I guess I must be bored waiting to get my bike back from first service.
Archive for August, 2009
Harley Davidson Adverts
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Harley Davidson Black Label Motorcothes.
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Speedometer / Tachometer for the Harley Davidson Rocker FXCW
Thursday, August 27th, 2009With instruments being my focus of the moment this is the Harley Davidson after market part.
Thunder Max Harley Davidson digital instrument panel.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Following some further research into digital speedos one of the forum members on HDForums.com suggested checking out Thunder Max / Zippers. They make a great looking instrument panel for other Harley Davidsons so I’ve emailed them to see if there are plans for one for the Rocker. Looks a bit less like “my first digital watch” from 1980 !
More parts I’m considering for my Harley Davidson Softail Rocker FXCW.
Monday, August 24th, 2009So while my bike is in the shop for paint it gives me lots of spare time to think about whats next.
So I got to thinking that given we’re living in a digital age I thought it may be appropriate to move from an analogue speedo on the Rocker to a digital one, so far i’ve only been able to find one after market part from a company called Dakota Digital.
It’s a good looking speedo and could go great with the black and red look i’m aiming for. Looks like it should be available from October 2009.
Also the next thing to do has to be to get the license plate off the rear fender and down on to the rear axle, the best looking alternative i’ve found to date is from a company called Top Down Products and their plate mount Roto Plate and in my case Roto Plate jr. They come in chrome, powder coat gloss black and powder coat matt black, I’ll go for gloss black.
New Heartland USA front fender turned up today.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009So the bike is heading into Trivett Harley Davidson tomorrow to be stripped down and sent off for paint. I will post pics when it is all back together, could be a couple of weeks.
Slow delivery of new Heartland USA front fender for my Harley Davidson Softail Rocker FXCW
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
To elaborate on the slow delivery of my new front fender from Heartland in Australia I thought I would share the email I felt compelled to send them last Friday.
“I’m sorry to be writing this email but feel that it is important I put this down on an email so that you have a chance to respond and explain what may have gone wrong and subsequently have a chance to make sure things improve for the next customer.
I have had to postpone my bike going in for paint on numerous occasions because I’m waiting for my new fender to arrive. Below is the timeline for what has happened:
- 22nd July: I purchased a new 19″ front fender for my Rocker at the time of ordering I was told that the fender was in stock and would ship the next day.
- 24th July: Money is taken from my credit card.
- 31st July: I sent an email to ask about the delivery of my fender, I was concerned as it hadn’t turned up. I received a reply from Jeff and was told it would ship on Monday the 3rd of Aug.
- 4th Aug: I sent a further email to ask for confirmation that the fender had shipped on the 3rd, I received no reply.
- 7th Aug: Called Heartland Australia to ask when I could expect my fender to arrive, i was informed that it would ship on the 7th Aug. I requested that the tracking code be emailed to me when it was shipped.
- 12th Aug: Called Heartland Australia again as there was still no delivery, was told that the fender had shipped on the 11th and would be with me shortly.
- 14th Aug: Called Heartland Australia again, still no delivery, was told that all the Heartland products had been shipped today the 14th and promised that the tracking code would be emailed to me. As of 18:00 the email has not arrived.
This means that I have been told that the fender would or had been shipped 5 separate times. I haven’t received a tracking confirmation or my fender yet and I’m getting very concerned I’m not going to. You processed the payment three weeks ago.
I had heard nothing but good things about Heartland before this process and would love nothing better than to recommend Heartland in future but I’m becoming increasingly impatient and inconvenienced by the continuous delays and fobbing off.
Can you please confirm that the fender has shipped to me and if so please send me the tracking code so I can track when I can expect delivery, I don’t want to mess the paint guys around any more than I have already.
If it hasn’t shipped I would appreciate a refund of my credit card so I can source an alternative product and supplier.”
I have received a call from Heartland this morning to inform me that it is indeed on the way, let’s just hope it turns up this week. I’m still waiting for the tracking code to be sent to me though.
As soon as it’s here it’s going on the bike and the bikes headed to the shop for the paint to be done.
Best seat in the house, riding my Harley Davidson through the national park south of Sydney.
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
While I’m waiting for the new fender to turn up (been waiting three weeks) so the bike can go in for the new paint, I thought I’d have an early morning ride out of Sydney to the south through the national park and on to Scarborough.
Amazing winters morning here, 22 degrees, not bad for the time of year.
Sons of Anarchy Harley Davidson Motorcycle giveaway.
Friday, August 14th, 2009
This competition caught my eye so I thought I’d put a link up to it. The first series of Sons of Anarchy was really enjoyable, can’t wait for the second series to come out, it’s certainly more entertaining than half the other rubbish on T.V at the moment.
Here is the link to the competition: Win a Harley Davidson FXD Dyna Superglide
I realise its a little off topic from the blog but hey a free bike is a free bike.
A great looking Harley Davidson Softail Deuce FXSTD
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
This is an awesome effort, great looking Deuce, apparently 5 months worth of hard work, lets hope mine doesn’t take as long. This is from HDForums.com the owner is mt325. Not sure if it has a name yet.
Parts include:
PM Gasser Rims
PM Drive Side
Fat Kat Front Fender
Headwinds LED Marker Lights
Paint by Mazz Enterprises Inc
