. I do appreciate the review though, and I'm glad you're happy with the way it makes the bike feel. Thanks and take care!

Aaron

P.S. You're lucky to have a 58 degree day, We are at 9 right now!

 

Hi Aaron, I wasn't posting this to bust your stones... I'm happy with the product. I just reported exactly what I faced and what I had to do to make things work. I did check the cross member and couldn't see any damage anywhere. In fact, I could even see any evidence of scrape marks

The first thing I noticed with the sabilizer was the part that bolted to the crossmember had a very thick powder coating... I had thought about how that wasn't going to rust any time soon.. LOL
The bolt thing.. well 1 bolt was too short to go anywhere and the stripped nut... hell I don't think you were responsible for the mgf of it.. LOL
All this falls under the catagory of "Chit Happens".

The only design issue I had was were I had to grind part of the lip of the cross member and part of the ear that the rod mounts, were talking 1/8" on the ear and 3/16 on the cross member so the part could set flush so everything else could sit in place. I use to do mgf'n yrs ago and things like this don't bother me..

The 2 hr thing... that was from start to finish including standing on my head sideway crawling on the cold floor with 6" of work space... looking for the right bolt among 200 other bolts, grinding one bolt head off (without grinding the powder coating off), after stripping the nut (wouldn't back out)

Like I said before no big deal, I'm not complaing other wise I would have emailed you or sent it back. Besides, I've yet to work on the old bike without having to think outside the box, it is a HARLEY.. isn't it ?

I like the product and it works... Hope you have a great holiday

 

I also installed my stabilizer on Saturday. Mine bolted on as stated in the instructions and everything fit like a glove. I wonder if there is a differance between the 96 and 08 models. It fit like a glove on my 08. I was also bitten by the 20 day delivery bug but after contacting Aaron he told me when it would ship and it did. I would of liked to had an option to pay for 2nd day air or something but oh well. The ride was so much better after install, can't wait to take the wife for a ride. She was very uneasy about the wiggle in the rear end on the bike. It is gone now. Very nice finish and fit and the price was right also. Thanks

 

I don't know to be honest as I never compared the crossmember between the two.
I will discribe my crossmember to be like a :------: channel that goes from frame tubing to frame tubing. I had to grind aprox 1/4' of the lip of the channel ar the left rear corner to accomidate the ear on the plate. This could be something from the factory, who knows...

 

i have a 06 rg and it took 15 minutes to install it must be the year or something

at least you are very honest-ride safe

 

The main thing is that it works. Glad you felt a difference. I know I did. Ride safe.