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01-12-2011, 09:55 PM
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Trip's Assistant
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Hello Winter: wrench to bike - Ultra Edition
Well it's been a month since I put the bikes up. They got a good bath, wax, and oil change.
    I have some mods planned for both the bikes. Nightster Edition here On the docket for the Ultra Saddlebag latch inserts  cause I hate reflectors  Pop them off   Clean the latch up  Stick on the billet inserts  Much nicer    Also added this nice tray in the saddlebag. Will be nice for my sunglasses, camera, whatever I don't want rattling around in the bag. 
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01-12-2011, 09:55 PM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Maintenance items: (both really easy)
Front brake pad replacement (2 bolts & 1 pin per caliper) Front fork oil replacement (drain plug R&R, remove dash piece to fill) Gloss black powder: saddlebag surrounds horn cover tank dash air cleaner cover starter cover rear fender struts license plate brackets Flat black high temp powder (the powder will be more durable than ceramic, flat cause gloss will loose its shine over time & miles): heat shields mufflers ceramic (gray-color doesn't matter) the exhaust pipes for an added heat barrier This has always been the only read cosmetic mods I ever thought of for the last 2 years of ownership. Always said I might do this one day... So I started into the bike... All of this chrome needs to go (saddle bag surrounds, rear fender struts, plate bracket, mufflers)   Off with the parts     remove the horn cover  tank dash gone  exhaust heat shields and air cleaner cover off   Exhaust pipes off  After also doing the nightster I had allot of parts off... YIKES this is going to get expensive! 
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01-28-2011, 10:14 PM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Not much to report on the Ultra.
The LED I bought from HD 2 years ago never was all that good.    So I bought 2 things to try from my friends at www.superbrightleds.com This neat little thing that comes with all the different connectors.   But it ended up just looking like this square group of LEDs.  So I decided to go with the other option. A 360* high powered led jobber  So here's the HD  The superbright hotness  The superbright version lights the entire lens (regardless of the pic), where as the HD one is like little LED dots. I picked up a bunch of powder which has gavin me a proper excited state. I just need to find time to mount it up. Last edited by Gas Man; 01-28-2011 at 10:25 PM.. |
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02-10-2011, 12:38 AM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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This really should have been posted last week, but was busy with my buds wedding and doing best man stuff for that. But...
Got some stuff back from powder.  Detail cleaned that stuff, and light wax job on it.  New air cleaner ring installed on the cover  Installed and even with the chrome center nut it keeps the mix of chrome/black   Starter cover done black. Never understood why they chromed (to bring attention to it) such a pointless cover.  Put the center back in the tank dash. This is going to be a great chrome/black highlight piece as you'll see.  Chrome gas cap cover with the black willie g skull... I think it looks great.  Plus the black right against the black pearl (gray) paint.  Waiting on some key parts to get the saddle bags back on and the ceramic stuff done on the pipes. Stay tuned... |
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02-10-2011, 01:14 AM
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
Posts: 10,799
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I hope I never ride near enough to you to be blinded by the sun reflecting off your bike
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02-10-2011, 01:46 AM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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But I'm getting rid of chrome... so that should make it better.
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02-10-2011, 10:36 AM
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Designated Drinker
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: shitville
Moto: 2009 ZX6R
Posts: 1,661
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Lookin good Gas
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02-10-2011, 04:28 PM
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DefenderOfTheBuelliverse
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Parts Unknown
Moto: Buell XB12R
Posts: 18,585
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Looks great...but Fred's edit of your quote made me
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02-17-2011, 09:35 PM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Got the horn done... here's the pieces
 And it does like I have been trying to do... disappearing act  Can't put the saddlebags back together, cause one of the tubes had to be re-done... but got the fenderstruts and trunk detach kit pieces done.   Keeping with the blend of black & chrome... the plate frame is still chrome with black print  
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02-24-2011, 08:36 PM
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Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Finally have all the pieces to put the saddlebag surrounds back on.
Tap out the threaded holes so they are clean  Get it together   Got two of each of these shots below (with & without flash) neither is exactly how it looks in person.   With the saddle bag     Duplicate on other side   I love it... This exhaust bracket was bare metal from HD, and you could see it. I fixed that, high temp powder and a new chrome bolt to replace the rusted old one.   Then I borrowed a 1 3/8" wrench from a tech at work... to remove the fork caps. Then remove the drain plugs and let the forks drain.   Should pick up the ceramic this weekend so I can get the exhaust back on. Got all the high temp powder sitting in the basement just waiting. |
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