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It Was in the Barn, Now What?

April 26, 2021 By Mark DiPietro & filed under Harley Tips.

I bought a 2013 FLS with 230 miles a month ago. It had been sitting in a barn for two plus years before being traded to a friend of mine for another bike. When I bought the bike, the lights were all working, but I noticed a couple days later that the rear taillight (directional/break…

Swapping out Front Fairing

February 18, 2021 By Mark DiPietro & filed under Harley Tips.

I have a 2007 Street Glide and wanted to know if it was possible to swap out the front fairing to one from a 2014 or newer? Via Email No you can not. The fairings have changed. The mounting points are completely different. Related Fix My Hog Videos: Electra Glide Front Fairing Removal Road Glide…

Remove Fairing for New Exhaust

January 31, 2018 By Mark DiPietro & filed under Harley Tips.

Motorcycle year: 2016, Make: Harley Model: FL TRS Question: Do you have a video on twin cooled lower fairing removal? I’m putting new headers on and don’t know if I have to completely remove them to install new pipes or if they can be moved out of the way? Any help would be appreciated. Via…

In The Shop: Radio Diagnostic Testing

January 2, 2018 By Mark DiPietro & filed under Articles on Harley-Davidson How-to and More.

Harley-Davidson Radio We get hundreds of questions about electrical issues on Harley Davidsons. One very common problem with fairing model bikes is radio failure, or the failure of a radio function. Sometimes it will be an easy diagnosis; like determining that a speaker is blown because it is buzzing after obnoxiously cranking your favorite Scandinavian…

In The Shop: Inner Fairing Replacement

September 1, 2017 By Mark DiPietro & filed under Articles on Harley-Davidson How-to and More.

Your Inner Beauty We recently had a 2014 FLHX in the shop that had suffered some cosmetic damage after a minor mishap. The inner fairing had been scraped. The damage may have been repairable but the customer opted to replace the component with an OEM Harley replacement fairing. Fairing assemblies have changed a lot over…

Road King Classic Fender Brackets Cracking

June 25, 2013 By Dennis Santopietro & filed under Harley Tips.

Q: Do you have a permanent fix for an ’03 Road King Classic fender brackets cracking at the turn to where they connect to the under rear fender and bag brackets? Thanks! Kenny A:Kenny, it would be nice if H.D. would do us a favor and upgrade these poorly designed brackets. However, in the meantime,…

Follow Up on Bugs Be Gone

November 29, 2012 By Dennis Santopietro & filed under Harley Tips.

Hogger Feedback: I’ll bet you got a hundred replies, or maybe not. It’s my understanding that the ammonia that might be in Windex is harmful to our Lexan windshields. I’m not sure if that’s true, but I’m not experimenting on my windscreen with Windex or service station concoctions that might mess it up. Got almost…