Topic: Red flstfse came in Tuesday (Read 7625 times)

reo · « **on:** October 30, 2004, 10:06:53 AM »

I ran accross your website the other day, good site.

My bike came in tueseday, thats the good news. The bad news is the dealer won't get it done before this weekend. The bike is a red cvo fatboy. Im having them add a bunch of accesories for long trips giving it that convertable option. Pic's http://royogren.com/gallery/flstfse

accessories adding
Staggered Rienharts
Screamin Eagle race tuner module
Passing lamps
Detachable windshield (nostalgic with horshoe)
Large leather saddlebages, detachable (12x8x17.

Heated Alleron hand grip kit
kuryakyn mustache highway bar with Alleron foot pegs
plus a slew of other misc items

no-rain · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2004, 11:31:16 AM »

[smiley=6.gif] Congratulations REO, I am still waiting. I think I will call the dealer today to see if there is any word on my bike. What detachable saddlebags did you go with?

I have already purchased the following mods, I just need a bike to put them on:

Vance and Hines BIG SHOTS Staggered Exhaust
PowerCommander
Passing Lamps
Detachable Windshield
Lindy Highway Bar
kuryakyn L.E.D. Fuel and Battery Gauge
kuryakyn Vented Flush Mount Gas Caps

reo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2004, 11:44:41 AM »

Thanks johnb, looks like you have the same idea from the accesories your using on your bike. The bags are the large leather saddlebags 90119-00A (12t x 8d x 17.8l)

no-rain · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2004, 11:50:55 AM »

I looked up the Kuryakyn mustache highway bar and it is looks nice. I think it will look great on your bike. Also, thanks for the information.

Twolanerider · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2004, 11:52:03 AM »

Those are the first up close photos I've seen of the red Fatboy. Really nice. The painted frames on those really stand out. Congratulations. By the way, are the dealers giving the Fatboy owners any advance notice about care and maintenance on the ground metal areas. Seems like even the slightest little chip in the clear coat there would be a recipe for creeping rust under the paint. Especially up on the front fender.

Anyway, outstanding ride. Congratulations again!

110tHunDer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2004, 10:38:52 PM »

Reo, great looking ride! Walters Bros. here in Peoria sold a red one recently, but I didn't get a chance to see it before it got delivered. From the photos it looks very striking! Thanks for posting. [smiley=beerchug.gif]

no-rain · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2004, 07:56:24 AM »

REO let me know how the seat rides. I was Dallas last week and stopped a HD dealer on my way back to the airport to see a blue FLSTFSE they had. Man when HQ described the seat a hard pan, they meant it. I have already started looking for a replacement seat, but have not found anything that will work yet.

reo · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2004, 11:26:58 AM »

Again johnb your on the same page as I am. The seat that comes on this bike is oviously just for looks. I have already made plans to fit a Mustang solo with the passenger pillion for long rides with my Wife, for short distance my plan is to use the Mustang solo with either making a custom bracket trying to fit the chrome cvo dovetail or if I cant get it to work to use the fender bib available from Mustang. I will probably go with the vintage solo with backrest, the backrest is removable as is the passenger pillion, these are available in 15" and 17.5" I will probably go with the 15".

no-rain · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2004, 12:54:24 PM »

REO, I am glad we live in two different locations (just kidding) because I think our bikes are going to have a lot of the same features. Just to make sure we are a little bit different, I will go with the Corbin Close Solo (see pic) without the studs.

reo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2004, 02:09:26 PM »

I modified my other posts including the pics to make the thread easier to read.

johnb I havent totaly ruled out the Corbon, I do like the solo you showed but without the studs. My problem is, I havent seen any pillions they make that would work for long rides with my wife.

