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What did you do to your 18+ softail today?

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Old 08-30-2022, 12:39 PM
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Vector batwing with stereo and painted to match on the 2021 Sport Glide.
 
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Old 08-30-2022, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Durham man

Little heat paint and good to go!
update, I have been running the torque insert in the end cap bolt. I always figured it would do more running it in the actual baffle hole but the baffle blocks access. I pulled the baffle, did some grinding. Now I can run it in the baffle bolt hole.it is now tight to the baffle. I also pulled the packing of the baffle. I gained low end and it sounds amazing!
Just words of warning here, I removed the packing from my Neighbor Haters and the finish was ruined in no time. Not saying I can confirm that this was the cause, or that this would happen in your case, but it may be something to consider.
 
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Old 08-31-2022, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by parn0able
Just words of warning here, I removed the packing from my Neighbor Haters and the finish was ruined in no time. Not saying I can confirm that this was the cause, or that this would happen in your case, but it may be something to consider.
I removed the packing on my Neighbor Haters long ago and I have had zero problems.
 
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Old 08-31-2022, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by slw210
I removed the packing on my Neighbor Haters long ago and I have had zero problems.
Odd, mine started to peel/rust within a couple weeks. I never bothered reaching out to Cobra as pretty much once you pull those baffles the warranty on them is gone.

I just recoated them with high temp grill paint which held up well. Finish wasn't quite the same but it looked better than the rust spots lol. I've since swapped to 2-1, so now they're just sitting in a box.
 
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Old 08-31-2022, 05:53 PM
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Big project...mirror flip on my son's Street Bob.

 
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Old 08-31-2022, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by priell3
Big project...mirror flip on my son's Street Bob.

did the same to my bobber not long ago as well. I took my dremel and made a notch on the left side bracket so both sides are pointed inward.
 
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Originally Posted by Tha_Big_Ohh
did the same to my bobber not long ago as well. I took my dremel and made a notch on the left side bracket so both sides are pointed inward.
why would you have to notch it? What am i missing?
 
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Old 09-01-2022, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Doublefelix
why would you
have to notch it? What am i missing?
I wanted to have an even gap between my mirror arms and blinker housings. Unfortunately on my clutch housing there’s a small tab that the blinker housing rests on that was preventing me from turning it any other way than where it was stock. The notch I made can be seen in the first picture.





 
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Old 09-02-2022, 07:19 PM
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My right arm and hand were going numb on recent rides, so I decided to change up bars. Wanted to go with FXR Division split bars, and actually found a set of used ones on eBay, but seller did not want to take much less than new. I’m too cheap to pay that much for used parts.

Ended up getting 1.5 diameter 14” Tbars. Very nice quality/PC and made in USA. Also got a throttle sleeve and some Biltwell Kung Fu grips. Years ago, I was at a dealer that had a bike with these grips and when I put my hand on them, they were the most comfortable grips I ever felt. Figured I would finally give them a try.

Not ready to install everything yet, but did some prep work, and ran pull cords thru bars and installed clutch side grip and grip on throttle sleeve.


 

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Old 09-03-2022, 06:12 AM
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What bags are these? Is a spacer necessary?



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