Bought the floorboard extenders from HarleyGoodies and new grips and headlight trim ring for 25% off at the dealer last weekend. Figured today would be a good day to get them all on the bike.
Everyone is probably pretty familiar by now with my ineptitude with tools. A job that takes someone else an hour will typically take me 2 or 3. I just don't have a lot of experience or confidence so I have to take things real slow and often redo things to correct errors.
Well, believe it or not, I got all 3 projects done in 3 hours this morning! The new Aileron grips were a lot easier than I expected. I guess I was psyched out by the whole throttle-by-wire thing and expected it to be a total tangle of wires inside the grip. Folks, it was a snap. If you've been putting off new grips because of similar fears as mine, just get them and go for it!
The floorboard extenders took the longest. Had to get at a lot of very tight bolts in hard to reach places. One bolt on the jiffy stand side was very stubborn about getting through and engaging the threads and took me over 30 minutes all by itself. Instructions were great and the product appeared to be very high quality.
I'll be going for a ride tomorrow or Saturday and let everyone know what I think about the grips and floorboard extenders.
The new headlight trim ring was simply an appearance upgrade and went on in about 15 minutes. If anyone's interested, here's the before and after photos:
Before -
After -
Everyone is probably pretty familiar by now with my ineptitude with tools. A job that takes someone else an hour will typically take me 2 or 3. I just don't have a lot of experience or confidence so I have to take things real slow and often redo things to correct errors.
Well, believe it or not, I got all 3 projects done in 3 hours this morning! The new Aileron grips were a lot easier than I expected. I guess I was psyched out by the whole throttle-by-wire thing and expected it to be a total tangle of wires inside the grip. Folks, it was a snap. If you've been putting off new grips because of similar fears as mine, just get them and go for it!
The floorboard extenders took the longest. Had to get at a lot of very tight bolts in hard to reach places. One bolt on the jiffy stand side was very stubborn about getting through and engaging the threads and took me over 30 minutes all by itself. Instructions were great and the product appeared to be very high quality.
I'll be going for a ride tomorrow or Saturday and let everyone know what I think about the grips and floorboard extenders.
The new headlight trim ring was simply an appearance upgrade and went on in about 15 minutes. If anyone's interested, here's the before and after photos:
Before -


After -

