Hello Winter: wrench to bike - Ultra Edition

[Gas Man]

Finally have all the pieces to put the saddlebag surrounds back on.

Tap out the threaded holes so they are clean


Get it together



Got two of each of these shots below (with & without flash) neither is exactly how it looks in person.



With the saddle bag





Duplicate on other side



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.



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.



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.

[Gas Man]

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.



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.



Put on the flanges and re-installed the O2 sensors


Mounted the exhaust (did with and without flash pics here, it looks like a mix of them in person, damn flash vs garage lighting)



Left side muffler and heat shield



Re-installed the high temp powdered heat shields





And of coarse the right side muffler