"DIY MODS" and TRICKS to SAVE $$$$$$
#1611
09-01-2014, 04:45 PM
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I got my Roak King this spring and I can't really find any major projects I want to do to it. One at was glaring though was the license plate. It had to replace the stock holder that stood up like...something inappropriate comes to mind that I won't say. However, I didn't want to spend $40 on one so I modded the stock holder to lay down.
I started by putting it on my anvil and pounding the recessed bolt holes more flat. To reattach I needed to cut a slot in the bolt to accommodate a flat head driver as the socket wouldn't fit anymore. I reinstalled it but that wasn't enough. I opted to break out the dremel and cut off wheel and cut the hole into a U shape. Once reinstalled I could just bend it to the desirable positin. Now it looks pretty decent with the plate back on it.
Maybe I'm partial as I'm too cheap to spend $40 on the part.
I started by putting it on my anvil and pounding the recessed bolt holes more flat. To reattach I needed to cut a slot in the bolt to accommodate a flat head driver as the socket wouldn't fit anymore. I reinstalled it but that wasn't enough. I opted to break out the dremel and cut off wheel and cut the hole into a U shape. Once reinstalled I could just bend it to the desirable positin. Now it looks pretty decent with the plate back on it.
Maybe I'm partial as I'm too cheap to spend $40 on the part.
#1612
09-03-2014, 07:21 PM
Tourer
Need some help here, have a 14 SG,, trying to find the separate brake wire
BEFOR it goes in the Blinker/Brake harness. I have the custom dynamic LED Brake bar light. Newer SG don't have a separate brake light to tie into so the LED bar light blinks with the turn signals. I want just a Brake light function from it. Any body have a wiring schematics on this ??? Thanks, andy
BEFOR it goes in the Blinker/Brake harness. I have the custom dynamic LED Brake bar light. Newer SG don't have a separate brake light to tie into so the LED bar light blinks with the turn signals. I want just a Brake light function from it. Any body have a wiring schematics on this ??? Thanks, andy
the connector under the seat that goes to the rear lights or under the left cover
terminal k3 of the BCM (body control module)
#1613
09-06-2014, 06:49 PM
5th Gear
I've Needed a cup holder on my SG since I got it. I'm not a fan of the cruiser caddy type, nor do I want it on my bars. So, today I made one to fit a large Tervis cup, or my coffee cup.
4' of 1"x1/8th" aluminum flat stock
Spare Highway bar clamp
Some screws and paint (not painted yet)
I'm going to run around with it for a few days unfinished to see if it needs any modifications before sanding and painting.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2cK...p=docslist_api
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2cK...p=docslist_api
4' of 1"x1/8th" aluminum flat stock
Spare Highway bar clamp
Some screws and paint (not painted yet)
I'm going to run around with it for a few days unfinished to see if it needs any modifications before sanding and painting.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2cK...p=docslist_api
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2cK...p=docslist_api
I use these on my Ultra,
http://barbuoy.com/
and a bicycle bottle holder on the Softail. Both on handlebars. Don't have skills to make something nice as shown
#1615
09-09-2014, 06:00 AM
What mod?
#1616
09-09-2014, 10:50 PM
#1617
09-15-2014, 05:55 AM
I found out on friday that a regular 16oz bottle of water stays in the holder nicley too.
#1618
09-15-2014, 07:16 AM
Mine vibrates too. Coffee cup and tervis tumbler have good lids. I did have the tervis filled to the brim on one recent ride and I kept getting hit in the face with water. But a sip or two takes care of it.
I found out on friday that a regular 16oz bottle of water stays in the holder nicley too.
I found out on friday that a regular 16oz bottle of water stays in the holder nicley too.
#1619
09-16-2014, 08:56 AM
I got my Roak King this spring and I can't really find any major projects I want to do to it. One at was glaring though was the license plate. It had to replace the stock holder that stood up like...something inappropriate comes to mind that I won't say. However, I didn't want to spend $40 on one so I modded the stock holder to lay down.
I started by putting it on my anvil and pounding the recessed bolt holes more flat. To reattach I needed to cut a slot in the bolt to accommodate a flat head driver as the socket wouldn't fit anymore. I reinstalled it but that wasn't enough. I opted to break out the dremel and cut off wheel and cut the hole into a U shape. Once reinstalled I could just bend it to the desirable positin. Now it looks pretty decent with the plate back on it.
Maybe I'm partial as I'm too cheap to spend $40 on the part.
I started by putting it on my anvil and pounding the recessed bolt holes more flat. To reattach I needed to cut a slot in the bolt to accommodate a flat head driver as the socket wouldn't fit anymore. I reinstalled it but that wasn't enough. I opted to break out the dremel and cut off wheel and cut the hole into a U shape. Once reinstalled I could just bend it to the desirable positin. Now it looks pretty decent with the plate back on it.
Maybe I'm partial as I'm too cheap to spend $40 on the part.
#1620
09-16-2014, 11:29 PM
2nd Gear
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