What did you do to your Road Glide Today?

All little stuff but I changed the mounts for the highway pegs to HD short arm mounts. And added Kurakyn Heavy Industrial Switchblade pegs. I need the stirrups more for my right leg.





Plus updated the rear brake pad to match.





And just so it all matches did the shift pegs also.

After trying to fix my dishwasher and getting myself a nice tingle in the teeth from a faulty switch, I decided I needed to go for a ride. Regardless that it was pouring rain, I needed some twists and turns on the highway that sits right outside my doors towards Whistler. Wind therapy is a real thing.

I spent my day in the Harley Hut (my bike's storage shed!) doing the following:

Swapping my Kahuna chrome footboards (Rider & Passenger), Kahuna footpegs, brake pedal pad and shifter peg onto the FLTRU. These were all parts I'd had on my FLHTK I just traded. I also installed the Kuryakyn extended brake lever while I was at it.

Then I installed the Ciro3D Fang LED headlight bezels, Custom Dynamics black windshield trim, CD ProBeam Laydown Taillight (smoked) and the CD ProBeam Fillerz (also smoked). I also reinstalled my DK Custom Tour Pak relocation kit, wired the CD Air Wing rack light and reinstalled (again, takeoffs from the FLHTK) the CD RSG and LTP2 Magic Strobes modules.

Then I wanted to see what speakers the PO had installed front and rear: as it turns out, he put Rockford Fosgate 6.5s in the fairing, but left the stock speakers in the Tour Pak pods. So since I'll be leaving them in that location, I reinstalled my Alpine SPR-60s to the Tour Pak pods of this bike. I left the RF fronts for now. They'll be replaced with ARC Moto 602s when I install the Biketronics stuff I took off the Limited (BT4180, Sony XAV-AX5000).

Lastly, I removed the dowel from the handlebar clamp and pushed the bars up to nearly as far forward as they can go. I haven't ridden with them in that position, yet, but I had enough (barely) adjustment of the switches and controls so the levers aren't under the bar! Then when I was adjusting and tightening everything on the bars, I swapped in the Lighted Hand Control switches and the old Get-A-Grips I had in a drawer to replace the stock switches and grips. At least until I order the KST Pathfinder bar, this arrangement should suffice to get my elbows out of my ribcage as I'm riding.

Next on the agenda (waiting for parts deliveries though) is to change out the stock windshield (have an LRS coming; if I like it (height/tint) I'll likely order a Freedom Shield as the "permanent" shield, unless LRS improved the quality markedly), finish my "Kahuna" collection stuff: Derby and Timer cover, AC insert and I have the heated Kahuna grips, though I'm not sure of the exact wiring procedure for them. I also have a set of slip-ons coming (Cobra 909 Twins) along with a Fuel Moto AC/DC Stage 1 AC and a request for a new license for my PowerVision so I can use that to add a "close" tune (whatever Fuel Moto can set me up with anyway). Down the road, I will likely swap out the header for something that can use 18mm O2 sensors so I can install the TargetTune setup and get the bike dialed in with a dyno run.

Added front and rear air, Bmc customized seat 1.5” pushed back for us long legged folk, d&d 2 into 1 exhaust, mri center stand, fuelmoto air filter, and a powervision all done over the weekend!

It’s not what I have done to the bike today, it’s what the Dealer has done to the bike.

I pick up my 2019 RGS on the 20th and the dealer is doing the work that I wanted.

I’m getting the following done:
S&S 475C cam
Black Airflow grips
Vance & Hines Power Duals Header
Vance & Hines 450 Oversized Slip-Ons
Power Commander V
Dyno Tune
Backrest

Not a thing. Last couple of days its been about getting the FXRS ready to spend a few days at Gettysburg Bike Week.

MORE stuff done to the RGU

The Big Brown Parts van showed up today! Got my Kahuna derby and timer covers, A/C insert, glove box liners, finned spark plug covers, chrome Tour Pak light trim and cigarette lighter from Surdyke (Gold Star Harley-Davidson). I also got my Cobra 909-Twins slip-ons. So I installed most of the pieces parts; waiting for the next visit from the Brown Santa to bring me the smoked Tour Pak light bar (finishing the smoke-out of the tail end of the bike) and LRS 12" Light Smoke Stingray shield. Hopefully they'll arrive early enough so I can get them installed and get a ride in with the LRS to see if it's going to work for me.

Thursday, the FuelMoto A/C kit will arrive, and my PowerVision has been reset to use with this bike, so I can install the A/C and download the FuelMoto tune to the bike. After that, I think the 2019 mods will be finished, and the only thing left to do is to ride this thing!

I once agin rode mine; I haven't driven my truck in 5 days, which is a long time here in Upstate NY!

Today after I got home from work, I installed the smoked Tour Pak light bar in place of the stock red: I LOVE the look! Even nicer with the Chrome Trim. I also put on my Kahuna heated grips, though I didn't wire them up (just taped them off and left the wires in the gauge pod for now). It's so strange that the MoCo decided that the Ultras don't need the silly power connector for heated grips, but the Specials and standard FLTRs get it.

(I think this is how the design meeting discussion went: "Why would anyone want us to put heated grips on the bike we tout as the mile-eating coast-to-coast tourer? No, skip that couple feet of wire and the extra pins and connector. We have to save money somewhere. Heated grips would NEVER get used on this model.")

Anyway, I also put a 12" LRS Stingray on the bike. I swear it seems like it's actually TALLER than the stock shield. The last real "projects" for the season will be to install the FuelMoto AC/DC air cleaner and load up the map Jamie sent for my arrangement, then finally install the Biketronics gear (Sony deck and amp). Then it'll be just time to ride.

Yesterday I swapped my stock heel shifter for a Stealth Heel Shift Lever from by Paul Yaffe's BaggerNation. MUCH lighter than the stock one plus it sits further back (can use much more of the floorboard now) and much lower so I don't need to pick my heel up nearly as far, making my shifts that much quicker and easier.