Looking so much cleaner with the speedo and tach gone, very nice, spraying the headlight visor should bring it all together nicely.
Just completed a 560 mile round trip to see the Battistini Fatboy today, needless to say it's coming up north sometime next week. A really nice bike , great sound and some trick rear suspension setup I need to research further, will provide pictures later on. I remember seeing an article on this unusual suspension setup in the 90's, but can't find it at the moment.It keeps one of the two hidden rear suspension units and replaces the other unit with a type of lever arm system which attaches to the swing arm and then to the frame at a different point to the usual suspension units.
It's not turned a wheel since coming out of a £3200 recommissioning service in January, where the Harley dealer was told to replace whatever needed doing to ensure total reliability, so I benefit from new tyres, drive belt, starter motor, extensive service and other known areas like timing chain tensioner replaced.
It is a 31 year old bike so in amazing condition considering for a Harley of this era.You can tell its been in storage/display for many years, it's a very clean bike but has a few blemishes and needs extensive detailing to bring it back up to my usual standard and to get the best out of the paint and brightwork. Looks like I'm going to have shares in Autosol by the time I've finished.
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