Just revisited your post and thought I'd add some more info. I noticed you have lowered your bike by 1" front and rear and I've done the same with mine, with 2011 Street Glide shocks in the rear (very happy) and Progressive fork springs up front. A subtle change that made a lot of difference was lowering the front fender onto the wheel and closing up that ugly gap between fender and tire using a Native Baggers mount. Well worth the effort.

Sorry, I can't compete with your 124" but I do have a full Stage 2 kit (a whole 95ci) with 510 S&S gear driven cams, Power Commander, Dyno-tuned, Screamin Eagle slip-ons and it still rides really well and goes like a train.

Cheers

 

Awesome!!

I did the same things- started with a Road King Classic and added bags off an ultra and chromed mag wheels. I just had to have this color and Harley did not offer this color in the regular RK, only the classic....

Thanks for the info, it is a beautiful color!!!!

 

Well it ain't solo in these pics but I just got it back today and the OL wants to ride tomorrow.

 

Putting her away for a long winter nap.

 

Doesn't look as though my requests are getting through - Im in Melbourne and wanting to bling up my 2010 RK like yours - can you tell me where you got the chrome guards around the cases and the seat?

 

Mike, who's tank did you use?

 

Have to check with my Indy on that as he ordered some of the parts, getting a dealers discount. Was one of the big bike parts suppliers and I thought J&P but not the one. Same one can be had on eBay but if going this route be careful to order either EFI or carb.

 

G'day from sunny and very warm Cairns. Not "the" Austen Tayshus I assume? If you've sent me any messages I haven't received them.

So, to answer your questions...

The chrome guards around the bags are a Harley part. I have an old parts & accessories cattle dog that says they are a "Chrome Saddlebag Guard Kit" with part #91216-97, but that's in a 2007 list so it's probably changed for your model. The kit should include the front bag guards as well as the 2 rails that run around the bags, because the rails bolt into that front guard and the stock ones do not have this. (Put the stock ones on a shelf in the shed with all those other stock Harley parts you have sitting around). No idea what they cost. I also have a 2006 FLHX Street Glide and they came with that bike when I bought it, but wouldn't fit it because (a) the Street Glide does not have the front guard for the bags at all and (b) the Street Glide has the panel at the rear that fills in the gap between the guard and the bags, so you can't get to the anchor points to secure the rails at the rear. You can fit Road King front bag guards to the Street Glide because the touring models all use the same frame and the holes and threads are there to do so. I took the stock front bag guards off the Road King and fitted them to the Street Glide when I fitted the ones you're asking about to the Road King. It all worked out very well for me!

The seat is Mustang. I just pulled it off and underneath it has written FLHR RK Solo 97 Up Part# 6FLR7DWN/75578 Not sure if that's a help to you. I think they changed the chassis for the touring range about 09. I picked up the matching bib on the rear guard completely by chance. I had a couple of searches set up on ebay and it came up as part of a sale in a shop in Bundaberg (famous for the rum) called Everything but the Bike. It was another bargain, and a real bonus. I think it really looks good. I originally saw the seat on a photo of a bike of another forum member, Whiskers and loved it instantly. I messaged him and asked him what it was and he said it wasn't fitted to his bike anymore, so I offered to buy it. Even with freight costs from Southern Colorado I think, it was a bargain. Whiskers has a photo of his Road King solo just below my original post. G'day Whiskers if you're reading this!

I had a lot of fun doing up this bike and met some really nice people getting all the bits & pieces. Happy to say it now has 130,000klms on the clock and still goes, handles stops and looks great and gets attention everywhere I take it.

So, that's (a bit of) the story. Try a PM again of there's anything else you might like to know and good lick with your project.

 

This is an edit. I have no idea why, but the above post appeared twice, so I removed the second one.

 

Never get tired of looking at a nice RK and there are some beautiful ones posted here, by the way this is my 3rd and last. Has C&C seat and the paint is a numbered set from HD. I have many different attachments for cruising or touring, the best all around bike for solo riding. JMO