January 21, 2011 11:49 PM PST
Great Randy Joe best part is you are around this day and can ride again. Ride on Brother
January 22, 2011 12:00 AM PST
From a near tragedy comes two pieces of good news. Kool!
January 22, 2011 12:11 AM PST
Sweet. Not certain on your bike, but if its set up like the HD you'll need tranny cover gasket and fluid. Wire extension kit and a solder gun and solder, and a couple feet of shrink tubing. New banjo bolt gaskets. Probably have two sizes of banjo bolts. Better get new banjo bolts too... the old oxidized won't look right against the new chrome banjos. Oh ya, a bottle of brake fluid. Read the top of your master cylinder for type. Probable DOT 4. Oh and new exhaust gaskets too.
January 22, 2011 10:58 PM PST
Glad you made it through the accident... hope there are no longstanding injuries. And congrats on the settlement... hopefully there isn't an abusive spouse to share it with... (reference lottery winning post)... lol.
Continue to ride safe!
January 23, 2011 12:44 AM PST
Glad something good can from your misfortune. Webby, Thanks for putting all that stuff up there. I wanted to change bars on my sporty. Had no idea what I was getting into. I was told to extend the wires and cables. New grips, cables brake, clutch and throddle. and a lot more than I anticipated. Now I know how to solder wires (18 x2 if I remember right) measure cables and brake lines correctly and can do it again anytime I like! Love workin on my own scoot!
January 25, 2011 11:16 PM PST
Cool Very Cool......now be careful out there, and enjoy the new ride.
January 26, 2011 12:57 AM PST
If you got the Gorillas you should be able to keep the shield. I saw an FLSTC with 16" Gorillas and a whinshield and it didn't look as bad as you would think. Though my windshield and it's mounts are now officially GONE. Looking forward to the first 80mph June-Bug strike! LOL
January 26, 2011 2:15 AM PST
When I put chubby apes on Rex, the bars were a mere $160. BUT all the other things, stainless throttle and clutch cables, brake lines, grommets and other "might as well as" items I spent near $1200, and I did all the work. One of my biggest tickets was new headers. yeah headers. Since I had to remove the headers to replace the clutch cable I decided it would be a good time to put on the 'true duals' I had always wanted.
There never was a windshield problem but I believe the shield detracts from the "look" I wanted with the chubby 16" bars. Fortunately I can easily remove it when I am just day trippin'. I actually prefer to ride a totally open bike unless I am on the high speed highway all day.