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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 01:05 PM
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Hi there,
I'm Fred, 55 years old, from south of France (well, you know, "roquefort", "cassoulet", "Bordeaux", and all that kind of stuff... ).
My personal background on Harley Davidson started in late 2005, with a 2003 anniversary 883R sporty, followed in 2008 by a '02 FXDX-T (Dyna T-sport), wich I trade for a new 2011 FXDB Street Bob.
I had a "little issue" with the Street Bob in june, 2019 (several broken bones, teeth, etc.), so I had to...




... buy a new bike!

I went for a nice vivid black 2019 FXLR LowRider, and I am thinking about a couple of improvement I'd like to add on this beauty.
I'll go and read the relevant threads, let's see if you guys have already done the guesswork Finding the right information, the correct P/Ns here is a little bit tricky, as these new softails are not very popular already. Among other, I'd like to fit a RWD "FXR style" fairing, I'll sure go for a ape because original bar will not fit my "Adonis body" , and maybe also a set of saddlebags (like the FXDX-T ones ).

Some more informations:
My wife rides a 2005 883r Sportster, 100% original (except a dragbar and a solo seat), 65 000 km on it. I use to race a 74 Dodge Charger (400ci/Nos) back in the late 90s here in France, we still have a french dragracing championship, despite it is not so popular...
I use to work for a big US company, in the mail sorting automation area (for the USPS): I spent several years fine-tuning those machines, and I had great times in California, Maryland, DC, NY state, Michigan.
Enuff said, I'll go for a walk in the forums, see ya!
 
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 01:07 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 01:23 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 02:57 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 03:19 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 03:22 PM
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