My seat.  Definitely my seat.  Or my trip meter.  Or the XM radio.  Maybe the brighter headlight...    Nope, it's the seat.

Favourite mod?  Progressive rear shocks. (made all the difference in the world!)

Most effective mod?  Removing the white spacer and tuning the carb.

Most difficult mod?  Installing the sportster pipe.  (wasn't hard at all, but was the hardest thing I did.)

Changing the handle bars and risers to fit me has to rank number 1 according to the definition of this thread.
#2 would be the speed pins holding my sportster seat on.
#3 is my verslavy.
#4 is going tubeless.

1) Lifting the front of the seat for butt comfort
2) Changing the handle bars from the stock buckhorns to lower and  flatter
3) Rejet and white spacer mod

Five words that thrill:

I needed transportation, the deal to get my retired company van fell thru, the wife asked, "Have you considered a motorcycle"

My bike is my primary transportation, it takes me to work, takes me shopping, etc..  I need sufficient lockable storage.  The first thing I got for the bike were my Leatherlyke saddle bags.  Love 'em.

The washer to pull & install the timing plug.
I had a bolt( 5/16thish) with an upset at the end of about 1/2 inch of threads, (but 2 nuts jammed would do it). I found a washer, about 2 inches across,about 1/8th thick , as thick as you can find & still fit in the slot is what ya want. Before mounting the washer on the bolt, tho, fit it to the slot. Cut it almost flat across one side, so that it fills the length of the slot & the contour allows it to go to the bottom of the slot. Then, I used a smaller washer to support the main washer. It goes out almost to the edge & is cut to almost be touching the plug when the main wsher is in the slot. So, what ya have is, a couple of washers, with a bolt going thru & nuts on each side of the washers, to keep them on the bolt. My bolt is about 4". So far, I havent had to crank on it hard enough to bend the washe. I bet I never do. I wouldntr be afraid to just use the one heavy washer. IIRC, the reason the second washer is there is because the upset on the bolt & that washer were made for each other, so using it was kinf of a Have To deal.


I hope that wasnt too spastic an explanation, Sandy. If so, let me know..Ill try again

Think I got it.  I was picturing a washer welded to the end of the bolt, with a ratchet to turn the whole works.  I'm not much of a welder.  What you are describing is much more my speed.  Just spastic enough to come down to my level.  

Thanks.