I guess I could get the Corbon solo for my every day driving and get a Corbon Dual Tour style for long rides with her [smiley=confused.gif] [smiley=confused.gif] [smiley=confused.gif]

2soaper · « **Reply #10 on:** November 03, 2004, 07:41:35 PM »

How you liking the Fatboy so far?

reo · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2004, 10:52:08 AM »

Its been raining here all week 2soaper, making me very anxious but yesterday we finally got a break in the weather. I picked the bike up Friday afternoon from the dealer making the 51 mile 45 degree temperature journey home, following the narrow rpm break-in guideline Harley recommends.

The balance and ride feel very good on this bike and the vibration is minimal. The staggered Rinehart

2soaper · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2004, 01:53:34 PM »

Rainman-Johnb, which windshield did you purchase for you bike and would you mind posting a pic. I was trying to ge the Windvest for mine, but they do not yet have mounting brackets that will clear the tach.

no-rain · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2004, 02:22:10 PM »

2soaper I ended up going with the Nostalgic Detachable King-Size Windshield for FL Softail Models (57140-05) but I cannot guarantee you that it will work with the tac because I don

reo · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2004, 07:20:32 PM »

Yes 2soaper as rainman said I used the Nostalgic Detachable King-Size Windshield for FL Softail Models (57140-05) on my bike and it fits fine giving about an inch of clearance at the bottom of the tack housing, I especialy like the old Nostalgic look with the Harley badge inside the horseshoe. You can see this windshield at the Harley dealer mounted on the flstn called the Deluxe.

I was also going to use the Deluxe bracket for my road lamps but my dealer installed the incorrect bracket, you may not be able to see this from the pic below.

2soaper · « **Reply #15 on:** November 06, 2004, 08:23:31 PM »

Reo, great looking bike. Love the color, I have the blue. Looks like the window matches up nice. Is that quick detachable?

no-rain · « **Reply #16 on:** November 06, 2004, 10:04:19 PM »

I purchased the Deluxe Auxiliary Lighting Kit (68669-05) which works with the windshield 57140-05. I am not sure if I can do this yet but I plan to leave the turn signals on the handlebar and also install the turn signals on the passing lamp bar.

reo · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2004, 07:27:24 AM »

Yes 2soaper that is the quick detachable type. And I think your bike looks great I'm just a red guy I guess.

rainman again you had the same idea's in accessory upgrades, I wanted the deluxe roadlight kit and I also was going to leave the turn signals on the bars but the dealer installed the standard roadlight kit, alot cheaper but I really dont like the bracket. Now the person that dropped the ball is saying the bracket will not fit but I pointed out to him that this roadlight kit is used on the flstn and it has the same front end/windshield. Let me know how yours fits when you get it, my plan is just to get the bracket if the light housings will fit.

I'm starting to think your right rainman about us thankfully living in different states ha ha.

Almost forgot, rainman you asked me earlier how the seat road. I put 200 miles on today and I have to say the seat is ok for short rides because of its size and contact width but for long rides I would consider it a 100 mile seat.

no-rain · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2004, 07:51:26 AM »

REO, thanks for the information about the seat, I will hold off on purchasing a new one. I did get my V&H BIG SHOTS in this week, but I am still waiting on the kuryakyn L.E.D. Fuel/Battery Gauge and vented gas cap.

My wife and I just had our first child and he is now eight weeks old. Here is a picture at five weeks.

reo · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2004, 08:39:06 AM »

Congrats on the little one, you may have to fit that bike with a side car now ha ha.

btw, you were right leaning towards the Corbon, what I didnt know was the mustang is fitted with vinyle no leather available. I may fit the sefb with the stinger in allegator, what do you think?

I had a Corbon on my BMW and it turned a 75 mile bike to an all day ride. I dont want to run out of _ss before I run out of gas on this bike. speaking of gas I got to fill mine up and run it thru the pipes now [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

no-rain · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2004, 09:08:21 AM »

REO, I do like the look of the stinger saddle and I think it looks better with the backrest than one of their solo seats do. The Corbin solo seats to me look like something is missing because I believe we would have to remove the chrome seat pieces that sefb seat has. I am really hoping several people post pictures of what they did before I make a decision.

