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I didn't feel any cluch problems. Its got some crash damage that the guy didn't mention. Some hodpog bolts holding a few things. ext.
Furious to get my fury.
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I hope the price reflects the newly discovered deficiencies…
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Ok Guys its in my garage. Thanks for all the advice. I know I have some work to do on it. Paid $6200
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Hahahaha…. You must also have a different dictionary… the kind where a woman can be a man and whatnot…. you own a “sporty” bike, sir… 😂🤣🤞🏻
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YUP, a 'sporty' bike which 'requires' very little downshifting on the track especially in the corners! (PLUS easily to throw away IF damaged, cheap price)
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As I have said before elsewhere in the forum: it’s more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. But riding a fast bike fast is the best!
what tracks do you normally hit?
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So yeah... I think a teenager must have done the aftermarket installs on this bike. The wiring is ridiculous.
I compain about things, but I am enjoying fixing things and making this bike mine. At least I know it will be done the right way when I get done with all my knit picking. lol.
I compain about things, but I am enjoying fixing things and making this bike mine. At least I know it will be done the right way when I get done with all my knit picking. lol.
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Wow, that is some ugly work! One of the problems of buying previously modified, for sure
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Soldered the wires, retaped and tidied it all up behind the headlamp.
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Need advice guys. I bought some new pegs at a local shop. They don't fit, I need an adaptor. Should I use an adaptor or just return the fancy ones and put the old ones back on and be happy?
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I like the new ones with the rubber on them, but the adapter…..
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I'd return them. Adapters get a bit pricey and you can buy lots of pegs made for a Honda that don't require an adapter. Pegs with rubber tend to work better in the rain that metal only so that is something to keep in mind when shopping for pegs.
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Yeah, LONGGGG story. I took the black and gold boards back to the local shop for a return. Got charged 10% restock fee even though I had just purchased the day prior.
Pisses me off!
A lot of people complain and want customers to shop locally, but then this happens. Motorcycle shop told me these would fit my bike, when I told him I had a honda. Today he tried to get me to order adapters before he refunded me. Its too risky to buy locally. I can't even find an air filter locally. The local Honda motorcycle shop "can order it for me", I am just gonna order everything online.
Pisses me off!
A lot of people complain and want customers to shop locally, but then this happens. Motorcycle shop told me these would fit my bike, when I told him I had a honda. Today he tried to get me to order adapters before he refunded me. Its too risky to buy locally. I can't even find an air filter locally. The local Honda motorcycle shop "can order it for me", I am just gonna order everything online.
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That sort of thing is very short sighted. Sure they got 10% from you and lost 100% of your future business. Back in the 80's when local (Australian) electronic manufacturing all went to Asia I lost my electronic engineering design job but the company I worked for found all the employees positions in other parts of the company at the same pay. I ended up being a sales rep for their consumer Hi-Fi products (Denon). What I discovered is retailers complain about everything and are the tightest A.... holes on the planet. They never want to pay for anything and the fuss they make when another retailer gives a customer a few bucks off is something else. I'm not surprised those scumbags pulled the restock fee, just typical retailer mentality. Then they have the nerve to complain about on-line businesses.Yeah, LONGGGG story. I took the black and gold boards back to the local shop for a return. Got charged 10% restock fee even though I had just purchased the day prior.
Pisses me off!
Capitalism guys….
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Yup, F that place, wouldn't get another dime from me, and I'd make sure my friends knew too.
Companies have always passed economic fluctuations down to the consumer. They make what they want, more usually in bad times. I'd love to see those places go out of business. When we are working our asses off to get by these days, they still try to pull this shit over on us.
Business models can be adjusted to benefit both consumer and vendor, unfortunately they don't care about the consumer. Those are the business that will eventually tank, because we're all not a bunch of idiots.
Companies have always passed economic fluctuations down to the consumer. They make what they want, more usually in bad times. I'd love to see those places go out of business. When we are working our asses off to get by these days, they still try to pull this shit over on us.
Business models can be adjusted to benefit both consumer and vendor, unfortunately they don't care about the consumer. Those are the business that will eventually tank, because we're all not a bunch of idiots.
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Personally, I'd have gotten the adapters. My first Fury had adapters for the fat ISO pegs, front and back required different setups (which took a few tries to get right) though the end result was clean and looked great. The second Fury has the whole front mounting bracket replaced by a custom bracket which is how the pegs fit (a member here made them).
It's your first run at this, adapters are pretty inexpensive from Kuryakyn, though I've noticed their chrome requires a lot of maintenance and really, everything from them should be completely disassembled, lubricated properly, reassembled with medium-strength threadlock, coated with your favorite rust inhibitor for chrome, and stuck on the bike. They're the most common maker of aftermarket parts, and Harley owners love them too.
If it's your thing, you can scour the forums for other manufacturers that have parts which are not so common, then find that 50% of them are out of business since the chopper craze ended. 20% more due to government "environment" regulations (which amounts to additional taxes), and another 10% from that lab-flu shutdown that is somehow still "a thing." The 10% of companies still making parts that will fit will love your business, and it's much harder to figure out where they came from when looking at a bike.
The final step is to have parts custom-made. There are a few guys here doing just that, and their work is phenomenal. Budget-wise, it's best if there is a plan laid out for the whole bike (a vision), then piece by piece the parts are ordered. As much as I loved Flossy (1st Fury) there was still that drive to do "more," and she was (in my estimation) "done"--super-thin, everything was minimalistic and purpose-driven, and she was tuned to rip. Alex (2nd Fury)...well, I have this saying, "Anything worth doing is worth over-doing" and she's that, at the opposite end of the spectrum. Each part is being replaced by a one-off thanks to members here.
The best advice I got from other members was "go slow." It turned projects into a labor of love and cut out the frustration. Maybe that's good advice to pass along, then again maybe that's not your thing...do what works for you by all means.
Congratulations on bringing home an awesome machine, Honda has, like usual, built a bang-on winner once again.
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