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Video-How to Install Detachable Rider Backrest on 2014 Harley Davidson Touring

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VIDEO-In this video I teach you step by step w/o skipping any steps on how to install detachable rider backrest hardware on a 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special (FLHXS) or other Harley Davidson touring model.

You can use your 2009 and up Harley Davidson rider backrest hardware on your 2014 Harley touring model! It fits and mounts exactly the same.

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VIDEO-How to Fold Roll Motorcycle Chaps-Biker Chap Pack Roll| Biker Podcast

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VIDEO & BLOG-In this video I teach you step-by-step how to properly fold and roll your leather motorcycle biker chaps into a tight and neat “chap pack”. I am not the creator of this method of folding your chaps, but I wanted to pass it on to you in an understandable tutorial video and blog, such as we do here at Law Abiding Biker Media.

In this video I show you how to fold your motorcycle chaps into a rolled chap pack over my Harley Davidson Motorcycle seat. This is typically how you will be folding and rolling your chaps into a chap pack, so I wanted to show you this way on the video.

It will be uncommon to be folding your biker chaps or rolling a chap pack on a clean floor or in a house on a table, but you may before you leave for a long trip. However, once you are out for your motorcycle trip or ride, you will need to know how to roll and fold your chaps into a chap pack on the go and draped over your motorcycle seat.

Okay-so if you are like me, my motorcycle biker chaps take up much room in my saddlebag. Additionally, they are usually just folded over themselves in a clump and are always in the way when I go to remove something else from my saddle bags. Often times I have to pull my chaps out of the saddle bag to get at other items buried underneath. When I do so, [Read more…]

VIDEO-Manual Adjust Harley Davidson Street Glide Touring Rear Suspension | Biker Podcast

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VIDEO & BLOG-In this tutorial video I show you how to adjust your manual rear suspension on your Harley Davidson touring model.  I am using a 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special in this video, but the manual suspension has been used on other models.  Additionally, in the video and this blog I provide you with a recommended Preload Settings chart.

I had a 2011 Harley Street Glide prior to purchasing my 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special which had adjustable air type rear suspension.  I must say that my Street Glide Special rides much smoother with this new manual adjust type rear suspension.  I prefer the ease of the manual suspension preload adjustment knob system on my Street Glide Special much better.  I don't have to carry around a small air pump to adjust my rear suspension when I am out and about and changing my load weight like I did with my 2011 Street Glide. Now I just turn the knob and I am on my way.

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The manual suspension preload adjustment knob is under the left saddle bag.  You only need to adjust this knob to adjust the entire rear suspension system on the Street Glide Special.  There is no knob under the right saddle bag.

Street Glide Suspension Knob

Here are some simple instructions:

  1. Remove the left saddlebag.
  2. Rotate the preload adjustment knob counterclockwise until it stops.  The stopped position is the minimum preload.
  3. Rotate the preload adjustment knob clockwise the recommended number of turns (see table below) to increase the preload for the total weight of the rider, passenger, and cargo.  The knob clicks at each half turn.
  4. Install the left saddlebag.

RECOMMENDED PRELOAD SETTINGS CHART:

# OF TURNS …………LOAD # OF TURNS ……LOAD
1 LESS THAN 220 lbs (100 kg) 10 310 lb (141 kg)
2 220 lb (100 kg) 11 320 lb (145 kg)
3 240 lb (109 kg) 12 330 lb (150 kg)
4 250 lb (113 kg) 13 340 lb (154 kg)
5 260 lb (118 kg) 14 350 lb (159 kg)
6 270 lb (122 kg) 15 360 lb (163 kg)
7 280 lb (127 kg) 16 370 lb (168 kg)
8 290 lb (132 kg) 17 380 lb (172 kg)
9 300 lb (136 kg) 18 390 lb (177 kg)
——- —————- 19 400 lb (181 kg)

**Load includes the total weight of the rider, passenger, riding gear, accessories and cargo**

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Tutorial-Current Harley Ride Planner Online Software & Smart Phone App-Boom!™ Box Infotainment System

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  • Everything you need to know about using Harley-Davidson Ride Planner online software. You're missing out if your not planning your trips this way!

