Brembo polished stainless hardware - before and after photos

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Jan 26, 2013 | 06:59 PM

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Lowcountry Joe

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They look great, but go get that bike dirty will ya?

Thanks. It was pretty dirty last week. Then I cleaned it up to participate in the Myrtle Beach MLK Day parade. Our local dealership owner asked for a few of us to ride with him in the parade, so I figured I'd better clean it up a bit. I met some new friends in the process and we topped off the morning with a group lunch at a local restaurant. Our Harley dealership owner bought our lunch too. He's pretty cool.

Jan 26, 2013 | 07:08 PM

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The Q

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Got my set in the mail yesterday from AlloyBoltz along with another package from SpeedBleeders. Now when my new wheels show up I'll put everything on at the same time.

I swapped my engine bolts with a kit from AlloyBoltz over a year and half ago. When I received the kit they recommend blue Loctite. When I did my cam swap earlier last year had no problems with any of the stainless fasteners. Cleaned the bolts and the holes, reapplied loctite and put all back together.

AlloyBoltz kits look and stay looking better than many of the chrome fasteners I've used.

Jan 26, 2013 | 07:19 PM

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jamminjimmi

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I originally bought the "show" set from Colony Bolts. Biggest waste of $$ ever, the chrome would chip upon tightening and water would collect in the heads and start to rust. I have since replaced 95% of all the bolts on my bike with polished stainless 12 point bolts from ARP. Makes working on the bike much easier in some areas were you can fit a wrench form my rear shock bolts down to the hand control bolts….Check the detail!

Jan 26, 2013 | 07:23 PM

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Lowcountry Joe

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Got my set in the mail yesterday from AlloyBoltz along with another package from SpeedBleeders.

You might want to consider going ahead and installing the speed bleeders now and get that out of the way.

I bought a set of the stainless speed bleeders and installed them. In fact one is visible in the pictures I posted above. I say that it might be a good idea to go ahead and do it now because when you remove the stock nipples and screw-in the speed bleeders, you do introduce a very small amount of air. That means that you should be ready to start the bleeding process immediately after installation to ensure that that little bit of air gets pushed out with the old fluid and has no chance of getting back into your line. Bleeding with these things is a snap. They are more handy than the pocket on a shirt.

If you do it now, it won't be an aggravation to you later when you are installing the brake caliper hardware and your new wheel. Guess I don't like to make a lot of changes all at once. Just my thoughts.

Jan 26, 2013 | 07:25 PM

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Nice. All the way nice. Man, I love that Eagle Talon sidestand too. I've thought a lot about getting one of those damn things. Where did you get that one?