Saturday, August 26, 2006

Hooker Tuned Flow Exhaust For Streetglide

So when I bought my Streetglide I hadn't picked out an exhaust but didn't want to bring the FLHX back to have that put on since I was already set on doing the Mikuni HSR42 carb and Screaming Eagle air filter kit. I had a discussion with the service manager about my plans and he recommended the Hooker Tuned Flow slip-ons. I didn't do my homework but lucked out because I like these and my dyno numbers are nice. What I wondered about was did tuned flow mean you could tune the pipes or that they were pre-tuned from Hooker. When I had my SE-204 cam installed and the Streetglide dyno tuned I noticed the tone of the exhaust had gotten louder and deeper sounding very nice. I even had a guy stop me at a gas station and ask about the pipes because he felt they had the "Harley Sound". So i'm surfing and I come across this.

https://www.directparts.com/cgi-bin/dp.store/EN/Product/07-970

Turns out it is a tunable system so maybe the dealer tuned the slip-on exhaust when they did the dyno-tune. Anyway i'm pleased so if your considering slip-on exhaust for the Streetglide these are making me happy.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Glad I bought Pre-Paid Maintenance

Remember that dirty Streetglide from Sturgis? I HATE washing my bike so I try to time my service at Zylstra Harley Davidson in Elk River. They wash my bike after each service which saves me the time. When I bought my Streetglide I bought pre-paid maintenance for the first 20,000 miles. I figured i'd not want to work on a dresser with all the covers over stuff. So during my Sturgis trip My Streetglide passed 2500 miles and while Harley Davidson no longer requires you service your motorcycle at 2500 miles it was part of the pre-paid maintenence. I took the Streetglide to Zylstra and sure enough at 3700 miles I get an oil change and best yet my dirty bike washed and looking new.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Riding Near Sturgis / Custer

Monday we took a great drive beginning in Sturgis, then visited Deadwood and took 385 South through Custer, Needles Highway and back up 79 to Rapid City. The drive took all day but only amounted up to about 140 miles. Due to the traffic and windy roads i'd guess our average speed was about 40 mph. It was perfect weather and the Black Hills make for excellent riding.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Back From Sturgis 2006

I just returned from Strugis about 30 minutes ago. The Streetglide performed flawlessly, no issues at all. For those of you who think your Streetglide is unique? Hit Sturgis and you'll find the Harley Davidson Streetglide is the bike of the day. They are everywhere. Lucky I bought mine for function and could care less if it's one of a billion on the road. It has everything I want in a bike. For more stuff from Sturgis 2006 i'll be posting my pics at my Sturgis Pictures and Sportster websites. Hope to have them up by next week. In the meantime here's a picture of my Streetglide after some dickhead on a chopper passed me on the muddy road at Glenco Campground.

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Streetglide headed to Sturgis 2006

Here's my Streetglide all packed up for Sturgis 2006. I'll be heading out at 4:30am on 8/6 and should arrive at Glenco Campground at around 5:00pm. While the Streetglide had less room on the luggage rack than my FXSTS with the render rack, the extra room in the bags let me pack less stuff. I managed to fit two tents and a stuff sack full of clothes etc. Just using bungies this year as I didn't feel like removing the seat to run nylon straps. Nothing moved during the shakedown run so hopefully the bungees will cut it.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Billy Lane Video

I found the coolest video, it's from the new season of Biker Build Off. Billy Lane builds a sweet custom chopper and then the chopper catches fire on the road. Discovery channel posted it at youtube. Check out the Billy Lane Video