Worst upgrade you ever made
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,873
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From: NW Arkansas
I've often felt about the same. Mine ran great and got good gas mileage with the XIEDs. Then I went with tru-duals, SE air cleaner and a SEPST tuner, and couldn't tell a whole lot of difference. Now I'm running (see below) and plan to go back to tru-duals and add a 31T front sprocket and hope to call it quits.......we shall see!!!
Last edited by mike5511; Jul 19, 2012 at 04:15 AM.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 1,377
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From: Kafar Hanusi
OK, real Puck-up here.
Installed 50 watt X 4 radio on my SporTour. Yes, built fiberglass boxes for the front 6" speakers and installed the 6X9's in the saddlebags, sounded good till 75 mph.
In doing this, I overloaded the stator & it blew so I had to replace it.
After quite an ordeal getting the new parts in Israel I am afraid to Puck with anything further.
PS; Removed everything and have it setting on my fireplace mantle as a: WHAT_NOT_TO_DO_TO_YOUR_BIKE_AWARD.
Ok, Your turn...
Installed 50 watt X 4 radio on my SporTour. Yes, built fiberglass boxes for the front 6" speakers and installed the 6X9's in the saddlebags, sounded good till 75 mph.
In doing this, I overloaded the stator & it blew so I had to replace it.
After quite an ordeal getting the new parts in Israel I am afraid to Puck with anything further.
PS; Removed everything and have it setting on my fireplace mantle as a: WHAT_NOT_TO_DO_TO_YOUR_BIKE_AWARD.
Ok, Your turn...
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 545
Likes: 5
From: North West PA
mini beast airhorn absolute p.o.s! Mounting stud broke from the weight of the horn, fixed it! Then the rivets holding the horn broke, fixed it! Finally mounting strap holding compressor to mount braket broke! Lasted & put up with it for 15 months! T-Bag windshield bag sucked too, rubbed a mark on the painted fairing & then started cracking!
Oh nuts! I just installed one of the mini beast horns. After reading your post, I'll be keeping an eye on it. This has been a very informative thread.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,766
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From: Roseville, CA
Kuryaken mirrors and stirrup footpegs.
Paid $950 for mine for the Deuce, they were great. You're not a touring kinda guy? 
That was classic! Even my GF liked that one.
Not the stuff I bought. I'm not that impressed with them.
I didn't know eBay made tangibles!
Had a aftermarket chrome switch-housing with the HCC 13" apes. One of the bolt housings broke off. Also the radio switches didn't seat well. Replaced it with an OEM HD part, works great.
Agreed, or they have a lousy tune, or no tune at all.
That was classic! Even my GF liked that one.
Not expensive but a huge waste of time was the eBay billet shift arms. The rear one stripped out after 2 months. Also the eBay chrome switch covers, took a long time swap out and the clutch side is off just enough to where my clutch lever won't engage the safety switch. 80 dollar mistake but a bigger waste of time.
Best recent upgrade has to be the wild one 14" apes and hard wiring the iPhone to use the sena Bluetooth for tunes!
Best recent upgrade has to be the wild one 14" apes and hard wiring the iPhone to use the sena Bluetooth for tunes!
Had a aftermarket chrome switch-housing with the HCC 13" apes. One of the bolt housings broke off. Also the radio switches didn't seat well. Replaced it with an OEM HD part, works great.
I read about unhappy people on this website that don't like the 103 with the 6 speed because it lugs at 65 mph. Doesn't make sense to me, I can be running in 6th gear doing 60-65 and open it up and it climbs up nicely. Truth is, if people would keep their tire pressure up where it supposed to be and also monitor the air cleaner cleanliness, they would feel like they were riding a new machine all the time. It takes lots of HP to push under inflated tires down the highway. my 2 cents.
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Tourer
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 300
Likes: 0
From: South Carolina
I got this one too...my only bad buy....got it replaced once by the dealer...put the original back in the second time...wasn't accurate when it worked...
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 370
Likes: 1
From: Long Island NY
+1 on the Danny Gray Big Seat, I found it to be very uncomfortable but the customer service was good, refunded all money except shipping.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 136
Likes: 1
I put pipes on the bike to drown her incessant B.S. out...
True. The customer service is top notch, but that doesn't help my ***. :-)
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 490
Likes: 1
From: Omaha, NE
Hawg Wired speakers PN SX502-60 sound great with the engine off and the bike on the side stand. At 55mph and above they were slightly better than stock and not worth the $180 and time to install.
The HD headlamp 7" visor bezel turned out to be a $42 POS. I could never eliminate the gap on the bottom. Looking straight at the headlamp the inner diameter would warp out of round. Below is the result of the last attempt to fix the issues with that POS.
The HD headlamp 7" visor bezel turned out to be a $42 POS. I could never eliminate the gap on the bottom. Looking straight at the headlamp the inner diameter would warp out of round. Below is the result of the last attempt to fix the issues with that POS.
Last edited by NECaveman; Aug 7, 2012 at 08:00 PM. Reason: Grammar.
