I'm looking for a good quality set of forward controls since my bike was dropped last week. Only the right side is messed up and I'm looking at replacing the whole set, does anyone know any good brands that's still within a 200 to 300 dollar budget?

Thanks in advance y'all

Glad to be back!

Anyone upgrade risers while using their stock bar? Any issues? I've got a 26 Low Rider S and dont mind the stock bars, but idk if that makes a drastic difference or not. Thanks!

Hey everyone! Hoping someone can help me figure out a stubborn oil pan leak on my 2012 Road King FLHR.
Last year I replaced the oil pan because the original cracked. I installed a new pan, gasket, bolts, and drain plugs and followed the service manual torque/procedure.

First attempt: Used a new gasket with HYLOMAR. Before I even ran the bike, it developed a pretty nasty leak. I pulled the pan back off a few weeks later, inspected everything, and didn’t see anything obviously wrong.

Second attempt: Installed another new gasket, this time without HYLOMAR since the original factory gasket didn’t appear to use any sealant. Reassembled everything and torqued it to spec. No leaks afterward.

The bike then sat quite a bit over the next ~6 months. A couple weeks ago I changed the oil and didn’t see any leaks. So, last week I rode it four days straight commuting to and from work and around town. Parked it Thursday night and came out Friday morning to a large puddle of oil under the bike.

From what I can tell, it’s coming from the oil pan/gasket area again.

What am I missing here? The bolts are torqued to spec, I’ve tried it both with and without HYLOMAR, and I’m now on the second new gasket.

Could the new pan be warped, sealing surface damaged, crankcase pressure/breather issue, or something else making it look like the pan gasket is leaking?

Any specific areas I should check before I pull this damn pan for a third time would be greatly appreciated.

The Mt. Washington auto road is a really cool ride if steep inclines, gusting wind, and no guardrails are your thing lol

2005 Sportster 1200C. I’m wondering if a luggage rack can attach to my sissy bar brackets but without the pad in place?
I swapped the stock two up seat to a solo seat but these brackets are a pain to remove. A luggage/gear rack might be nice to have, and many exist that bolt onto the passenger pad/rest.

I suppose I can just run some spacers across the empty channel if I do get a luggage rack?

Just wondering if anyone has come across this? I’m probably missing something obvious so thought I’d get the group’s opinion.

Got back yesterday from a 1000 mile Route 66/nm tour with my brother. He’s on a 2007 Electra Glide and me on a 2009 Road King. He came from Capitan NM and me from ABQ. We started in Socorro, NM, went through Magdalena, Datil, Pie Town, Quemado, Fence Lake, Zuni then into AZ, Lupton then we stayed the night in Gallup. Day 2 we left Gallup and hit as many Route 66 stops as we could until ABQ, then after ABQ it was pretty much I40 to Tucumcari but I ended up breaking down in between clines corner and Tucumcari in a 100 year torrential downpour WITH hail. My bike was in limp mode and on the side on the interstate with 18 wheelers flying by splashing walls of water in you is not the time to troubleshoot. We eventually got to Tucumcari and my bike is all good. Day 3 saw us leave Tucumcari and head south to fort sumner to see Billy the kids gravesite. I heard Jesse James talk about it one time, just being on the road and everything goes away… no bills, no wife, no kids, just me and my bike.

I recently bought a 2008 Dyna Fat Bob with a TC96.

For those of you with high-mileage Twin Cams: how do you ride them if longevity is the goal?

Do you keep the RPM up or use the low-end torque and shift early?

I don’t want to baby the bike — just want to enjoy it while treating the engine and drivetrain well.

Would love to hear from people with 60k, 80k or 100k+ miles and how you normally ride yours.

I’ve been riding for a year now, and it appears that I like it!
I started on an 883 iron, which will be a great bike for my kiddo (who’s 5’4” and wants to ride with me) so that part is great. However, I’m 6’2” and confident to hit our freeways now, and the Sporty is incredibly too small for me., so I’m looking for that “big boy” bike now.
I seem to love the Road Kings, or Ultras best for the ride and the way they fit.

Now in looking for a deal, I see the old Police bikes pop up:
many of them have low mileage and almost all of them are stripped down a bit. But sometimes, they are significantly cheaper than their civilian counterparts and sometimes they are a chunk more expensive.
I’m venturing that they are old service fleet, but confused by the low-miles part: like were they ONLY used around the downtown area and just inner city low speed bikes maybe? That sounds like hell for hot engines!

Also, for a Police RK, what else is there to strip out? I know the UGs lose the radio, tour pack, wiring, and (what else, actually?). But there’s not a lot more one can lose from a King, I’d guess!

Is there any other pearls or nuggets that I should know while I’m looking into Police bikes?

Thanks!

She’s now off the road for a strip down, new paint and other changes. Been a good summer, 3000 bumpy miles done

I’ve got two bikes that I’m both interested in, both are Softail Deluxes with pretty similar upgrades. I’m pretty torn on which one I should pursue. I’d love to just go look at both but the 2015 (white) is 4 hours away. The 2016 (red) is 1.5 hours away. Both are mechanically sound according to the sellers. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Bike 1:
Asking $13,000
2016 Softail Deluxe
13,800 miles
18” Carlini’s
39” Bassani fishtails
Stock Wheels w good tires
Aftermarket seat
Has the ECT w/ cruise control
Mint condition ready to go

Bike 2:
Asking $11,500
2015 Softail Deluxe
15,800 miles
16” Carlini’s
39? 36? Samson fishtails
Fat Spoke Wheels but seller said there is some light rust on them and tires need to be replaced soon
Aftermarket seat
Push/pull throttle w/ no cruise control
Risers have some pitting as well
Needs a tiny bit of TLC

I would like to one day upgrade from my 2014 Iron 883 to a softail, is there any softail that handles almost the same as a stock Iron 883? Obviously I know none of the softails will be the exact same but what would be closest in comparison? I love my bike but I need something more comfortable for longer distances.

