I bought my wife a 2005 883 a couple months back, its great but the oil dipstick on her tank seems to pop loose a lot when riding. Its one where it twists down then snaps in to place at the end of the turn. I find when the bike is ridden that the riders leg activates the pop up of the dipstick. On my bike it kind of snaps down but stays put when I ride mine is an earlier model 2000. Anyone else have this happen and is there a good aftermarket one that I could change it to? Not a big problem but it would be nice to fix this little glitch in the systerm

 

I solved it with an analog oil temperature gauge dip stick, it eliminates the pop up part and is kind of interesting to see the oil temp too. It's also a lot easier to get a grip on when removing or reinstalling.
Avoid the digital one as there have been many complaints on here about them.
This is the that will fit her bike:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
I love the installation instructions they provide: 1-remove old dipstick, 2- install new dipstick.

 

thanks bro Ill get her one I figured somebodyelse ran into that

 

analog one here...no issues but it was there when i got the bike....but either way it stays put...nice and tight too