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[Tbone]

Welcome to the site, glad you joined us.

[h-d mikey]

Welcome from Arkansas, Good luck with your build, Good looking scoot.

Happy New Year.
h-d mikey

[LRebel]

berSERK,

Happy New Year & welcome from Oklahoma!

[Texas Lurker]

A big CVO howdy from Texas.

[DAD]

Welcome from Southern Indiana!   

[skyglide]

Welcome from frigid WI 

[CVOJOE]

DON'T DO IT ?

A Road King may share a frame with an Electra-Glide and a Road Glide but it ends there and well it should. The bike MJZ bought from me is what it was intended to be. The Faux-EG I stripped down and parted out was not what it was intended to be. If you don't like the RK the way the MoCo built it and what you want is a batwing fairing etc etc etc, then buy an SEUC or a used SEEG, but a Road King was never meant to be an EG. With all due respect, either you get this or you don't.

Agree 100% with Brian, if you want the lower, fairing, stereo, etc. move up nearly 200lbs to a SEUC. Welcome to the site, we love SERK pilots here 
Joe

[MJZ]

Speaking as someone who took an 03 SERK all the way down the coversion road to Ultra-Classic ville and back, my advice on changing your 07 SERK is

DON'T DO IT ?

A Road King may share a frame with an Electra-Glide and a Road Glide but it ends there and well it should. The bike MJZ bought from me is what it was intended to be. The Faux-EG I stripped down and parted out was not what it was intended to be. If you don't like the RK the way the MoCo built it and what you want is a batwing fairing etc etc etc, then buy an SEUC or a used SEEG, but a Road King was never meant to be an EG. With all due respect, either you get this or you don't.

Also, I have had a few problems with H-D over the years, but you know I don't exactly ride my motorcycles like the little old lady from Pasedena. I fully expect that if I effed with my 2008 Mitsu Eclipse Spyder GT-6 the way I do with my Harleys, I'd have some "issues" with Mitsubishi. So if there's a list of unhappy H-D owners, please ensure that my name is not on it. I may dislike dealers like Fat Bastard and what SD H-D is fast becoming, but I love Harley-Davidson. Of course as Chip so wisely points out, I don't have a 110 either. Wouldn't take the gift of one but I do have a built up 103 that is almost 100% Screamin Eagle parts and it runs and runs well. As Beagle likes to say, " Beware the fat old guys on the big ass baggers " 

B B

AMEN and I appreciate it every time I ride it.

[Hoist!]

Speaking as someone who took an 03 SERK all the way down the coversion road to Ultra-Classic ville and back, my advice on changing your 07 SERK is

DON'T DO IT ?

A Road King may share a frame with an Electra-Glide and a Road Glide but it ends there and well it should. The bike MJZ bought from me is what it was intended to be. The Faux-EG I stripped down and parted out was not what it was intended to be. If you don't like the RK the way the MoCo built it and what you want is a batwing fairing etc etc etc, then buy an SEUC or a used SEEG, but a Road King was never meant to be an EG. With all due respect, either you get this or you don't.

Also, I have had a few problems with H-D over the years, but you know I don't exactly ride my motorcycles like the little old lady from Pasedena. I fully expect that if I effed with my 2008 Mitsu Eclipse Spyder GT-6 the way I do with my Harleys, I'd have some "issues" with Mitsubishi. So if there's a list of unhappy H-D owners, please ensure that my name is not on it. I may dislike dealers like Fat Bastard and what SD H-D is fast becoming, but I love Harley-Davidson. Of course as Chip so wisely points out, I don't have a 110 either. Wouldn't take the gift of one but I do have a built up 103 that is almost 100% Screamin Eagle parts and it runs and runs well. As Beagle likes to say, " Beware the fat old guys on the big ass baggers " 

B B

Woohoo, I get to agree with Brian for a change!

With the first part anyway. I've bled Black and Orange for years. But that don't say we can't be pissed when they come up with stuff like the 110, and bury their heads in the sand when they have issues. It's happened before the 110. It'll happen again too. That's the MoCo for ya. And the way of Corporate America!

And we've fixed them ourselves before, when the MoCo couldn't. And we'll do it now too with the 110! After all, it ain't rocket science!

Hoist!

[naitram]

as another that started doing the conversion process. if i had to do it again i dont think i would.

i love having the fairing, the lowers, the TP, the extra gauges for engine vital signs, but its not an UC and nevre will be.

i may have saved dome money doing it this way but for a few $$$ more i could have actually converted the bike over using H-D parts and having them painted to match. if you really want to go that route

you need an EG tank
a wiring harness
fairing parts and electronics

start a collection of parts on ebay wait till you get everything and tear into it

[miker]

Welcome from South Florida!  I have a convertible SerkGlide and have been pretty happy about being able to pop the batwing off for a windy ride when I want. 

HD issues go way back as Howie says....Like my Panhead and Shovels, I was happy when I bought it, happier when sold them.....
 
My current oldies earlier mates were famous for overheating and name me one model of hd that doesn't or hasn't leaked something somewhere.   It is what it is, nobody makes us love em.

[miker]

SerkGlide

[bikerboy53]

Thanks for all the feedback regarding converting my SERK into an Electra King. When I bought my SERK I couldn't find an SEUC because in my area they were all being snatched up! And I have to admit that I'm not particularly fond of the Ninja Turtle TourPak that came on the '07s either.

After doing a little touring with the stock "glove boxes" (saddlebags) and the leather TourPak off our old RK Classic my BSR and I were yearning for a little more storage. OK, maybe it was only me who wanted more storage on the bike -I just hate having to drag the trailer along for an overnight trip!  And if we don't bring the trailer we have to ask our friends to haul anything we buy along the way because we don't have any available storage space. That led to the hard bags and King TourPak we're in the process of adding.

And there's more!  Last summer we took a little trip to Wyoming and back with a couple of friends who ride '04 and '05 SEEGs. They are beautiful bikes, and I have to admit that we were a little jealous that our newer SERK didn't get the attention that their "old" SEEGs were getting. So I started thinking about the lowers and a batwing -nothing definite yet, I'm just thinking. And although I would love to have a new 6 gallon tank I'm not really thinking of changing it because of the difficulties (and $$$) I think would be involved.

I don't really want to spoil the ride with a stereo, but occasionally it would be nice to get some weather information. And the occasional tune might be nice now and then...  My BSR and I enjoy the ride sans distractions for the most part though.

We do enough cold weather riding that the batwing and lowers would be nice too. I have electric gloves, jacket, and pants, but the gloves don't get hot enough to keep my hands warm when it's cold out. Some of my friends with EGs, RGs, etc. have to turn their gloves down to keep from burning their hands, so I came to the conclusion that blocking the airflow over my hands would help keep them warmer. And it might look nice too... 

Don't worry too much about me "going over to the Dark Side" yet -my BSR is doing her best to rein me in a little.  I'm not sure if I'm really cut out to be an FD kind of guy anyway.

Here's a pic of our bike and our friends' bikes at the Wyoming border on the Beartooth Highway. I sorta had to park mine in front of the other bikes for the picture -otherwise I think only the true SERK lovers would notice it in the picture.   

PS -After all the warm welcomes I received I'm kinda wishing I knew a little French too! 

[miker]

Electra Serk Glide Classic !

[Fired00d]

Looks good.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d