I've spent months surfing the web, pouring over catalogues and looking at other Harleys any time I came across customised bikes.
I'm almost there with knowing the look I want. Though I've yet to plan how I'm going to get there. What's more important is just how I think I'm going to be able to pay for it.
Just adding up the cost of basic things, like blacked out controls, grips, levers and the like is a scary excercise which soon mounts up into the high hundreds. Then, when the price tag is examined, the larger items like forks will easily be in the thousands.
So, what I need to do, is to have an end result in my head then start to buy the bits which I can do in isolation and don't need other parts to complement them or even to make them work.
I want to keep the "train" black with any chrome, shiny bits kept to an absolute minimum. Some of that blacked-out stuff will be Harley. I like the look of their Diamond Black collection for grips and footpegs. None of the aftermarket manufacturers offer anything which quite matches my taste.
For a single seat and pillion pad, I'll go for maybe a Corbin but the sissy bar is also likely to be H-D as I would want to use the detachable one as I only want it on when necessary. This is one area where I've changed my mind dozens of times before making my final decision. Only to change it back again.
The biggest change, both in money and individuality, terms will be the front end.
I like the wider front end of the night train but would just like it to be that bit more beefy. Well, to be honest I want it MUCH beefier. The skinny front wheel just doesn't do it for me.
So what I plan (eventually) is to fit fat and wide front forks, probably running on a wider rimmed wheel. I'd like to get twin discs, both for the added stopping power but also for that balanced look that I think the single disc on the front lacks.
That will definately take a bit of saving up for, so what I intend to do, to start the process, is to replace the seven inch risers and drag bar with extra fat t-bars. Mucho-fatzo 1 1/2 inch bars look like just what I need.
So the bars, seat and sissy bars are going to be my first steps at owning a bike which is only mine and mine alone. This may take years but I WILL get there.
I'm almost there with knowing the look I want. Though I've yet to plan how I'm going to get there. What's more important is just how I think I'm going to be able to pay for it.
Just adding up the cost of basic things, like blacked out controls, grips, levers and the like is a scary excercise which soon mounts up into the high hundreds. Then, when the price tag is examined, the larger items like forks will easily be in the thousands.
So, what I need to do, is to have an end result in my head then start to buy the bits which I can do in isolation and don't need other parts to complement them or even to make them work.
I want to keep the "train" black with any chrome, shiny bits kept to an absolute minimum. Some of that blacked-out stuff will be Harley. I like the look of their Diamond Black collection for grips and footpegs. None of the aftermarket manufacturers offer anything which quite matches my taste.
For a single seat and pillion pad, I'll go for maybe a Corbin but the sissy bar is also likely to be H-D as I would want to use the detachable one as I only want it on when necessary. This is one area where I've changed my mind dozens of times before making my final decision. Only to change it back again.
The biggest change, both in money and individuality, terms will be the front end.
I like the wider front end of the night train but would just like it to be that bit more beefy. Well, to be honest I want it MUCH beefier. The skinny front wheel just doesn't do it for me.
So what I plan (eventually) is to fit fat and wide front forks, probably running on a wider rimmed wheel. I'd like to get twin discs, both for the added stopping power but also for that balanced look that I think the single disc on the front lacks.
That will definately take a bit of saving up for, so what I intend to do, to start the process, is to replace the seven inch risers and drag bar with extra fat t-bars. Mucho-fatzo 1 1/2 inch bars look like just what I need.
So the bars, seat and sissy bars are going to be my first steps at owning a bike which is only mine and mine alone. This may take years but I WILL get there.
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