A deer took a friend of mine off of his Kaw. 1400 Connie. Broke 3 ribs, collar bone and a bit of rash. The incident most likely saved his life though. They found that he needed two stents that were taken care of along with the other injuries. Although the deer didn't do him or the bike any favors at...

We don't have designated bike parking. It's usually not an issue because there's plenty of parking for everyone. I've only had my truck for a couple of years, but before that I had to pack everything on my 89. I came out of the grocery store with a cart full prolly 10 bags and 2 cases of water. Drew...

My doh moment came when I pulled in to the driveway with 15 of my riding buddies there. Got the beast stopped hopped off and headed to the group, I heard the bars hit under the bags and motor then the realization that I didn't bother with the side stand set in. There I am 2 steps away staring at my ...

Depending on the temperature and if it's hiway or city dictates what I use. Summers on the hiway all I use are may gaiters that cover my toes up to my knee and my 3/4 helmet. City riding with a lot of stop and go for summer it's Frog Togs because they are light and breathe for winter my Harley rain ...

Only place's that I ever spotted them was Ebay, Amazon or Saber Cycle I think they were
barracuda branded.

It will work. When I got my 89 years ago one side of the radio was out. We tested the factory wiring with the radio out of my friends 97 and it worked. We used an am/fm temporarily while I searched for a replacement cassette radio and it worked fine too. I'm searching for one out of a 97 to 2000 to ...

Chinese chrome will eventually pit, tarnish, flake and bubble off if overlooked period. When I traded up to my 92 it had the market cornered on after market chrome add on's. A lot of it going down hill. It took a lot of time but I saved a lot of it. What I couldn't was either tossed or painted Mercu...

Hmmmm never had a cooling issue with any of mine for me to look for anything other than antifreeze and water. My 89 ran a quarter on the gage and in standstill traffic it would range closer but never to half. Fans would kick on like they're supposed to. My 92 is the same way maybe runs a tick warmer...

I'm contemplating the same thing. I'll have to get an upholstery shop to remove 2 inches of pad from the seat so I can move back in the saddle. I'd like a later model 18 because of the extended saddle bags. I don't mind giving up a little bit of storage space over my 15. I did get a chance to ride a...

Try Cyclemax.com, their prices are really good and they ship worldwide. I don't know what shipping and tarriffs will be to the UK but worth checking out.... A set of 8 grommets for $8... Numerous different grommet sets listed on the site. Capture.JPG Exactly and they're not from the aftermarket. I ...

Another likely possibility (which doesn't require ANY parts) is that the grease on the slider pins that hold the caliper in place (and let it slide from side to side as required) is dried up, or there's not enough of it. When this happens, the caliper stays over to one side, rather than self-center...

Got a nice one from Cycle Gear but it's been a few years ago. Covers the bike well does a good job of shedding water and when tied as instructed kept the flapping in the wind to a minimum. I have another cover that stays in the trunk for short trips and pop up inclement weather that works good too. ...

The 92 I traded for had one and a seal in the trunk. I wouldn't have paid $125 for one. Half of the asking price I would be fine with just to not have to mess with fabbing one. Still imho a must have on a 1500.

the issue is your looking at nearly $1000 if you want both you and the passenger to be wireless. I fitted one to my goldwing and it worked perfectly with everything (CB included) but my passenger stayed wired (she has her own bike and doesn't ride on the back of me very often) you need both an inte...

I'd love to but it would cost me upwards of $500 for rider and passenger so
I'll wait and see if the prices drop or I find a great deal on a couple used.

I balance mine first then add beads to maintain the balance. I'd pull the tire break it down to remove the beads and start over. I've been off a couple of inches with the reference mark in the past but the tire still balanced out, but if you have it down that far might as well get it right. Does the...

I thought the same thing coming from a H-D with a heel/Toe and boards or my other one with foreward controls. It takes a little getting used to kicking that toe way out there to get it under that little peg. It gets easier in time though.

I wouldn't do ya any good I'm four and a half hours north west of ya. Wont be in your area till the Lone Star in November.

I've been using the cheaper AGM offering from batteries plus. Got 5 years out of my first one. Only had a battery tender on it for 2 of those 5. For $103 out the door with the online purchase discount it's hard to beat, then head to the store and pick it up. They put it on a charge before emailing t...

Had an interesting issue crop up when we rode the motorcycle awareness ride to kick off motorcycle awareness month here. I've been slowly going through everything on the new to me 92 to make sure it is road worthy and a few other issues. Well the morning of the run we were loading the bike to get th...

LOL Harley has all of the dealership shirts to collect and I was kind of missing that till I found a site that a now friend started 7 or 8 years back. somsofarthritis.com I think I have almost every shirt he made plus other goodies. Funny stuff geared toward the older rider. I've been riding for 41 ...

You sure it wasn't CB radio muting the AM/FM? When something breaks squelch radio goes mute, sound replaced by CB. My stereo was cutting in/out, thought it was that stubborn mute button again, looked down and saw the CB turned on but volume down! Problem solved. Positive, does it with the C.B. on o...

@89 1500 - I hope all goes well with the event and hopefully, you not muted on the CB! :D Thanks the ride went great a little over 400 showed to support motorcycle awareness. The line was alittle over 5 miles long. C.B. Works fine thankfully never lost com's. Radio has to come out. Was in and out o...

Well after reading this post I fixed my brake light problem and ordered a switch. Got the 4 way flashers working that switch was real dirty, and maybe the radio mute issue. While I was spraying CRC everywhere I attacked the mute switch. It always felt funny to me. I sprayed and worked it for almost ...

I'd bought a complete grommet kit from cyclemax. They were all in factory bags work perfect and just as cheap as the ill fitting aftermarket ones. I've got one of those switches coming. Noticed last week that I had no brake light with the hand control. I did get it cleaned up and working good but no...