RDA8191 that’s fucking killer badass bike

Two different tire tread patterns clashing not good for your handling bro.

And no need to lower Harley’s lowest sitting bike anyway. It’s already 23.5” seat height, and you wondered why you were scraping long pipes before you lowered the bike? Cmon bro, put a matching set of Metzlers on it, the softail suspension is already prefect until you start lowering a bike that doesn’t need lowered, and matching tires. The reason your front end shakes is why??? See how that Cadillac drives with Goodyear’s on the back, Firestone’s on the front, then lower your car.

Pit Dawg thats true i agree

I agree too… needs a bigger 1

Hey thanks man, really awesome you took the time to check out my bike. I just recently found your channel and I've been catching up on all your old videos. Love your style and you seem like such a solid dude, unfortunately a rare breed these days. You're a beer drinking biker with a gnarly beard, but you're also a really intelligent dude. I like to keep my subscriptions to just a few, but I've been watching all your videos anyway and I really appreciate you commenting on bike, so I'm going to subscribe. Not that you care, but if anyone is deserving of more subscribers, it's you man. Hope it's helps in some miniscule way. Heal up partner

oh shit, you actually subscribed to my channel....haha that's so cool. Rest assured, I wasn't fishing for subscribers on your channel, that's not important to me. I genuinely wanted your opinion on the bike, but I'm not gonna lie, that's really rad that you did that

Nah didnt think you were fishing brother :)

When are you gonna post a video update on this bike?

+Mr.Cheske I've been lagging, but if there's any interest, I'll get it finished and do a video. thanks for watching

That's an awesome compliment. I really appreciate it, man

I’m with you! Awesome bike either way!

I actually put that in the description, but thanks for watching. I probably should have started it first, then rambled incessantly

I would definitely add a fork brace to rid of that

hua Hua thanks man

that does sound pretty sick looking

I appreciate your comment man. I just found Shadetree about a week ago and I've been binge watching ever since. I really like that guy's style. it's cool to watch a Vlogger that's closer to my age and appreciates cruiser style bikes.

I'm probably older than both of guys together. In 1962 the first bike I rode, and it was a bike because it had two wheels, was the mighty Cushman Motor Scooter. I believe that bike made more noise than any H/D on the road today. I think all of the bolts on it were loose and the muffler was gone so EVERYTHING made a noise. My first love was and has always been cruisers but in high school you only ride what you can afford. Today I ride a 2012 Victory X/R Classic and I haven't died yet but I have gone to heaven.

+Marty King that's awesome, I hope I can ride as long as you have. when I said I liked hearing a Vlogger closer to my age, I basically meant someone older than the 20 somethings that are all over the place. I'm 34 and I would prefer to listen to someone in their 30s, 40s, 50s. its much more relatable to me than a 22 year old on Gixxer acting hard everytime a Toyota cuts them off.

I understand. I just wanted to let you know that the S/S or what I refer to as "Dipped in Plastic" bikes never caught my interest. Cruisers were my first love and will be my last. As I stated earlier, I hope you continue your VLOGs because I will follow them. Keep, what there is, of the shinny side of your bike up.

yeah man, I always wear ear plugs or ear bud headphones, but it's not because of the pipes. the wind at highway speeds just feels like it's damaging my hearing

I understand that .that wind is tough sometimes

RDA8191 oooooooo sure😄😄😄its the wind

Art Mchugh For such a tough guy, you sure do like using a lot of gay ass emoji faces. Fucking tool

thanks man, I've run them on several bikes and I'm always happy with them

I will definitely look into it, I prefer to unclutter it as much as possible. I also really want to go with an internal throttle cable to clean up the bars down more. thanks for the tip

+RDA8191 **some more**

thanks for the compliment, bro

Liam Standish thanks a lot man

thanks, yours looks great too. I really like the green and brown you've got going on with the blacked out front end. ride safe and enjoy. This is one of the most fun bikes to ride that I've ever owned. I guess im getting older because I thought I'd ditch the floorboards as soon as I picked it up, but I love those things now. I've noticed a lot of people are hesitant to try the heel shifter. i didn't touch it for the first 6 months, but I finally tried it and I use for every single upshift now. I step down on the toe shifter to downshift and step down on the heel shifter to upshift, I love it now

+RDA8191 I use the heel shifter a lot to preserve my boot toe. call me a girl,but I love my boots and want them to last!

+RDA8191 nice slim bro, how much better is the mustang seat than the stock? when I first got my slim I had a bad ankel so I used the heel shifter a lot but now I dont use it at all . What kind of saddle back are those they looked cool .

