Originally Posted by alarmguy
Wow, bike looks great!
I consider myself handy and such, oil changes and tune ups, shocks and electrical on all my vehicles and boats my whole life.
But not comfortable or care too when it comes to shocks and steering neck service or changing tires on the bike.
Might be different if I knew someone who was an "expert' to help and teach me ... anyway, I guess in the next year or two, 3 max I will need both those items taken care of. Its cool that you do it yourself. Always hate bringing anything into a dealer for service, not even so much the cost but to know its done properly.
Im sitting here today, wondering if I work on the house or go out on the bike or a little of both.
Going to hit 87 degrees today and back to work tomorrow for 2 days.
The Harley service manual is pretty good at explaining things and there are youtube videos to walk you through the fork rebuild. It's really not that bad to do. You do need some special tools: seal driver,special socket that removes the cap on top of the fork, 12mm long allen wrench for removing the plugs at the bottom of the forks. A couple cans of Brakeclean will get all the residue out of the tubes. Mounting tires are what I can't do. It's worth the 40 bucks for the mechanic to struggle with getting those stiff tires on the rim lol. For some reason Harley tires are very stiff. I never had trouble with my dirt bikes back in the day.
