Here's my 97 Heritage.

 

Nice HS. LOVE the tank paint.

 

I've been away for a while so I'd thought I'd come by and see what was going on. Took awhile to read every post but I'm glad I'm did! Some very nice bikes.

Recently I had a nasty wobble but it was fixed when I tightened the fall away to 2.5in. The bearings were a bit tight too, and after those minor adjustments it was smooth and solid again. Not hard to work on, just tricky.

I'll have to add also, a well maintained springer is a fantastic handling ride.

 

The battery cover was a bit of work for me to get it to work correctly. I took my time with it and did it very carefully so that i did not cut it too much and destroy it. I set it on the bike and marked it for cutting. this was initially kind of difficult because it really didn't fit on the frame very well as it is made for the crossbones frame. I used a dremel with a cut off wheel to cut the plastic. I then drilled two holes in the rear most portion of the cover so I could fasten it down with the original seat hold down *****. When I was done with the cutting, I sanded the edges smooth with emery cloth to make them look like nice factory edges. Then I used a heat gun to heat the edges of the plastic to make them plyable. Once hot and plyable, I used a small handheld metal brake to bend and roll the edges downward to match the contours of the narrow fender on the springer classic. I took my time and got it right. My apes are 16" wild1 chubbys. The tires are Avon SM Mark II Rear Tire - 5.00S-16/-- . I love the tires...they give a real old school look and perform really well too. I thought that they may suck in the corners because of the deep, blocky tread pattern, but they don't. I drag floor boards no problem and get no squirrely feeling from the tires.

 

That's fantastic! I actually have a Crossbones but I am running a Fatboy Lo rear fender so my scoot looks a little more like yours. See Pic below:



The battery cover from the Crossbones works just fine on the Fatboy fender provided that you just want to run the solo rider seat. However, I really wanted the option to run a passenger pillion as well and unfortunately, running the Crossbones battery cover kills all the options to run any Harley made pillions. At least not without some modification to either the fender of the battery cover. I went back and forth on how I was going to tackle this problem with one of my initial ideas being to purchase a second battery cover which I would trim to accommodate pillions which use the stock double thumb screws of the Fatboy. I wanted this for two reasons: so that I didn't need to modify the fender and so that I could run the wider passenger pillions made for the Fatboy which only mount using these two thumb screws. This past weekend I finally purchased a good Dremel and went to work on trimming the battery cover. I chose the pillion I was going to run most of the time and placed it on the bike, letting the front overlap the battery cover so I could mark what part of the cover I would need to trim away. Like you I took my time with the cuts and got a pretty clean and symmetrical trim made. I am glad you responded because I wold not thought of using a heat gun to try and work the cut edge a little more once it was trimmed and sanded. Thanks for the info.

The bars look great on your bike. I have a set of the same bars sitting in my garage that I bought from a forum member including the cables and brake line. However I bought them on a whim and with pressure from my brother who insisted that my scoot looked better with apes then it might with beach bars. However, after I bought the Wild Ones I decided that I was really into keeping with more of the old school look and installed the beach bars which I got a NASTY GOOD deal on eBay. I actually bought them from Mark Dirico of Dirico Motorcycles who probably took them off someone's Springer to do one of his custom jobs.

http://diricomotorcycles.com/DNEW/index.php

Thanks for the info on the tires. Sadly, I don't suspect that they make those tires in a wider version for scoots such as mine. I love the fat rear end but when it comes to making my bike look more "dated", it really presents challenges that are hard to overcome.

Thanks again for all the info!

Skeez

 

Harley needs to bring the Badboy back with a 200mm rear and style of the 09 Nighttrain! That would be a sick bike!

 

Kinda makes me wonder. Is the Springer really gone for good, or just for now?

Skeez, it's amazing to have been able to watch the transformation of your bike. She really looks good now.

 

47-88 was the last hiatus?

we only have about 38 years left to go now.

 

Skeez...That is one badass looking bike. Love the route you took with that. Glad I could help you out a bit with the battery cover.

 

Well, I ended up having to trailer her home vs. riding. Fires up but won’t stay running. She needs a major makeover … should be fun.