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[Texas Lurker]

Thanks Linny.  Appreciate that very much. 

So...... how long before that SEUC gets a trailer hitch  ? 

Might just have to have one Don. It sure complements the looks of the bike & just think how much more shopping you coul do!!!!!!! LOL

[Twolanerider]

just think how much more shopping you could do!!!!!!! LOL

ah, shopping, yet another of the reasons it's good to more often travel alone 

[ultrafxr]

Don, the trailer is awesome.  Glad it turned out so well, but everything you do turns out well.  We all have this obsession and it is not a bad thing!

[hafbad0]

Dang it Don, you done cause me to want to get my Bushtec painted to match my 08 CUSE3.  Just wish I could come out that cheap with work that good.  Very nice.

Milford 

[Twolanerider]

Dang it Don, you done cause me to want to get my Bushtec painted to match my 08 CUSE3.  Just wish I could come out that cheap with work that good.  Very nice.

Milford 

Just have to decide to go for it and pull the trigger.  FWIW it was a LOT cheaper to get just a single color paint job done to the trailer and then let the striper have his way with it for couple of hours than it would have been to have a custom painter actually paint the trailer to truly match the bike.

A future potential side benefit is that while the trailer does visually mate to the bike now it is not so absolutely matched to it that it could not be sold to anyone else with a red Harley.  A couple of hours elbow grease with some thinner and a rag could even get the new work off if it needed to be more generic.

[spydglide]

 He did do a nice job though.  And I'm real pleased with the results.  So I'm not complaining.

But, you went right home and took his signature off     har!  spyder

[Twolanerider]

But, you went right home and took his signature off     har!  spyder

Yeah.....  It's just a thing with me.  I don't like dealer name plates on my cars.  And I don't like artist's signatures in pinstriping or other graphics work on a vehicle.  Once it's on my vehicle/bike/trailer/whatever it's there for the purpose of adorning the vehicle not recognizing his efforts.

Most of them, Joey here included, don't even ask first.  They just put their name on your stuff.  It just annoys me.  So I take it off.  Then I'm not annoyed anymore .

[harley.2016]

Twolanerider

Where did you get the replacement low profile taillights for your roadstar?

[Twolanerider]

Twolanerider

Where did you get the replacement low profile taillights for your roadstar?

Those were an aftermarket lens that used to be relatively popular.  Was called "Aurora."  They fit the 1973-1998 bikes; which just happened to be the light that the Roadstar trailer used.  I thought the more angular look of the Aurora light was a much better fit with the shape of the Roadstar trailer.

[harley.2016]

thanks a lot for that.
I installed Kuryakyn smoked LED laydown lights on mine, as well as changing the turn signals out to the 86-90 style chrome fitting so I could use smoked lens with a "Superbright" Red LED light bulb.

My bike has all smoked LED taillights, including tourpak,  (Harley) so I did my best to match the trailer up...

[RGlideKid]

Don,
Good post and pictures!  It's nice to know someone else can do a good job without having to go back to Bushtec for it.  They quoted me $1500 minimum over 4 years ago to repaint mine, and I balked at that.  Now that I have the new RGU, the colors are close enough that I can spend the money on other goodies!
Congrats.  It looks great!

[Twolanerider]

Don,
Good post and pictures!  It's nice to know someone else can do a good job without having to go back to Bushtec for it.  They quoted me $1500 minimum over 4 years ago to repaint mine, and I balked at that.  Now that I have the new RGU, the colors are close enough that I can spend the money on other goodies!
Congrats.  It looks great!

These trailers really are simple beasts.  Nice little suspension setup.  But even that is easy to work on after the fact and rest is just a tub and a little wiring.  So no reason we can't get all over these things any way we want to and without having to spend a ton of money doing it.

Seeing this old thread come back has had me thinking today just how much I prefer the Roadstar over the other models.  It's smaller (volume) than the others.  But it still has a ton of room for most any road trip.  It's shape and lines, at least to my eye, just look so much better behind a Harley than do the other models though. 

Thought about it so much today while doing other things almost have myself talked in to selling the one I've got now and starting to watch for a good deal on a Roadstar again.  This website is just dangerous that way sometimes....  Too many wallet-attacking-ideas come from the brethren.... 

[harley.2016]

Can anyone advise if they took the fenders off on the Bushtec Roadstar trailer for painting, or just left them on.
I am having a roadstar trailer color matched to my 2016 CVO Limited, and I think it would make more sense to take the fenders off for paining. Any help would be be great!!

[RGlideKid]

Can anyone advise if they took the fenders off on the Bushtec Roadstar trailer for painting, or just left them on.
I am having a roadstar trailer color matched to my 2016 CVO Limited, and I think it would make more sense to take the fenders off for paining. Any help would be be great!!

When I talked to Bushtec, they took everything off, including all weatherstripping and 'chrome' strips.  They said when they put it back together that they would use all new strips for it, but that was like ... 5 years ago or so?
If a third party did it, who can say?

[harley.2016]

Thanks very much.
I was inquiring because I did not know whether Bushtec "glued" the fender to the body as well as bolt them.