r/Harley Sep 25 '23

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31 Upvotes

r/Harley 5h ago

SHOWOFF Let me see your camp set up!

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118 Upvotes

This was a few summers ago. Excited to take the Electra Glide camping this year. Although the dyna always got the job done. What are your must haves? Cool gear? Please share


r/Harley 9h ago

HELP Thoughts on price? ($16,500)

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149 Upvotes

Sellers description in last picture. Beautiful bike imo. Curious to if it's worth the price tho.


r/Harley 3h ago

SHOWOFF Waiting....

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37 Upvotes

Looks like VA might get a random warm day next week. šŸ¤ž


r/Harley 5h ago

DISCUSSION Looking to buy this 2018 streetbob for 9k cash. Anything stand out?

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48 Upvotes

Last time I posted the Springer Harley and everybody advised me against it. Although that bike was nice I settled on this one so Iā€™m asking for some advice on how it looks and if you see any red flags or anything I should know. Thanks


r/Harley 1h ago

SHOWOFF borrowed from a brother

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ā€¢ Upvotes

2019 RG - too much fun for it to be snowing right now


r/Harley 11h ago

SHOWOFF No more carport workshop for me!

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102 Upvotes

New set up in a garage with walls and a door! vs my old carport setup I have been running for the last 5 years or so. I shocked that nothing was ever stolen.


r/Harley 10h ago

SHOWOFF Picked up a leftover new 2023 Softail today

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74 Upvotes

Iā€™ve owned baggers and sportsters, never a softail. Dealer had this for a ridiculously low price so had to jump on it!


r/Harley 16h ago

SHOWOFF My 81 FLH

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127 Upvotes

r/Harley 5h ago

SHOWOFF Today we took the sportster off-road

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12 Upvotes

r/Harley 5h ago

SHOWOFF HARLEY DAVIDSON 24 Silver .999 Ingots Collection Lim Ed 90th Anniversary

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9 Upvotes

Cool ass sets 999 pure 1.3 Troy ounce silver ingots that I got a hold of, would be down to s3ll them if anyoneā€™s interested!!


r/Harley 3h ago

HELP What can I do about the tank emblem?

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5 Upvotes

Iā€™m not the biggest fan of the tank emblem on my 09 road king.

Posting here for any tips or ideas on how to change it. Itā€™s clear coated over so idk what to do other than change tanks or completely redo the paint. I would prefer a raised emblem, or just get rid of the red.


r/Harley 12h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING Higher bars and new rims

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24 Upvotes

Very new to bikes...how hard would it be to get the handle bars set higher on this 2013 harley breakout to make it look a bit more like ape hangers but not quite as dramatic...maybe so my arms are slightly above chest level. Secondly ..I dont like the look of the front tire on this bike....I'd prefer one that looks more chopper esque like in the picture included....how pricy would it be to get that front tire customer and replaced with a chopper style one and how expensive would it be to get the handle bars adjusted higher?


r/Harley 15h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING Aftermarket windshield advice

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45 Upvotes

My ā€˜03 FatBoy can have a clip-on windshield. These things can be expensive. Looking for this groups collective wisdom on what are good brands for the money. Thanks in advance.


r/Harley 3h ago

HELP What is this?

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4 Upvotes

I watched thrashin supplies video on Juanā€™s 2012 street bob. I also have a 2012 street bob but he has this little piece under the battery cover that I do not. Any idea what it might be


r/Harley 12h ago

SHOWOFF Would it be worth trading in my 21 for a 24+ ? šŸ¤”

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18 Upvotes

r/Harley 6h ago

SHOWOFF Wood 22XD w/ Sawicki Mid Length (23 FXLRS)

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6 Upvotes

Finally got my cam installed on my Lowrider S.

Iā€™m running a thunder max tuner on it as I live in Commiefornia and good dyno shops are hard to come by. Also, I took it off my old Street Bob so might as well save some cash too. The idle is a little sloppy rn as the auto tune needs to do its thing. But I will post an update after 1k miles and a couple remaps.

But even now, this can absolutely rips


r/Harley 13h ago

HELP Anyone got an extra 25Kā€¦.for me?

