Second version of speaker covers for FXRD

1986 fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates

Second version of speaker covers for Harley-Davidson FXRD fairing.

Etched plates which are made of brass have more simple appearance than predecessor.
Grill part is honeycomb style mesh and other part of the plate has no specific design. It is just painted black.

Base plates are made of A5052 aluminum alloy.
Kit contains 4 slotted bolts and 4 wellnuts.

To mount these covers on fairing, a little work is necessary. Please ream the mounting holes existing on the fairing so that the wellnuts can be inserted in them.

[ Speaker Covers and brass plates for FXRD fairing ]

fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates
Kit contains 2 brass plates, 2 aluminum plates and hardware.
1986 fxrd aluminum speaker cover and brass plates
Speaker covers are mounted on the fairing

New products : Point Covers

Harley-Davidson FXRD Grand Touring Point Cover with bolts

I will release new products Point Covers at the end of August 2020.

There are 4 types of point covers.

1. 1986 FXRD Grand Touring
No explanation is necessary to describe this point cover. I dedicate this point cover for fanatic fans of Harley-Davidson FXRD.

Harley-Davidson FXRD Grand Touring Point Cover with bolts

2. 8bit Digital Ignition
What remarkable is the development of technology. Maybe the time has come to update your ignition system from old point ignition to the latest digital ignition.
Please never forget putting this point cover on your motorcycle when update is done.

Harley-Davidson 8bit digital ignition aluminum point cover

3. FLH with checker flag
One of the most popular and iconic name in the series of Harley-Davidson motorcycles is “FLH”, isn’t it?
This cover represents the honor of the king of motorcycles.

Harley-Davidson FLH checker flag brass and aluminum point cover

4. The age of the Aztec
There was a kingdom in the old days. It was called Aztec empire. That’s all.

Harley-Davidson Aztec point cover

These point covers are mainly made of A5056 aluminum alloy, etched parts are brass plates.
Every brass plates have adhesive tape on their back.
Two #8-32 mounting screws will be included.

I established “Point Covers” page.

The status of the product will be changed from “out of stock” to “order now” when I start the sale.

Where is “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol. 2” ?

Big Twin High Performance Guide

We are surrounded by many information, however, useful information in a true sense are few. It’s worth for the people who eager to know the internal combustion engines, especially Harley-Davidson V-twin, reading these books. The author D. William Denish tells us in his books the mechanism and function of each parts in plain terms.

I bought and read his three books, “V-twin Tuner’s Handbook vol.1”, “V-twin Tuner’s Handbook Vol.2” and “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol.1”.

Big Twin High Performance Guide

The only thing is, I can’t find “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol.2”. In the end of “V-twin Tuner’s Handbook” it says that “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol.2” will be published in 2000.
ISBN code is also written. I have looked for everywhere on the internet. But I couldn’t find the book. I tried to contact Crystal Publications which is the publisher of those books, however, it turned out to be a complete failure. It seems the publisher is no longer exist. What happened to Crystal Publications and “Big Twin High Performance Guide Vol.2”?

The author D. William Denish wrote in his book “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol.1” that he was going to mention about bottom end parts in his latest book “Big Twin High-Performance Guide Vol.2” and that is the information what I’ve wanted to know for a long time.

Big Twin High Performance Guide Vol.2
It says “Big Twin High Performance Guide Vol.2” will be available in 2000.

Almost all the people can explain that how intake, exhaust and ignition system affect performance of the V-twin motors to a greater or lesser extent. Nevertheless, there are few people how the crank and flywheel affect the performance and durability of the V-twin motors. William Denish explains various factors we should consider when we manage to modify internal combustion engines with many examples or visual information like graphs and tables.

the contents of big twin high performance guide vol.1
His explanation is easy to understand.

Sometimes these kinds of books introducing how to modify V-twin motors tend to be catalogs of parts maker. But his books are differ from those kinds of books.
Internal combustion engines are not set of many performance parts. Only gathering and piling up performance parts are not enough to make true performance engines. The fundamental knowledge is necessary and we can find them in his books.

Tank Dash Inserts for FXR with SpeedoDash

FXRスーパーグライド

Some FXR have speedometer on their fuel tank.

1988 FXR Super Glide
This FXR Super Glide has speedometer on its fuel tank.

Here is a new Tank Dash Insert for those kind of FXR models.
The pattern on the surface is same as previous products, Fish Scale. However, the shape of upper part has difference so as to accept speedometer.
The material of these inserts are stainless steel.

FXD dash insert speedometer

FXR speedometer on fuel tank

New Tank Dash Inserts can be purchased from here.

Fish Scale Inserts for Tank Dash with Speedometer