+Iron Bronco It's strange, but I had this same seat on a sportster and it was great, but for some reason the way it's designed for this bike, it puts a lot of pressure on the tail bone area. For that reason, I would probably try something else if i could do it over. I would say it's still a significant upgrade over stock. Maybe your ass would fit differently in the saddle than mine and you wouldn't even notice any issues with your tail bone. I will have to get back to you about the saddle bags, your the second person to ask about them

thanks bro, check out Exile Cycles. Russell Mitchell is a legend and he makes really sick parts. They are great pipes and much less common than other brands like Vance and Hines (they make great stuff too). Its pretty cool ordering from him because it's done over the phone and he takes your order, not some secretary. So you're ordering from a motorcycle legend, he speaks to you on the phone, then hand builds your pipes.

Did you have to shim out your floorboards for the pipes? If so, what'd you do?

Brucifer Guf Thanks for the feedback, man. If you have the time, check out the update video I posted yesterday. I changed some things up

Gary White thanks man, update finally coming this week. I finally got around to changing up the front end like I mentioned, but I took it a step further and really cleaned up all the stock BS on the handlebars. If you have time, check it out when it's posted

I'll do that mate. I loved the modified spark plugs by the way, I've never seen that before.

thanks. The new 1200's are great bikes, but this bike is also a blast and it's just a lot meaner

thanks. you know, I never considered the tread pattern affecting the vibration, but you might be on to something there

Thanks brother, I just checked out your video where you got your T bars mounted, they look awesome. Sounds like you had an issue with JP Cycles too. I ordered some nice attack bars from them for my sporty and a cheap drag bar for the Slim. After a month without them being shipped I had to get a refund on the attack bars. the drag bar I never asked for a refund because they were only $26. They finally shipped a couple days ago, 4 months after I ordered them. They did give me a free gold membership as an apology, but I've been doing everything on RevZilla since then and they ship super fast

Dude yes! Biggest headache ever! I ranted forever in the raw footage but decided no one would want to hear me ramble lol. Worst experience ever! And everything was right in regards to invoice, labeling on the wrong item, etc. I should've never strayed from revzilla. The motogods punished me! I do like the grips i ended up getting instead of the ones I ordered, only downside is vibrations from country roads make my hands go numb pretty quick

RDA8191 hey man, would you recommend this bike for a new rider?

Grant Masters I don't see why not. it's low to the ground, which is less intimidating for a new rider. it's a large displacement engine, but its not going to take off on you like a 1000cc sportbike. I think it's doable if you take it slow and respect the bike

RDA8191 Nice bike ... could I ask you something.. I have a street bob ... and I was thinking about doing something like you did ... the tires are Indian .. do you know the exact size of tires and wheels ...i love to do the same as you in my street bob ... but I would do the same tires front and back... but I need to know the size of the tires and wheels ... thanks man.!!!

RDA8191 I'm interested in how those fork shrouds turned out. where's the update?

RDA8191 Hey question....do you think you could put that indian tire on the rear ? Do you think it would fit ?... because it would look awesome in the back and front !!!

Thanks, I will look into it. I was always unsure if it was necessary since this isn't a bike that will be doing hard canyon carving

thanks

thanks man, I've never had saddlebags on any bike, but it still looks pretty good with them on this bike. I appreciate the comment

Your so very welcome sir .

When I was able to work I rode mine to work all the way to 27 degrees and that was my cut off ..Lol.But I had to have saddlebags for tools tea lunch and ETC so now I have to have em Once you get used to them they become a right arm quick .Kinda like a microwave .you find more and more you can do with them .

+Russell Cupples yeah, right now I just have the swingarm bag and it's pretty limiting. I have to pick the one or two most important things and anything else isn't coming along

+Russell Cupples riding in 27° is hardcore man. that feels like 5° at freeway speeds

thanks, it's actually a flat black vinyl wrap. Underneath it's just a typical factory black paint job, but the wrap looks cool and it's keeping the paint looking brand new underneath

+RDA8191 ok. Never heard of that. Something like when you see advertising on a truck?

+AL eng yep, exactly the same thing

pitty212 thanks, I appreciate the comment

thanks man, it feels badass to ride as well

Exactly my thoughts mate, some coaster bars be way more comfortable

Mint bike though, everyone's gonna have their own favourite bars

Sky Miller maybe I'll post a quick walk-around. it now has matte black 20's, a black grille, and yellow caliper covers

RDA8191 Yeah man. Let me know. Love the scoot too; don't get me wrong.

angela jay you're totally right. every bike should be completely monochromatic. Unaware that contrast is part of design

RDA8191 Ha! A touch of gloss and a touch of chrome is fine. Too much of both and you have a big ole "unaware" mess.