Also, I am still undecided what saddlebags to purchase after reading your remarks. I ended up going down to my local HD dealer to look at the bracket you wrote about and I agree with you that they should have found a better (cleaner) way to mount the bags.

2soaper · « **Reply #21 on:** November 07, 2004, 10:41:33 AM »

I'm thinking of going with the hard bags painted the cobalt blue. Was waiting to see if I saw another bike with them first. I may have to copy you guys Reo on your lighting idea, the nostalgia passing lamps and mount are sweet. When you find out if you can have both the turn signal lights please let me know.

As for the seat, I'm not sure what I want to do with that yet if anything. I've riden about 400 miles in a day without really any problem and I sort like the unique look.

reo · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2004, 06:59:34 AM »

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Also, I am still undecided what saddlebags to purchase after reading your remarks. I ended up going down to my local HD dealer to look at the bracket you wrote about and I agree with you that they should have found a better (cleaner) way to mount the bags.

I really like the look of the bags I now have and I think they would look great if I did'nt have the quick realease bracket and the sissy bar spacers mounted in between it. My plan is to remove the back bracket from the bag and cut/re-weld and redesign the whole thing moving it in 1 to 2 inches in while moving it back and possibly down keeping the quick detachable brackets for the sissy bar and bag.

Hotrodracer · « **Reply #23 on:** June 30, 2005, 05:14:44 PM »

[smiley=huepfenjump3.gif]Now that you have had a chance to enjoy your SE, how does the windsheild work?? Any problems with it?? Would like to get one for my SE but don't really know what to go with. [smiley=1syellow1.gif]

Mrs Red Hot · « **Reply #24 on:** July 05, 2005, 03:06:45 PM »

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I ran accross your website the other day, good site.

My bike came in tueseday, thats the good news. The bad news is the dealer won't get it done before this weekend. The bike is a red cvo fatboy. Im having them add a bunch of accesories for long trips giving it that convertable option.

Mrs Red Hot · « **Reply #25 on:** July 05, 2005, 03:13:39 PM »

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Congrats on the little one, you may have to fit that bike with a side car now ha ha.

btw, you were right leaning towards the Corbon, what I didnt know was the mustang is fitted with vinyle no leather available. I may fit the sefb with the stinger in allegator, what do you think?

I had a Corbon on my BMW and it turned a 75 mile bike to an all day ride. I dont want to run out of _ss before I run out of gas on this bike. speaking of gas I got to fill mine up and run it thru the pipes now [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

The Corbin Stinger seat is a great one for the Fat Boy. We use to have a 2000 FB with that seat. her's a pic of it. Also try checking around for EZ Brackets or Ghost Brackets for your saddlebags. You only have to change out the bolt on the fender strut, nothing else. Bike still looks as it did without the bags. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif] Sandy

reo · « **Reply #26 on:** July 05, 2005, 11:18:09 PM »

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Congrats. Reo

Mrs Red Hot · « **Reply #27 on:** July 20, 2005, 09:47:39 AM »

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I looked up the Kuryakyn mustache highway bar and it is looks nice. I think it will look great on your bike. Also, thanks for the information.

I tried the Kuryakyn on my SEFB. It doesn't fit this bike good unless you want to change out the bullet break pedal and loose nearly 2 inches of your footboards. That's right, the dip down portion of their highway bar comes down so low it barely misses the top of your stock break redal and is of the same height. Therefore they want you to replace the break pedal that's on the bike with their solid chrome one that comes with the highway bars. It's close to 2 inches shorter than the break pedal on your bike. Which means you will loose nearly 2 inches of foot space on your boards. I took mine back to my dealer and went with the Lindy bar instead. Sandy

Mrs Red Hot · « **Reply #28 on:** July 20, 2005, 10:02:30 AM »

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Haven't spent too much time on the board with the summer weather upon us. Here is a hot link http://flhrsei.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=fb_gen;action=display;num=1114356542

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