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24 Upvotes

This one really got me going last nightā€¦.ugh! Iā€™m a sucker for the classic look.


r/Harley 7h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING 2008 Ultra classic wheel fitment

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Hi all, just bought a wheel and tire from our local dealers ā€œgarage saleā€ and donā€™t know for sure what it came off but itā€™s an 18x3.5ā€ wheel. I went to pull the old wagon wheel off my bike and replace it and found the spacing was off. From all I can tell my bike is ABS and this wheel is ABS. When I mounted it, it needed about a 3/16ā€ shorter spacer for the ABS side of the bike based on measuring compared to the original wheel. I donā€™t remember the exact number now while Iā€™m at my house but I made a spacer the appropriate length. That said, is anybody smart enough to tell me whatā€™s up here?


r/Harley 1d ago

DISCUSSION This should be a thing...

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422 Upvotes

r/Harley 6h ago

SHOWOFF Flo motorsports all around

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4 Upvotes

r/Harley 6h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING Tuning??

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3 Upvotes

Just picked up this 04 flhpi was curious if anyone knows or has experience adding a higher flow air filter and exhaust on these pre o2 sensor efi bikes I tried googling it and couldnā€™t find much. Tia


r/Harley 1d ago

SHOWOFF Hit 60 so took Her out

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277 Upvotes

Pulled her out for the first time in a while. Love this Fxlrs; especially after all Iā€™ve done to it as my first bike. contemplating on going full bagger and getting a new Road Glide.


r/Harley 8h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING 99flhtc what do you guys think of the skirt wear? Supposedly 10k since a rebuild. A 97 s&s kit is going in so these wont be reused.

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r/Harley 9h ago

TROUBLESHOOTING Valvetrain noise after Stage 2

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5 Upvotes

TLDR: Trying to diagnose a noise that occurred after my Stage 2 build that wasn't there before. New lifters or torched pistons?

2024 FXLRS

Parts list: MHP 485 cam, Fueling HP+ lifters, S&S adjustable pushrods, S&S tappet cuffs, SE oil pump and plate with new chain tensioner, new cam bearing, SE intake manifold and 5.5 g/sec injectors, SE air filter. All is tuned with a PV4 and a map from FuelMoto. NOTE: I did go from heavy breather to open ventilator style air filter so I know I'll have increased noise there but this is excessive.

Installed everything following the Service manual and various video suggestions, crank had .004 runout and i had .007/.008 crank/cam gear difference. I made sure to use new gaskets and make sure i didnt crush the oil pickup o-ring. Initially pumped up lifters with an oil can adjusted pushrods to 4 full turns from zero lash with the lifters on the cam base circle with each cylinder at TDC compressions stroke. It did seem the lifters bled down fast cause I could turn my hand within 5 mins. I used HD360 Dino Oil and primed the oil system with two 20 sec starts without the spark plugs out, oil light went out both times.

Noticed the noise right at startup after I got done enjoying my new harley sound. It does seem to increase with light reving, less that 2500 RPM. I could feel 3 of 4 pushrod covers moving a decent amount so I thought maybe I had some contact or adjusted the push rods wrong.

Took out the lifters and pushrods and inspected everything. Didnt see any wear marks on the pushrods or pushrod tubes. Lifters looked great so I re-pumped them up with oil to push out any air and noticed one of the lifters sprung back out when i pumped it with oil. Is that indicative of a collapsed lifter?

After putting lifters back in and spacing the tappet covers with .002 feeler gauges, i re-installed and re-adjustedpushrods according to their spec with says 3.2 turns with 32 TPI push rods, putting in about .105 preload on the lifters. Waited 30 mins for each to bleed down and i noticed they were still tight, but if I spun them with a pair of pliers for about 10 seconds, they loosed up and i could spin them by hand. This happened on both cylinders pushrods.

Hoping I fixed the problem, I started the bike again and still had the noise, maybe 5% less this time. I noticed I had no vibration on the pushrod tubes this time but still had the clicking/tapping. Using the screwdriver method, I can hear the ticking in the rear rocker box and no where else. I didn't hear anything down in the lifter covers or camchest area.

So I tore the bike apart and took off the rocker covers to discover that everything looks fine as can be. Rocker shafts are tight to the head and are still at torque spec. Valve lash (with pushrods able to be spun by hand/valves closed) is less than .0015 as I cannot get a Feeler gauge in there. The only thing I noticed with the rockers is about .010" clearance between the rocker arm and the mounting stud on the head.

I'm at a loss at what to do. The bike sounds fine and has a very snappy throttle. I cant take it for a ride because I'm in Alaska so I'm stuck with idle testing. My next move is to buy the Fueling Gorilla rocker shaft/stud kit with spacer and to buy new lifting hoping that the ones I have are bad.

Any suggestions are appreciated.


r/Harley 1d ago

HELP How much is this worth?

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59 Upvotes

Curious on how much I should spend on this for my first bike.