Tax return Mods 2011

[caveman]

So, I bought a new to me '08 HD Ultra last year and was so geeked that I didn't do anything to it at all. This year I got a pretty sizable return from Uncle Sam borrowing my money all year long.
So I drew up a plan and a price list for my personal financeer (aka my wife), and purchased the necesarry components.
Here is a broad view

List of Items: Black billet shift linkage, Smoked LED front and rear turn signals, Smoked Fender tip light covers, Engine heat guards, StreetGlide mirrors, Windshield 2 pocket pouch, Windshield/Fairing LED accent trim, and Not pictured LED rear brake light module. And then on the left side is the Hogtunes gear that I bought the Big Ultra kit; 40.4 amp, improved front and rear speaker direct replacement, FL-7W 7" woofers for fairing lower gloveboxes, and HF-1 Tweeter Pod.

Started with the stereo equipment first. Rears first.



Front Speakers


First one mounted(right side) and the scary area that has to have the amp cramed in. Notice the nice power block ran from the battery for the HID lamps that Gas and I did last summer. Makes power run for the amp take a lot less wiring.

Next is the install of the Lower Woofer speakers. This brought about a whole new problem. Hogtunes wants you to just zip-tie the wire to the highway bar and it looks ok, but Gas and I don't do "ok". So we went the more difficult time consuming method of routing the wire through the highway bar into the glove boxes. Gas drilled two holes in the top of the pipe and then one from inside glove boxes into the highway bar and we fished the wire through so its out of sight. Seal with a drop of silicone and BLAM.

Speaker installed.
Grilled installed lookin good

Amp in place and wiring ran

Next is the LED Front signals. Here is what I had

Heres the LED
In the dark just marker light

With signal lit

Front end
Installed the Streetglide mirrors

Now the fairing looks nice and clean, no mirrors hangin out in the wind breaking up the nice clean lines.

Installing the LED Windshield/Fairing trim piece

Installed

Shift linkage installed

[Particle Man]

shit, I'm trying to find time just to change my oil

[caveman]

Engine heat shields

Next is the rear end lights. Here is what it looks like stock

The install process for the rear indicators was the most aggrevating of all the mods. The bolts for them are facing in toward the main brake light and are behind the bar. The bottom bolt can be accessed with a wobble socket allen key by jamming in down the hole with the wiring but the top one has to be turned out with a standard hex key turning about 1/8-1/4 turn at a time. Probably took the longest of any single mod add. Didn't help that we were so tired after all day of workin on the damn thing
Here are the finished looks:

lights off

Brakes applied

Lights out pic of the front end


So, there you have it. Thats prolly the extent of the work that I will do to that bike for a good long time. Other than the little odds and end replacement upgrades for the things that break from wear and tear.
Oh and as Gas likes to say Custom isn't bolt on, and none of this stuff just bolted on.

PS all pics taken by Gas Man thanks for the garage use and the documenting.

[marko138]

Looks good as fuck. Smart mods. Like the clean up with the wire on the hi way bar. SMART.

[caveman]

Originally Posted by marko138

Looks good as fuck. Smart mods. Like the clean up with the wire on the hi way bar. SMART.

Thanks, Marko.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by caveman

Thanks, Marko.

How do those woofers sound?

[caveman]

Originally Posted by marko138

How do those woofers sound?

BAD ASS. They dont thump like a sub, but they really push the sound up to ya at highway speed really well. Now, when peeps roll with me they will be able to hear what I am listening to.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by caveman

BAD ASS. They dont thump like a sub, but they really push the sound up to ya at highway speed really well. Now, when peeps roll with me they will be able to hear what I am listening to.

For sure.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by caveman

BAD ASS. They dont thump like a sub, but they really push the sound up to ya at highway speed really well. Now, when peeps roll with me they will be able to hear what I am listening to.

that's annoying as shit too, I will blow by some of you fools on the gap listening to Britney Spears or Justin Beiber, but you will roll into the store blasting Iron Maiden or Metallica. Bunch of douchers, you guys are.

[Hydrant]

It goes from "Girls just wanna have fun" to Anthrax with the push of a button.