Chrome forks
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From: Pasadena TX
So get this.... My '12 sg front end started getting the nasty pitting and starting to look ugly. I went to the dealer, BAM! It's covered by warranty. Talked to the service manager and since harley is fitting the bill I just had to pay the difference in the chrome front end parts.
Chrome front end $237.00 total! Including parts and labor from the dealer.
Chrome front end $237.00 total! Including parts and labor from the dealer.
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So get this.... My '12 sg front end started getting the nasty pitting and starting to look ugly. I went to the dealer, BAM! It's covered by warranty. Talked to the service manager and since harley is fitting the bill I just had to pay the difference in the chrome front end parts.
Chrome front end $237.00 total! Including parts and labor from the dealer.
Chrome front end $237.00 total! Including parts and labor from the dealer.
Last edited by STLFLSTF_Mike; Feb 13, 2014 at 11:44 AM.
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From: Pennsylvania
Already bought them at the dealerships Black Friday sale for 30% off now just waiting for the weather to co operate so I can get the bike to the dealers for install... All my previous bike had them.. They complete the front end IMHO..
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Just wrapped up the install and added a set of spotlights ( new style without the croossover bar ) to it while I had the front end all apart. Happy with how it all came out.
Only additional item that I added to the Chrome front end kit from HD was to replace the brake caliper bolts with Chrome ones, they are allen head bolts vs the 12 pt stockers. They look a lot better attatched to the fork than the factory ones.
Just waiting on the snow to melt and the salt to go away..
Only additional item that I added to the Chrome front end kit from HD was to replace the brake caliper bolts with Chrome ones, they are allen head bolts vs the 12 pt stockers. They look a lot better attatched to the fork than the factory ones.
Just waiting on the snow to melt and the salt to go away..
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: southwest Iowa
Shoot us a pic if you get a chance of those chrome caliper bolts. Were they HD bolts or did you just buy them at a hardware store. I thought about doing the same thing but wasn't sure if the caliper bolts were special to withstand certain torque or heat on a caliper? I know they were really tight when I removed them the first time.
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Finally broke down. All the other HD's I had I would spend the time to sand them down and make them glean, loved the way they looked and just invested the time every season to stay on top of them. That being said, I could live with pushing off spending the cash on the bike at the time. There was always next time.
My 2 good buddies of 30yrs got beat up bad this year, one with a bad, life altering stroke and one with the big C. After spending most of this God forsaken winter traveling back n forth to the hospitals, I had some down time in the garage with a few Jack on the rocks and a cigar just starin at the bike and dreaming of being able to ride. Realized that there is only so much time I'm going to have and if I want the damn chrome forks, well, they're going on.
Ordered up all the parts , along with a set of the new style spotlights (wanted them too, missed them from my old EG). I'm bolting all of it up over the next few weeks and getting out on the road as soon as this weather breaks.
Hope everyone that is freezing can get out soon...
My 2 good buddies of 30yrs got beat up bad this year, one with a bad, life altering stroke and one with the big C. After spending most of this God forsaken winter traveling back n forth to the hospitals, I had some down time in the garage with a few Jack on the rocks and a cigar just starin at the bike and dreaming of being able to ride. Realized that there is only so much time I'm going to have and if I want the damn chrome forks, well, they're going on.
Ordered up all the parts , along with a set of the new style spotlights (wanted them too, missed them from my old EG). I'm bolting all of it up over the next few weeks and getting out on the road as soon as this weather breaks.
Hope everyone that is freezing can get out soon...
