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What did you do to your 18+ softail today?

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Old 04-30-2021, 08:58 PM
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Very nice bike overall!
thank you. Here’s the sound by the way

 
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Old 05-01-2021, 09:14 AM
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Which ones are they, AD? Which baffles did you go with?
 
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Old 05-01-2021, 09:19 AM
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Which ones are they, AD? Which baffles did you go with?
would you believe if they are only $200? Lol
they are the sharkroad. Now sold out over amazon.

They are very unique inside. Like a thundertorque flap inside and the baffle surround it was like honeycomb swirl.
 
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Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.





 
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Originally Posted by El Mago
Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.

So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
 
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Old 05-03-2021, 03:15 PM
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So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
Don't let the air go through the ABS module. Are you changing the upper cable or both?
 
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Old 05-03-2021, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by El Mago
Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.




Looks awesome. Well done
 
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Old 05-03-2021, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Pianoman18
So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
I prefer not to detail the process in a new thread: 1) I'm not a professional mechanic and 2) It's my bike and my health and safety - a step-by-step DIY for others' braking systems is not something I'm comfortable providing.

And D) There's actually a lot about bleeding ABS systems on this forum and online.

Originally Posted by jtodd
Don't let the air go through the ABS module. Are you changing the upper cable or both?
Exactly, don't let air go through the ABS module. I only had to change the upper cable (from the junction under the triple tree up to the banjo fitting at the reservoir - the highest point in the system). Air will naturally rise in fluid. My bike was only 750 miles old, so I wasn't too concerned about pushing old fluid into the ABS module w/o flushing the system first. I used a reverse bleed/pressure method (it doesn't take much pressure, nor does it take much fluid, and one can purge the tiny bit of air at the top of the caliper bleed nipple after cracking it open and before pressurizing the system with additional fluid). For those that understand braking systems will likely know exactly how I did it at this point... If not, brakes are very important, please just take it to the dealership.
 
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Originally Posted by SofaKingTired
Looks awesome. Well done
Thank you sir. It was a bit of a bitch but super glad I did it myself.

Nice quote in you signature
 
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