ORIGINAL: jad

One other thing I might share. I went for a ride Sunday, about 100 miles. It was a little damp out and I hit a little rain. The next day I took the bike out for a short ride down town. I noticed moisture in my tach like when you get a watch wet and the tach was not working. Being the dealer is closed on Mondays I went through the testing procedures as instructed in the manual. It led me to “replace the tach”, like I didn’t know that. Well I took it into the house over night and dried it out. The next day I put it back together and it worked fine. I called the dealer and ran the story by them. They told me it usually happens to the dash indicators and Harley wouldn’t warranty it from moisture damage. So I said “your telling me I can’t ride it in the rain”? He told me well you can it just might take out the tach and dash indicators. I told him for $25000.00 I better be able to ride it any time I want. I think that’s a joke and am going to try and contact Harley direct about the issue.

ORIGINAL: drogers

I'm sure die hard Harley riders are aware of these simple mods,but as a long time biker,but new to Harley,I thought I would share these mods with others like me.

I like the sportyness of the Springer,but I needed to be able to carry misc. gear,and stuff without adding permenant bags.The Harley detachable sissy bar/luggage rack worked perfectly to acommodate aftermarket luggage.After searching the many tour bags,I decided on the Saddleman brand.They fit the bill in terms of looks,quality and function, in my eyes.

The detachable luggage rack/sissybar







The Saddleman tour pack







Very happy with this set up.

The other thing I needed was the 3 inch extended forward controls. This product was just released from Harley Davidson a couple weeks ago for the 2007 2008 SoftTails.I'm 6'2 and not that long legged,but I could use more than the 3 inches this set up gave me.Also,for several hundred dollars,I think they could have made a beter finished product.My dealer agreed(they are fantastic by the way) on the quality,or lack there of.Actually,they are awesome,they just forgot to chrome some A side views.

Note the lack of chrome on the front view.





These completely new forward controls give you 3 inches extension and are built to a high standard except for some short comings on the chrome.HD is looking into the product,since it is brand new and they have yet to get any feed back.They are going to look into the matter and get back to me.Overall,I love this bike more each day.

ORIGINAL: Guilty
I would take back the extended forwardcontrols and get new ones, I know those aren't inexpensive. I have had my bike at the dealer to install parts and they noticed some flawed chrome on the inner primary cover after they installed it, took it offand sent it back and installed a new piece. I would not have beenvery happyif they would have left the flawed piece on and expected me to live with it.