Loving my HOG

 

Did my 25k mile service today using the new larger oil filter. Then gave the bike a well-needed wash-down.

 

I think i did a better job matching the frame

 

So??? Was it worth the effort? I'm tempted to put one on my bike, but am unsure of reward-to-effort ratio.

 

haven’t installed yet but it goes underneath the bike in front of the rear tire mounted to the frame.

 

I am curious if it will be very visible that compressor, I once saw one that was in a black "box" but I cannot find it immediately.
Be sure to show me / us a photo once you've got everything installed, if you want

 

looking damn good. Which ones are those

 

Worth
Every
Cent

To me, anyway. Very nice to be able to relax your right hand grip, or remove your right hand altogether, to reduce fatigue. Or to just scratch an itch ya can't get to with your left hand.

Works in all gears I think, but haven't tried it in 1st or 2nd, and won't engage below either 25 or 30 MPH. It is very smooth in its operation and very consistent with holding the set speed. Once set, speed can be adjusted in 1 MPH increments up or down.

Easy install. The cable is long. You WILL want to move the tank to be able to get to the large rubber grommet unless the tank on your bike doesn't cover the back of the grommet. Once you identify and disconnect the correct connector from the connector block behind the giant rubber grommet be sure to tie a string to it before you pull it through the upper fork triple and bar. Gently work it out, then tie the string to the new connector, and wrap the connector and an inch of the string with some electrical or a small piece of duct tape, that'll prevent the corners of the connector from getting hung up on opening at the bottom of the bar. Gently pull the string with your right hand while feeding the cable in with your left, you won't want to put much stress on the connector. Soon as I saw the end of the tape showing through the bottom bar opening I reached in with some needle nose pliers and grabbed the tape and gently worked the connector through the opening and helped feed it through the opening in the tree. Reconnect to the connector block. Instructions suggest to bundle and zip tie the excess outside of the rubber grommet but I found you can feed the excess into the open channel inside the frame. If you have risers, or apes, or both, you'll have less excess to deal with.

 

I would love to get air ride put on mine but I don't know how well the OE kickstand would work. I'm afraid of it tipping to the right should it lose air for whatever reason. An electric center-stand (hell, I'd even be good with a manual one) is what I'd want to use but I havent found either for 18 and up Softails. Have you found one or are you going to use the kickstand?

 

The reason why i bought the slim is because of the hollywood bar 😂
I dont want to mess things around and all mounts are ugly so i decided to do this..

***keep in mind that this is not the best visible when having full face helmet which i am into it. I used having my phone in my pocket controlling via voice commands using cardo bold. The reason why i did this is for charging stuff.