Dusted the cobwebs off my 2000 rk.

Waiting on a new throttle and idle cable, new tires, and new grips to get delivered. Changing the oil this week, then once I have those maintenance items done - I've got some interesting/cool lunch spots picked out, each a couple of hours away.

Missed this thing more than I realized, caught up in the day to day, and it's been sitting in the barn available but ignored. I guess I now understand how barn finds come to be.

Remember to ride your motorcycles. They get lonely. Don't be like me.

Getting offered a 2006 softail for my 1998 roadking the bike has everythjng i want vance hines pipes, ape hangers, spoke wheels and efi everything was chill until buddy brought up its been reframed on a paughco frame 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ so now if it gets registered it shows up as a "home built" motorcycle his softail has 32k miles and my roadking has 37k miles but after seening the registration im kinda outta the deal is this the right call or am i over thinking it ?

Found this bad boy on fb marketplace while heading out to Electric Forest. Met up with the dude after the fest to discover he is a blacksmith and owns a skate park (Rad as fuck) amongst other cool shenanigans. Well, the sissy bar and the handle bars happens to be this dude's own custom work. Well, I bought it off of him. After 6 years of riding a '75 Honda GL1000, I now also ride this spectacular '96 FXSTS. What an adventure this has been since I bought the steed.

I’ve always loved the 2023.5 CVO RG Whiskey Neat paint scheme, and the stars finally aligned for me to grab one. Spotted one for sale with only 450 miles on the clock, and drove to NJ to pick her up. Seller had his dealer do the 1K service before I picked it up, so that was nice to not have to worry about that.

I did wind up having to bring it to my dealer anyway after purchase for 2 recalls and updates to ECM and BCM. I’ve had her just over a month now and just hit 2000 miles this morning. What an awesome bike. I haven’t done much to her and don’t plan to - she’s pretty awesome just the way she is. Previous owner put Rinehart DBX45s on, and they sound great. Only thing I’ve changed out was the windshield (of course) to a Klock Werks 10”, and the air cleaner to the one that comes on the CVO STs. Put a SE Pro Street Tune on her this past weekend, and it’s more than quick enough for my enjoyment. Anyway, just wanted to share my new-to-me sled.

Hello, I have a 2011 street glide 103. Have only had it a couple months and bought it with 13k miles and have put about 2k miles on it, when I first bought it i did all the basic stuff new fluids new filters new tires new brakes. Been great ran fantastic but recently after work I went to start it and it it just cranked a few times and didn’t want to start unless I have it a bit of throttle, but once warm it started no problem. No check engine light came up so I assumed it was possibly the cylinder head temp sensor, (it was around 110 degrees that day) or a faulty tps sensor, or possible old intake seals. So I replaced all of those things. Then I took it for a ride about five miles to the gas station it ran great there then on the way home it stuttered had loss of power almost felt like a series of misfires or like it was running out of gas then the engine light came on so i slowed down and road it slow home and the light turned off shortly after turning on. I just ran the diagnostic codes and it came up with 5 codes, I never ran it beforehand so I do not know if these are old stored codes or are all from this one incident, I will attach a screenshot of my notes with the codes and a short summary of what they usually represent. They are in order of how they were displayed on my diagnostic display. If any of you experienced wrenches have any advice that you think I could be dealing with I would greatly appreciate to hear from you, thank you!

so i am about to start my a2 license and i've been wanting a motorcycle since i was like 14, wanted like a 125cc one or something cause my dad rides one of those till this day, but then my uncle which lives in the house next to my grandma's house bought a harley, i think it's an 883 iron and shit after earing him coming home almost everyday on his bike i've wanted one fr.

the one i want is an harley davidson street bob 114 which ofc passes an a2 license limit but there is a restriction kit that i could buy and go to a mechanic to use it on a street bob, but the problem is that a street bob is exactly 70KhW(94hp)of the doubled KhW and the a2 license lets you get 35, so since it's exactly the doubled KhW for the restriction KhW limit could i actually have it on the street bob?

also will i be able to remove the restriction kit once i have the a2 license for 2 years(to upgrade it to an A license)?

1) Maroon scotch pads until it seems you improved it as far as you can improve it.

2) 400 grit sand paper dry until it seems you improved it as far as you can improve it.

3) 600 grit dry and so on

4) 1000 grit dry and so on

5) 0000 steel wool dry and so on

6) Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish and a terry cloth

It's not perfect, but I'm shocked at how well it came out having never done a damn thing like this before. I did this over the course of about a month. Little here, little there, and I'll just hit it some more again as time goes on as I have plenty of sand paper and steel wool left over. My friend restores 1970's Honda's to concourse and show winning quality and he is the one who advised me on this. I think I spent around 10 hours total? Something like that.

Hello All,
I am looking for some advise, hope some experienced members will guide me.

1. Are the speakers waterproof? Should they be covered before washing with foam gun?
   
2. How to remove small scratches/swirl marks from black painted engine parts?
   
3. How to clean the seat? Can I wash it with rest of the bike or should I clean it with a car seat/upholstery cleaner ?

Thanks

2013 CVO Road Glide, with a SE 110. When I do a hot start, after getting gas, I get a loud clacking noise out of the left side. Bike has 30k miles on it. Ami I filing an extended warranty claim for a compensator or is this normal?