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[Mutt]

For some reason, I ended up on a Road King CVO. My last 3 bikes have had stereos and fairings and I will never have a bike without those again, and i ended up on this thing. I had the bike I loved, in the right color, with all the bolt on stuff you could bolt on. It was perfect, and in a moment of weakness, blinded by the idea of owning a CVO, I traded it for my current 2014 FLHRSE.

I tried to return it the next day, but my dealer just laughed and said no. I was stuck with it. A damn Road King, no stereo, no fairing, and no love for it.

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Apparently this is going to take forever with only 1 pic allowed per post

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First thing i did was to eliminate the huge set of crash bars for a smaller set

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I then decided to add air ride.

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I needed a stereo, so I cheaped out and bought a Rock Hoodz unit that i attached to the existing windshield

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Sounded ok, but was goofy looking.

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Decided if i was going to be stuck with the Road King, I had to come up with some way to have a stereo. I did some research and found Dragonfly Cycles in California. Sent a message and a few hours later, the owner calls me and we discuss what i had, what i wanted and what my options were. I decided to go ahead and order a fairing, i added rear speakers to the set up, upgraded the 400 watt amp to 800 watts and added Sirius radio, just for good measure. Gonna take a few weeks to build, color match and ship, so time to strip down the bike.

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More stripping

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Decided to go ahead and change the handlebars while i was doing the project.

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I had to decide how i wanted to install the rear speakers. If i got the lid mount for the saddlebags, i would lose most of the tribal accents on the saddlebag. Decided to go old school and mount on inside of saddlebags, facing the tires. Had to drill holes

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Never going to be able to see the holes that were drilled, but decided to do 1/4” and 1/8” holes to make it look decent

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After all holes were drilled

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I have been running ape hangers for years, but getting older and decided not to go too high with this set up. I did decide i wanted a set of chubby bars, so contacted Vindikta and ordered a set of 1.5” fat bars. Only went 10” tall tho.

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Bars....