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Maintenance items: (both really easy)
Front brake pad replacement (2 bolts & 1 pin per caliper) Front fork oil replacement (drain plug R&R, remove dash piece to fill) Gloss black powder: saddlebag surrounds horn cover tank dash air cleaner cover starter cover rear fender struts license plate brackets Flat black high temp powder (the powder will be more durable than ceramic, flat cause gloss will loose its shine over time & miles): heat shields mufflers ceramic (gray-color doesn't matter) the exhaust pipes for an added heat barrier This has always been the only read cosmetic mods I ever thought of for the last 2 years of ownership. Always said I might do this one day... So I started into the bike... All of this chrome needs to go (saddle bag surrounds, rear fender struts, plate bracket, mufflers) http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project006.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project007.jpg Off with the parts http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project009.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project012.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project013.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project015.jpg remove the horn cover http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project011.jpg tank dash gone http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project014.jpg exhaust heat shields and air cleaner cover off http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project016.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project017.jpg Exhaust pipes off http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project018.jpg After also doing the nightster I had allot of parts off... YIKES this is going to get expensive! http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project025.jpg |
Not much to report on the Ultra.
The LED I bought from HD 2 years ago never was all that good. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...ic/Mods055.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project037.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project038.jpg So I bought 2 things to try from my friends at www.superbrightleds.com This neat little thing that comes with all the different connectors. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project040.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project041.jpg But it ended up just looking like this square group of LEDs. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project043.jpg So I decided to go with the other option. A 360* high powered led jobber http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project039.jpg So here's the HD http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project044.jpg The superbright hotness http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project045.jpg The superbright version lights the entire lens (regardless of the pic), where as the HD one is like little LED dots. I picked up a bunch of powder which has gavin me a proper excited state. I just need to find time to mount it up. |
This really should have been posted last week, but was busy with my buds wedding and doing best man stuff for that. But...
Got some stuff back from powder. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project078.jpg Detail cleaned that stuff, and light wax job on it. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project081.jpg New air cleaner ring installed on the cover http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project079.jpg Installed and even with the chrome center nut it keeps the mix of chrome/black http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project082.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project083.jpg Starter cover done black. Never understood why they chromed (to bring attention to it) such a pointless cover. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project086.jpg Put the center back in the tank dash. This is going to be a great chrome/black highlight piece as you'll see. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project080.jpg Chrome gas cap cover with the black willie g skull... I think it looks great. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project090.jpg Plus the black right against the black pearl (gray) paint. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project091.jpg Waiting on some key parts to get the saddle bags back on and the ceramic stuff done on the pipes. Stay tuned... |
I hope I never ride near enough to you to be blinded by the sun reflecting off your bike
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But I'm getting rid of chrome... so that should make it better.
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Bike is looking great Gas. |
Lookin good Gas
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Looks great...but Fred's edit of your quote made me :lol:
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Got the horn done... here's the pieces
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project104.jpg And it does like I have been trying to do... disappearing act http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project106.jpg Can't put the saddlebags back together, cause one of the tubes had to be re-done... but got the fenderstruts and trunk detach kit pieces done. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project108.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project109.jpg Keeping with the blend of black & chrome... the plate frame is still chrome with black print http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...roject110a.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...roject113a.jpg |
Finally have all the pieces to put the saddlebag surrounds back on.
