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[Chief]

Here's the hitch brackets as seen from ground level. There is a bit more exposed but I think it'll be OK.

[Chief]

I did that too, but I made a "Y" connector - one leg to the LED strip and one leg to the FLHX tail/brake light, using the connection in the tour pak.  Same thing but different....  I did not have to bend the hitch to clear though...it is close, but clears without having to bend it...

I remember Don said he had to wiggle things around and I tried that for quite a bit of time before I gave up and started bending it. Evidently not all fenders have the same bends. Mine is evidently closer in than yours.

[Chief]

Last one for tonight. Here's the battery box with the fender and some more of the wires that get crammed into the small space back there.

[sadunbar]

I remember Don said he had to wiggle things around and I tried that for quite a bit of time before I gave up and started bending it. Evidently not all fenders have the same bends. Mine is evidently closer in than yours.

Yeah, there are a lot of joints and connections that end up with either having clearance or not having clearance.  A little here and a little there adds up - commulative tolerance stack up I think they call it...  

[Chief]

Yeah, there are a lot of joints and connections that end up with either having clearance or not having clearance.  A little here and a little there adds up - commulative tolerance stack up I think they call it...  

I'm tight everywhere. Just getting the fender mounted at all five points requires a good bit of uncurling to get the bolts in. I guess my fender radius is tighter which causes the problem I ran into.

[sadunbar]

I'm tight everywhere. Just getting the fender mounted at all five points requires a good bit of uncurling to get the bolts in. I guess my fender radius is tighter which causes the problem I ran into.

That definitely is an area where you want to start all the fasteners before tightening any of them... 

[Chief]

I forgot to mention that I cut off the hoop that used to wrap around from one side of the frame to the other.

I wanted to put in the Auto-Gem Shotgun lights to fill in the holes in the pipe. Once I found out that they want $125 for two of their lites, I decided some head bolts with some head bolt covers will be just fine.

[Fired00d]

Chuck,
Thanks for the pictorial update. I have to tip my hat to all you guys/gals that can do/enjoy doing this type of stuff. It's more then I'd ever try to do because of all the potential I see for me to F... err mess up. Which would end up causing me to spend more $$$$ for someone to come behind me and fix my F... err mess ups.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Chief]

The definitely is an area that you want to start all the fasteners before tightening any of them... 

Yea, tighten, loosen, remove, use drift pins, everything I could find to help do it with only two hands. The fender on my 1999 FLHTC was not like that at all, everything lined up perfectly on that one. I just wasn't so lucky on this one. Although this frame seems to be truer than the first one. On the first one, there was almost 1/4" difference in the shock span left to right. This one is dead nuts on.

[Chief]

Chuck,
Thanks for the pictorial update. I have to tip my hat to all you guys/gals that can do/enjoy doing this type of stuff. It's more then I'd ever try to do because of all the potential I see for me to F... err mess up. Which would end up causing me to spend more $$$$ for someone to come behind me and fix my F... err mess ups.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

I can take almost anything apart and most of the time I can get it back together.

[110tHunDer]

 
Chuck, the hitch looks totally fine.  The view in the photo attached to reply #143 is going to be the view you see all the time, not the one from the lower vantage point in reply #137.  You done good!

Bike is looking great and you've made a lot of progress!

[Chief]

Chuck, the hitch looks totally fine.  The view in the photo attached to reply #143 is going to be the view you see all the time, not the one from the lower vantage point in reply #137.  You done good!

Bike is looking great and you've made a lot of progress!

Thanks Brian. I think it will be fine. The Bushtec is great for hiding as well as it does. A little exposed bracket won't be a problem.

I wanted to get it up on the wheels this weekend, but you know how that goes.

[Fired00d]

I can take almost anything apart and most of the time I can get it back together.

I'm halfway there....

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[110tHunDer]

I'm halfway there....

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Gary, we have to take solace in our own version of that line which is: "We can get anything dirty and most of the time get it clean again."

[Fired00d]

Gary, we have to take solace in our own version of that line which is: "We can get anything dirty and most of the time get it clean again."

I guess you're right about that. I just need to find somebody local to me that is a good wrench and hates detailing. We could then barter our services and both be happy.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d