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Originally Posted by TexasFXD
Pete,
Enjoyed reading about your experience with the SG. I bought the same bike last month and just hit 1000 miles today. I didn't move from a Sportster like you did, this is my first bike in at least 25 years and my first HD.
I have to agree about the pipes, I don't really think they need to be louder but they could look nicer. I would really like some V&H Big Radius pipes on mine but I hear that they are quite loud. Just like the look.
I did add a Speedway Instruments digital tachometer. I just couldn't stand not having a tach and it works well and looks pretty cool.
I wouldn't worry too much about the shift points in the manual, I just do what feels right.
Randy in Texas
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The stock pipes don't sound bad at all. I did order a D&D Fat Cat 2-into-1 exhaust system though. I'm not at all sure that I'm going to do the Stage-1 intake or equivalent upgrade anytime soon. The bike has plenty of power for me as it sits. I like the looks of the Fat Cat pipes and they have a real nice sound - not overly loud at all.
If you need to pull your bars back, I posted a link to a company that makes some nice risers that will bring your bars up 1" and back 2" while keeping the speedometer at the stock angle.
RIVCO Products, Inc.*::*Handlebars & Dash*::*Harley Davidson Dyna Handlebar Risers
The risers on my Sportster changed the angle of the Speedometer, making it a bit tougher to read. These are the only risers that I have found that don't change the angle of the bar caps. In my case, the Memphis Shades windshield that I ordered can't lean back as far as it should because the stock location of the speedometer is in the way. By moving it 2" back, the windshield should be positioned at the right angle.
I have been thinking about adding a tach and an oil temperature gauge. One of the bike magazines had an article about both this month. The temperatures gauge uses the sending unit as the oil plug.
The handlebars are most likely going to be replaced in the next month or two. The stock bars are a bit narrow for me. I need to widen the angle so that it takes the strain off my wrists. I'd like to find some bars that are somewhere between the 25 degree Sportster bars and the 45 degree SG bars.
The next challenge is to find a good set of driving lights. I ride at night a lot. After installing a light bar on my Sportster with two 55 watt driving lights, riding with only a single headlight seems to be a big step backwards. The options seem to boil down to the lights that Harley sells for the forks or the ones that they have that attach to the engine guard. There are a few other brands, but no one around here carries them so I can't see how they are going to fit before I buy them.
If I put the lights on the forks, the windshield is going to have to be cut out for the lights. If I mount them on the engine guard, I won't be able to install lowers and I'm not sure if the quality of the light will be as good as if they were mounted higher.
As stable as it is, I still think that it would benefit from a fork brace. The stability that a brace added to my XL883 was incredible. The only time that I noticed any from wobble was on some heavy tar snakes and few long road patches in the corners.
I have put 550 miles on the SG and it just keeps getting better and better. It just loves to eat up the super slab. Once the windshield is pulled back a little, the front-end buffeting should totally disappear. I'm going to wire it for heated liners this week in preparation for winter riding. I need to locate some lowers too.
Pete
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