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[rheiner]

I picked up my 09 Springer today. I put on Wild 1 Chubby 16 inch Springer bars powder coated in gloss black, Rush slip ons, HD windshield adaptor kit powder coated black, and the detachable docking hardware for a back rest and sport luggage rack. [Edit] I've recently put Rinehart cross back exhaust on this bike, which really improved the performance and the sound. Here are some pictures. The last picture has some more recent mods which I identify right above the picture.

Randall


                                                            
































Here below is a pic after I put a tach on it, longer riser studs, and Black Pearl cables, black Goodridge banjos and banjo bolts, and Rinehart cross back exhaust:

[Hoist!]

Oh baby! Beautiful man! Now that's what a Springer SHOULD look like! Great job!

Hoist!

[Fired00d]

Nice job that's bad@$$.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Sierramadre]

Damn nice.  Congratulations.

[Robmay]

SWEET! That is one Beautiful ride!! Congrats!

[kildar]

I'm getting ready to ad the same bars (chrome) and same size on my 08.  They had to special order my cables, do you know what length they bought for yours?  BTW this looks awesome.


thanks,
Tim

[pado]

SUPER !!!

[bossman]

Bad to the bone!

[rheiner]

For the 16 inch Wild 1 Chubby springer bars, the throttle and idle cables were made by Barnett, part no.s B102-30-30026+14 (throttle) and B102-30-40043+14 (idle). The clutch is a Goodridge stainless 71 inch universal brake line. You also need the universal clutch adapter made by Goodridge with the o-ring at the end. For the 09, the banjos on the clutch and brake masters are both 10mm which is different than the 08, where you have a 12 mm on the brake master and a 10 mm on the clutch master. The brake line is a Goodridge 54 inch universal and you need a 10 mm 90 degree banjo on the caliper end.

I went with universal brake lines versus custom lines on the clutch and brake so if I need to change length of cables it is easy without having to pay for the costly ends. As it turns out, these lengths I described above worked well for my bike.

I put 9.5 inch Wild 1 chrome Chubbys on my 08 springer and have those lengths if anyone wants them. That bike is also the black model. After seeing how the black bars look and feel on my 09 when riding, I've already ordered the parts to convert my 08 SE springer to black gloss 16 inch Chubbys.

[56FLE]

Awsome, wonder what it would look like with a solo seat? 

[HDCrazy]

WOW...what a great looking bike. Your mods are perfect, great job, sweet!!

[Gone Fishin']

Great looking bike. Congrats! I do like the apes on the Springer very much!

[d o g o l s]

awesome looking bike 

[MikeD]

Very cool bike.  The bars look like they should have came on the bike that way.  nice touch.

[rheiner]

I have some comparison comments on the 09 versus the 08 Springers since I own them both. First, the new front brake provides no more braking power than the 08. That was a big dissapointment. If anything, less braking power. I'm serious. Second, even though from the pictures it looks like the 09 does not have a cross over in the exhaust, it does. The rear cylinder runs much hotter on the 09 with stock exhaust than my 08 where have I Rinehart cross backs. Even after a short ride, the 09 rear cylinder cuts out at stop lights because of the heat just like my 08 did before I put the Rineharts on. Currently there is no full exhaust you can buy for an 09 that I am aware of. The Rineharts make the 08 feel and sound much more powerful than the 09 with Rush slip ons. I did put the 08 with the new exhaust on the dyno at 1,000 miles but that doesn't explain the difference.

I called Rinehart to see what they say about coming out with exhaust for the Rocker, since Rocker exhaust will likely work with the 09 springer because they use the same oil tank and oil lines as the 09 Springer. Rinehart said the Rocker exhaust is well along in development but could not give me a time frame for release.

Having to buy a tach for the 09 is also a sore spot. We had to order each part from the 08 parts manual to put it together, about 8 parts. Those parts are on the way. I have a feeling I'll be riding my 08 a lot more than my 09, once I get the 16 apes on that bike, until I can get a decent exhaust on the 09. To end on a positive note, the stock seat on the 09 is much more comfortable for me than the stock 08 seat. I was sore after 50 miles on the 08 seat and no problems after a recent 100 mile ride on the 09 seat.