took it on a rip to walmart. rode the dyna earlier, it's just no comp for the experience of riding the sporty around the back roads like a bat outta hell, looking for a deer to hit.

i love my sporty

i noticed that i'm slightly afraid of my front brakes now and have been using my rears first and then applying the fronts lightly

 

Took off the lower belt guard, soldered up some bad connections, spot painted a few areas on the frame.

Can anyone explain why the PO would cut two of the wires going to the coil? I found a pink and a white wire under the tank, cut off and hanging. Looked in the service manual and the wiring diagram shows two pink wires joining on one post, and two white wires joining on the other post. Why would someone just cut two wires like that? Can't figure that one out so I soldered them and joined them as shown in the wiring diagram.

Spot painted a few areas on the frame and underside of the gas tank that were showing some rust.

Cleaned up the gas tank and petcock, and figured out why I was getting that horrendous rattling noise. There are missing grommets and spacers on the tank mounting hardware. The PO must have pulled the tank at some point and either lost them, or they were shot and he didn't bother replacing them. Metal on metal vibration at the tank mounting point will sure as hell make a racket.

I'll be calling the HD stealership tomorrow to see if they have the parts in stock.

 

Do you have a tachometer?

 

Took a 20 mile ride to meet about 20-30 fellow Harley owners to practice slow speed maneuvers. They went to breakfast after the practice session and off for the normal Sunday ride to the North Shore.

Got home and noticed rust spots around my mammoth fat spoke rim....used aluminum foil and soda to remove the rust....polished and like new again.

 

I think I stripped a Torx bolt trying to remove it so I've got no accomplishment to report unless you count negative ones.

 

Rode her on a PGR funeral mission.

 

Yes, and it's been working which is weird considering that one of the pink wires is supposed to go to the tach and the other goes to the module. The kill switch works too so I'm a bit flummoxed as to what the deal is on why they were cut, and why everything still worked.

 

Had already swapped my black Bassani for a chrome Thunderheader and was still running a black Big Sucker.. which was giving my OCD fits. So after some Craigslist trawling I was able to score a brand new chrome Stg 2 straight swap for my black Stg 1. Not a bad come up. Last item is a detachable backrest which I'm hoping to get in a week or so and it's done until after the Laughlin River Run.

 

Next time you change the tire, be sure to pull the rub strip and check the inside spoke heads, where they usually rust the worst; water wicks into them. The stock rim on my 1200 had some heavy pitting there and a layer of rust on the rim butt weld - when I cleaned that off, there a big crack in the weld. New wheel....

 

Thanks for the advice. Right now I am not too concerned as it was only surface rust...there were no indication of rust near or on the spokes and nipples. I do keep my wheels clean and wipe them down after I ride....but I am on an island surrounded by salt water so rust is inevitable unless you keep at it as I am doing....just get lazy now and then.