angela jay www.google.com/search?q=bobber+chopper&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVqKudzoDSAhUQ3WMKHWkQAs8Q_AUIBygB&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=kwwRz7a5tKKB2M: www.google.com/search?q=bobber+chopper&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVqKudzoDSAhUQ3WMKHWkQAs8Q_AUIBygB&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=JFo_sdPEXzGWHM: Wow, look at these badass looking bikes that don't follow the Angela Jay elementary idea of design. Guess these guys couldn't make up their minds between black and chrome and ended up with a "mess", right? after all, that's a lot more than a "touch" of both, isn't it? Look, you know jack shit about bikes. The only color that was changed on this bike is the lower fork legs, from aluminum to black. The rest of the choices for contrasting black and chrome were decided by Harley designers, who clearly know much less than you about motorcycle design. Post a video of your superior bike, or choke on my dick

RDA8191 Wow! Butt hurt much. If u don't wanna here peoples opinions of your bike then don't post videos or disable the comments. Have a blessed day.

angela jay By the way, all black pipes are matte black, there aren't gloss black pipes, but I'm sure you already knew that. Every gloss black bike,with black pipes, runs them in matte, because that's how they're made. Go look at some other bikes. I'm just trying to figure out what your point was. So if you own a black bike don't run black pipes, or take the bike apart, strip the frame to bare metal and get it painted to match the pipes??? Based on the over 90% like ratio, I'd say you are clueless. I don't need to disable comments, I prefer to slap down retards like you as you pop up

Kenneth Tangitutu thanks bro

Thanks. I've never ridden it all completely lowered, but yes it would bottom out. if you bring it up a few inches, your body weight will sag it enough to still get that lowered look while you're riding down the road

CD Moto the fender removal was just a style choice. the suspension I installed myself and isn't too hard. the only problem was one of the shock bolts on this years model was damn near impossible to remove because there was no room to work under there. Other than that really annoying issue, it's a straight forward install

John Kennelly thanks man. I can't really give you a solid answer on that because I took it off right when I got it home. I didn't put any miles on it with the fender. I'm uploading the update video this week, so come back and check it out

Thanks, it's definitely one of the more fun bikes I've owned

Michael Winter thank you

Thanks, I'm in CA

thanks man

thanks man, it's a Mustang seat. I think it's the Wide Tripper

thanks for checking it out, but as a Raider fan you are my sworn enemy ;)

Silly is this kind of comment

Fabio Rodrigues da Silva ooooo u think so ! Careful with your comments you may show how ignorant you are about motorcycling , I have 195.000 miles on THIS ducati. traded in last ducati on this one with 196.000 miles , Suzuki that I did four corners tour on had 93.000 miles . I don't give a shit if you believe me or not . I also have a great T-shirt I had made THE ODOMETER PROVES THAT MY DUCATI IS NO FASHION ACCESSORY so until these "riders" stop talkin about what they have added to their chrome air compressors to improve the looks, and start talkin about where and how far they have RIDDEN! I can never take them seriously.

Art Mchugh you're right, it probably is too heavy for you

Fabio Rodrigues da Silva He's really hardcore. You and I just wouldn't understand hahaha

Man, he's a real biker!! Wow, never knew one before, even has a Tshirt to prove how much he rides. Respect.

Thanks Kyle, that's a Toyota FJ Cruiser in the background. When I was deciding which bike I wanted to do next, I was torn between a Slim, a Deluxe, or a Street Bob. I ended up finding this bike with very low mileage and underpriced, so I bought it and now I'm pretty happy I went with the Slim. I don't think you'll be disappointed as long as you understand what type of riding this bike is suited for.

+RDA8191 oh hell yeah! FJs are badass. I got a sporty right now that I've chopped up and modified. Softails are so eye appealing to me tho. I love your bike. Safe riding.

thanks! check out "rough crafts shadow rocket" right here on KZfaq. that video will show you what the fork covers look like installed, they look so damn clean. They can only purchased overseas (that's assuming you're in the US) and they're are very expensive. They're made by rough crafts and I got them from a website called HarleyCustomUK. The quality on them is amazing. They are heavy duty and perfectly machined, absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. There is no solution for that crater that's now exposed behind my little headlight, but I also have a 5 3/4" headlight and it wasn't very visible with that one mounted. I think I got my current headlight from Low Brow Customs, but I'm not certain. you caught me while I was surfing KZfaq, hence the rapid reply

I purposely went extra small on the headlight because I think it's going to look sick when I get those fork covers on and recess the headlight

Thanks for the quick response! Lat one last: are the bars from a Cross Bones by any chance?

+ratephi if they were, I wouldn't know. I had an old softail frame with an S&S motor in it and I bought those bars off Craigslist to put on that back. When i was done, the bike was a real slim bobber and the bars looked too wide, so I took them off and put some super narrow apes. this bike has a beefier front end, so the bars fit it much better

+RDA8191 **that bike**

davidson2004fatboy haha yeah I've seen a lot of that. some people get their hands on a parts catalog and it ends up looking like a Christmas tree

George Wheeler just my phone. I think it's called the turbo 2 or something