I found a nice stock front fender for my '83 a few weeks ago, and this past weekend I put the stock tank and seat back on it. It has a little more chrome on it than an XLX should, but it still captures the raw essence of the original.
what is the bar running beneath the AC to the crankcase?
what is the bar running beneath the AC to the crankcase?
That looks like the exhaust tube that harley placed on the Sporty.
Today, I finally hacked the fender I bought at a swap meet and mocked up the tail lights. This is a work in progress I have never done something like this and it is so much fun to do and nerve racking.
I've completed the updates to the lighting on my '99. Up front I replaced the stock headlight bulb with an LED from DK Customs, and replaced the stock turn signals with Custom Dynamics Pro Beams. Out back, I replaced the HD brake light with a BAL-1, and replaced the stock signals with another set of Pro Beams. The bike came with a run-stop-turn modulator from Badlands.
The DK light is awesome and makes the stock bulb look like a birthday candle. The Pro Beams up front are very impressive as they act as running lights when not in turn signal mode. The Pro Beams and BAL-1 in the rear are super bright and give me more assurance I'll be seen. One note on the CD Pro Beams, they were a very tight fit into my bullet housings and caused me a lot of angst, to the point I caused a self-induced electrical problem (flattened the ground points in the housings) To CD's credit, their customer service folks worked with me to get it all resolved; they were great.
The whole bundle was approx. $500. I consider that very cheap insurance. I have had the same lighting set-up on my RKC for several years and I know it makes a difference.
I was referring to the verticle flat sided piece. The exhaust tube runs horizontal.
That is a carburetor support bracket. It keeps the carb from falling out. At least that is what it looks like to me. I am thinking of adding one to my 82 because my new carb is heavy and it is starting to drop.
That Fender fits the Radius of the 19" wheel/tire much better than the later fenders which "follow" the 21" better...
Yes, it does. It took a while to find one of these older ones in nice condition. Not only does the radius closely follow a 19" tire, but the brackets are shorter, slightly more narrow, and don't have the offset where the bolt holes are. When H-D started offering Sportster models with a 21" front wheel, they cheaped out and made a "one size fits all" front fender that looked pretty bad (in my opinion) on the 19" wheel models.
03-18-2019, 09:07 PM
