Been playing on my Fat Bob for just over 4000 miles, a knee op in March and Covid has kept my miles down since I got it in October.
I added slip-ons, a rack and a screen some while ago and had been contemplating completing a Stage 1 on it.
One thing I hated from day one was the original Dunlop tyres, so Got round to putting some Avon's on the Fat Bob yesterday. Chalk and cheese! Original Dunlop's are really not suited to English roads.
Also popped on a pair of £23 mirrors that had longer stems, was amazed that they still had "Objects in the Rear View etc." on them. I can now see the road behind me and not just my elbows.
While I was at it I fitted a Vance & Hines FP3, made a noticeable seat of the pants difference, I quickened up the throttle on it while I was playing. I will leave it for a couple of tanks of petrol then set it on Auto-tune to see what happens.
Finally, got round to curing the stiff gear change. Are Harley that tight that they cannot afford a squirt of grease on the gear lever shaft? A bit of clean up with wet and dry and a dab of grease and hey presto slicker than the day I picked it up!
To be fair BMW are the same, if you have a 1200 /1250 GS I would recommend you dismantle the gear lever and silicone grease it up, will transform your gear changes.
I added slip-ons, a rack and a screen some while ago and had been contemplating completing a Stage 1 on it.
One thing I hated from day one was the original Dunlop tyres, so Got round to putting some Avon's on the Fat Bob yesterday. Chalk and cheese! Original Dunlop's are really not suited to English roads.
Also popped on a pair of £23 mirrors that had longer stems, was amazed that they still had "Objects in the Rear View etc." on them. I can now see the road behind me and not just my elbows.
While I was at it I fitted a Vance & Hines FP3, made a noticeable seat of the pants difference, I quickened up the throttle on it while I was playing. I will leave it for a couple of tanks of petrol then set it on Auto-tune to see what happens.
Finally, got round to curing the stiff gear change. Are Harley that tight that they cannot afford a squirt of grease on the gear lever shaft? A bit of clean up with wet and dry and a dab of grease and hey presto slicker than the day I picked it up!
To be fair BMW are the same, if you have a 1200 /1250 GS I would recommend you dismantle the gear lever and silicone grease it up, will transform your gear changes.