Tap out the threaded holes so they are clean http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project117.jpg Get it together http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project114.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project115.jpg Got two of each of these shots below (with & without flash) neither is exactly how it looks in person. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project118.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project119.jpg With the saddle bag http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project120.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project121.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project130.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project131.jpg Duplicate on other side http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project124.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project126.jpg I love it... This exhaust bracket was bare metal from HD, and you could see it. I fixed that, high temp powder and a new chrome bolt to replace the rusted old one. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project129.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project128.jpg Then I borrowed a 1 3/8" wrench from a tech at work... to remove the fork caps. Then remove the drain plugs and let the forks drain. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project133.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project132.jpg Should pick up the ceramic this weekend so I can get the exhaust back on. Got all the high temp powder sitting in the basement just waiting. |
So I let the fork oil drain for a couple days
Installed to torque spec the new drain plugs http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project134.jpg Measure out spec amount of fluid http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project136.jpg Funnel to the top of the fork & pour in http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project135.jpg With 15,500 miles on my Ultra, the dealership mechanic was surprised I was on the original brake pads. He said, most people only get 10k out of them. I figure my amount of miles is due to my road trips on the highway. I'm always amazed by how little pad material is actually on new pads. But they are suppose to be 4.5mm or bigger. Mine were 1.8 - 2.9mm. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project137.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project140.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project146.jpg It's always a nice feeling to get some good preventative maintenance done to the bike. All that is left to do is get & hang exhaust. |
Well I had everything but the exhaust on the bike and it kept bugging me that the front still looked stock. So I tore the front light dept all apart and removed some pieces for gloss black powder.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project147.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project148.jpg Picked up the ceramic exhausts... love the way ceramic looks, hate how easy it is to scratch. But love even more how well it absorbs/controls heat. Did the Ultra pipes in a flat black, because it will hide better behind the high temp powdered heat shields and big reason is to control the heat. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project150.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project151.jpg Put on the flanges and re-installed the O2 sensors http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project166.jpg Mounted the exhaust (did with and without flash pics here, it looks like a mix of them in person, damn flash vs garage lighting) http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project167.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project168.jpg Left side muffler and heat shield http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project171.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project172.jpg Re-installed the high temp powdered heat shields http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project173.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project174.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project175.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project176.jpg And of coarse the right side muffler http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project177.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project178.jpg |
With the saddle bags back on
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project182.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project183.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project184.jpg A view from the back http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project189.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project188.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project186.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project187.jpg Will pick up the front fairing bib, and light bar Monday. The 3 light rings, "out-gassed" real bad when heated for powdering, so my powder guy , is going to get a primer that controls out gassing and re-powder them again. He won't settle for anything but perfect, which is why we get along so well. After that, I'm done with the Ultra and therefor all the winter time bike projects. |
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When you roll the bike out for it's first ride of the season do me a favor: Take a pic of the entire bike as it is now (front and profile preferred) and post them up with the same (or similar) pics from when it was new. You've done so much and so many of the pics are up close I want to see a whole bike side by side before and after. :dthumb: |
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Well I got to looking at my overall appearance of the bike as stated earlier... The front end still looked completely stock and didn't show the efforts I put into the fairing backwards on the bike. Again, I'm a perfectionist so I had to do something... well a few weeks ago I got the front end parts back.
Got the "fork bib" back http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project190.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project190.jpg Installed http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project193.jpg The light bar http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project195.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project196.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project198.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project199.jpg Get the blinkers and aux lights re-installed and the aux lights adjusted http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project205.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project208.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project201.jpg I like how the parts aren't chrome over the black inner fairing anymore http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project210.jpg Got the rings back from powder. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project213.jpg Installed http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project218.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project219.jpg I like the black/chrome look carried here. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project220.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project221.jpg |
But then after I had already dismissed the engine/roll bar many times... a few buds commented about it... which was all it took to send me over the edge of my powder crazy....
Remove http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project211.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project212.jpg Back in gloss black awesome... http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project214.jpg Installed http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project222.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project223.jpg Fiarings put back on with highway pegs. Again a black/chrome combo http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project224.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project225.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...Project229.jpg OK, now I'm done. I promise. Will get full bike pics when weather breaks again! WHEW.... |
Looking good. You spend too much $$$ on this bike.
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Not really. The whole cost on my bike is for this project was like $500-550. Less than what most spend on pipes, and a fraction of what cave spent on his this "mod season".
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But you and uma are in a contest to see who can ride less. Lol
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This is true.
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Not to burst ur laughing bubble but I've said it before to one of my bike night riding buds.
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