govmule84
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Help. Me. Before I go nuts.
I'm trying to get sorted out before spring riding. I have three things left to do, and they are driving me nuts.
First, grips. I threw '05? Maybe? -era drag bars on my machine. It had stock grips. Loved 'em. I replaced them after they got dirty. Now, perhaps my bars are drilled funny for the controlsor, something, but the throttle sleeve doesn't cover the bar all the way to the end. The bar hangs out. So, rubber grips grab the bar and do not allow the sleeve to snap back to idle position of its own accord. I keep ordering sets and getting ones at the local MC, and they all fit funny. Also, in addition to being two different diameters (Throttle sleeve side is bigger than the non-drive side), my bars appear to require two different LENGTH grips. Could someone who has run into this problem please shed some light and offer me the part number of something that fits, no questions asked? The dealers, even Ron Ayers, is gonna charge me over fifty dollars for GRIPS! (granted, they have the thrittle sleeve, but my throttle sleeve is just fine, thank you.
SECOND: Footpegs. Ditto above situation. I keep getting ones that don't actually fit. Part number, please?
THIRD: The local MC shop wants 6oo bones to mount some Metzelers. Wholly unacceptable. They will not price me anything else, as "nothing else fits". I know for a fact that 100/90-19 is a sportster size... I suspect I can find something other than metzeler to fit one of those...anyone have a good recommendation for obtaining cheapy tires? I ride a po' boy redneck rod...I ain't puttin' six hundred dollar tires on a twenty five hundred buck bike. Idears?
Thanks in advance, my loyal Savage family.
-Liam
PS...CT is alright. It isn't going to be bike weather until June, but I am adjusting. The wee one is a blast, and the Missus is good, for those of you who followed my moving adventure.
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