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[hard10]

All plans are good and unchanged until the moment they meet the enemy.  ...

I was kinda worried about that. Are the doors painted? On my SEUC2 the doors are plastic and are plyable, I wouldn't think paint would hold on to that surface well.

[SBB]

All plans are good and unchanged until the moment they meet the enemy.  Already have an email back advising that the "old" part number is a problem.  Order is currently killed until I run the numbers for the doors to see if they have supercessions or replacements that don't show up directly either (like the inner fairing did).

With a fresh look this morning am more inclined to just paint.  After adding the cost of the painted doors to the painted fairing I can get it done at least a little bit cheaper.  Also won't have to be concerned about precise color matches coming from Harley on three different parts with different histories of not just supercession but actual part number replacement.  Who knows what might have shifted a little bit over the years.

A nice dark red shiny paint job.  That's the ticket. 

After 44 post you finally take my advice!
Cool beans there Mr. Don.
And picked the right color also.
You are coming around to the SERG way of thinking!
Now if we can find AJ one!

[Twolanerider]

After 44 post you finally take my advice!
Cool beans there Mr. Don.
And picked the right color also.
You are coming around to the SERG way of thinking!
Now if we can find AJ one!

Chip, I was always willing to entertain the option that someone might have an idea better than my own.  But that dark red was my strong first choice.  I like the darker reds.  For me that deep dark blood red working so well with the other reds is a big part of what makes this bike so gorgeous.

Am thinking of doing one thing extra though.  Using a slightly lighter shade and having bar and shield emblems ghosted in the middle of the hinged glove box doors.

[Twolanerider]

I was kinda worried about that. Are the doors painted? On my SEUC2 the doors are plastic and are plyable, I wouldn't think paint would hold on to that surface well.

Different set of doors AJ.  Our SEEGs and SEUCs have the fake leather looking pliable doors over the storage compartments in the lowers.  The SERG has those too (and the fake leather area surrounding them is a dark dark red). 

The painted doors we're talking about here are the other storage compartment in the inner upper fairing.  Hinged hard plastic lids.  SERGs have four glove boxes instead of just the lower two.

[erniezap]

Don, Jim (HD-Dude) does business with a company that paints the parts for you.  Once you receive them, you send your old unpainted ones back to them and get your core charge back.  I don't remember the company thought (another senior moment), so You'll have to talk to Jim if you're interested.

[SBB]

FWIW

It was and is important to me to be able to have my SERG completely stock if someone ever wanted to pony up 75K to get a completely stock one.  It's not for sale unless you have 75K chingling in your pocket and want my SERG.
That's why I have all the stock pieces and parts and spares either in bubble wrap or on display. No matter how nice and pretty my painted inner fairing is it's not stock so that's why there is a box with a stock SERG inner fairing on the shelf. Customizing our S/E's is fine but please keep the stock parts. Someday the sum of those parts may be more valuable than the bike itself to the right person!

SBB

[Twolanerider]

FWIW

It was and is important to me to be able to have my SERG completely stock if someone ever wanted to pony up 75K to get a completely stock one.  It's not for sale unless you have 75K chingling in your pocket and want my SERG.
That's why I have all the stock pieces and parts and spares either in bubble wrap or on display. No matter how nice and pretty my painted inner fairing is it's not stock so that's why there is a box with a stock SERG inner fairing on the shelf. Customizing our S/E's is fine but please keep the stock parts. Someday the sum of those parts may be more valuable than the bike itself to the right person!

SBB

This red SERG isn't going to get anything that can't be pretty simply unbolted and changed back should the desire ever be there.  In fact it's not even going to get a lot of even bolt on stuff.  I like the look. 

The ugly bolts will get changed out for shiny on the engine and tranny.  The master cylinder and clutch bracket will get changed from black to chrome.  Not a whole lot else though.  And any parts that come off will get cleaned, stored and saved.  That's for sure.

[Twolanerider]

Don, Jim (HD-Dude) does business with a company that paints the parts for you.  Once you receive them, you send your old unpainted ones back to them and get your core charge back.  I don't remember the company thought (another senior moment), so You'll have to talk to Jim if you're interested.

Will look in to the option Ernie.  Thanks.  Won't have a core so would bear any extra cost associated with that.

[miker]

I'd still paint it red.

[Hoist!]

OK, now for the voice of reason.......LEAVE IT BLACK!!!

Hoist!

[Twolanerider]

OK, now for the voice of reason.......LEAVE IT BLACK!!!

Hoist!

Howard, NO ONE is EVER going to take you OR me for a voice of reason where anything motorcycles is concerned.  So; ptttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Fired00d]

Howard, NO ONE is EVER going to take you OR me for a voice of reason where anything motorcycles is concerned.  So; ptttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I didn't want to go there, but...

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Hoist!]

Howard, NO ONE is EVER going to take you OR me for a voice of reason where anything motorcycles is concerned.  So; ptttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Dayum!!! I knew I shouldn't have changed my name back. No one's ever gonna believe that now, huh Don! Foiled again!!!

Hoist!

[Twolanerider]

I didn't want to go there, but...

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Ah shut up detail geek boy !

[Twolanerider]

Dayum!!! I knew I shouldn't have changed my name back. No one's ever gonna believe that now, huh Don! Foiled again!!!

Hoist!

That's right Hoist by your own petard.