Archive for October, 2009

Great sunny day for a ride on the Harley Davidson with mates

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

This is one of my favourite rides down through the national park south of Sydney. I’ve also take a couple of close ups of the end cap for the heavy breather and the tribal shifter linkage. The shifter linkage made a surprisingly good difference to gear changes, a lot less soft than stock.

Harley Davidson Rocker FXCWC built in 2008

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Having a look around some videos on you tube and came across this Harley-Davidson Rocker FXCWC, nice looking custom seat and a great looking front fender.

Here is a link to HDROCKERCFX youtube channel.

Great way to blackout bolt heads on your Harley Davidson

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Love this product from HotToppers.com blackout the bolt heads on your Harley Davidson with chrome or black bolt head covers. This is a full set of bolt head covers for the Rocker FXCW/C.

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Interesting company for custom Harley-Davidson engraving

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Having seen a post on HDForums.com about a custom horn cover I checked out Chrome Fusion and was impressed, so I sent them an email to see if they could do something custom for me, I’ll update this post when I get a response.

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Considering new wheels and brakes for my Harley-Davidson Rocker FXCW

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

These are the Pickard USA: Heavy Metal Series: Superstar HM-017. These could complement the red in my seat really well and mixed with a 360 front brake on the 21″ wheel will just look great.

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360brake

Harley-Davidson announces 3rd quarter results, Unveils long-term business strategy.

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

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MILWAUKEE (October 15, 2009) – Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) announced decreased revenue, net income and earnings per share for the third quarter of 2009 compared to the year-ago period, while reporting a moderation in the decline of retail new Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales compared to the second quarter.

Worldwide retail sales of new Harley-Davidson® motorcycles declined 21.3 percent in the third quarter compared to last year’s third quarter, an improvement from the 30.1 percent decline in this year’s second quarter. An 84.1 percent decline in net income and an 84.5 percent decline in diluted earnings per share from the year-ago quarter reflected lower motorcycle shipments and the effects of the economy on retail and wholesale loan performance at Harley-Davidson Financial Services.

Full Article.

Win a Jack Daniels Custom Harley Davidson Rocker FXCW

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The following bike was built by Chopperworks and featured in Heavy Duty magazine, drink enough Jack Daniels and you can win it.

Considering a rear fender chop and new brake lights

Friday, October 16th, 2009

This seems like a great little company with some great products Chrome Glow

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Would really improve the rear fender, not sure how legal it is to have non reflective rear lights though, I guess the answer is it’s not.

As per my the comments on this post here is j33ptj Rocker with a fender chop and rear LED from HDForums.com

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Two new parts ordered for the Harley Davidson Rocker FXCW

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The following two parts are on there way from the states, great timing given the low price of the $US at the moment.

Screaming Eagle Heavy Breather Endcap

Tribal Shifter Linkage

Harley Davidson 2010 Australian Launch Highlights

Sunday, October 11th, 2009