A longer piece of steel to replace the tongue is cheap and greatly improves the geometry. The cooler rack is also helpful. When you load you never want to be tail heavy so load accordingly.
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Plus tax and setup.
the speed is limited by the slowest component connected in your path, change out the wire and try that first. If not look at the card on your computer and see what it's capabilities are with relation to speed. A firmware update may help or a new card or new computer.
Howard, I put on the free Pandora and my GPS. If it sends me around something I do it and I have seen traffic completely snarled as I drive by on a side road and the redirected back to where I want to go. I hate sittin in traffic so it works for me. . .
I rode all winter a year ago, this year not so much. Now it hurts to say but I understand the Harley guys trailering this time of year to get a chance to jump on.
I have seen that, my thought was I could attach it to a plate clamped to the lower frame and leave the holes under the center for my lift adapter. I never looked to see how far back and how it was attached to the first gen. I might need pictures. . .
Ok, I have a center stand and after looking at it was trying to figure out a different way to mount it up, I do miss that from my first gen. I helpped a harley buddy put one on his bike and it was attached to a plate that clamped to the frame with like 3/8 steel. Other projects going but one I want to finish.
Every profession has it's fair share of the worst human beings walking the face of this planet and no one can defend that, butt you can't paint one cop as all cops. I know more and more people putting dash cams on their vehicles for insurance / court purposes. In the end it's safe insurance.