  • Completely map your next trip from any computer or smartphone! Easily download it and upload it onto you external (HD supported) GPS device your built in Harley Boom!™ Box Infotainment System!

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Congratulations! You have landed on the #1 most popular and best-selling Harley-Davidson Ride Planner & Motorcycle Trip Planning Tutorial Video available! The positive feedback from our customers over the years has been overwhelming and I thank all of you!

This is the most thorough step-by-step tutorial video on how to use the most current version of the Harley-Davidson online Ride Planner software & powerful smartphone application. Harley-Davidson Ride Planner is an awesome free online tool and app to plan all your motorcycle trips. Anyone can sign up on the Harley-Davidson website and create a free Ride Planner account with a simple username and password.

HERE ARE TWO OTHER HARLEY BOOM BOX VIDEOS I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU WATCH BEFORE THIS RIDE PLANNER VIDEO:

  1. Complete Harley Davidson “Boom Box” Infotainment System GPS Stereo Tutorial
  2. Harley-Davidson Boom Box Infotainment Software, GPS World Maps, & Dealer Locations Update Tutorial

If you haven’t used the free Harley-Davidson Ride Planner online software to route and map your next motorcycle ride, we strongly suggest you start and this is the best place to do so online.

We here at Law Abiding Biker Media, Inc. use the Harley Ride Planner to its fullest capabilities to map all our short and long motorcycle trips. Within Ride Planner is a community of riders and it allows me to look at other trips that users have created and the ability for me to share my rides with others. I can even incorporate other riders shared rides right into my own ride.

You can also plan and route a ride and then email it to a friend or easily share it on social media platforms. Those that want to can then store the shared ride plan in their own Harley-Davidson Ride Planner account or even upload it to their own supported GPS unit. So, it is more than just a tool to map and route your next motorcycle ride.

In this Ride Planner tutorial video, I teach you everything you need to know based on my many years of experience using it. You’ll learn to be a master user of the online Ride Planner Software and of the Ride Planner smartphone application. They are both powerful and full of rich features.

There is much to know within the online Ride Planner software and smartphone app and I have taken much time to figure it all out for you. Once you watch this video, you will certainly feel comfortable using Harley Ride Planner to map out your next motorcycle trip.

I start with the basics, so if you don’t consider yourself really “tech savvy” then have no worries. I teach you how to plan a complete motorcycle ride from scratch and then how to upload it to your Harley-Davidson supported external GPS device or directly into the integrated Harley-Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System. I utilize quality HD screen recordings of my desktop computer & smartphone, so it is like you are right with me.

It doesn’t matter if you are using MAC or PC, IOS or Android, as Harley Ride Planner supports them all! I’ve got you covered in this tutorial.

Further, I will show you even the most advanced features if you are so inclined to use them. I also teach you how to work around a few minor Ride Planner bugs and glitches to make your ride planning even easier.

Included with the purchase of this video: I send out updated tutorials as major things change or are updated with the Boom!™ Box system. You will get these free updates as part of my commitment to you.

You will learn how to route a trip, create waypoints, name waypoints, make notes, check distance, check ride time, check weather, preview a ride, manipulate routes and roads, manipulate waypoints, delete waypoints, find other users routed rides, incorporate them into your ride plan, share rides, save rides, bookmark rides, record rides, find dealerships, find restaurants, find gas stations, find events, download rides, upload rides into supported GPS devices or Boom Box, learn my pro tips and tricks, and everything else in between. Harley Ride Planner has a solid user interface and I am here to show you how to use it to its fullest capabilities in this easy to understand video.

Once we create a ride plan, I then teach you how to easily get it from your desktop or laptop computer onto your Harley supported external GPS device or onto your integrated Harley-Davidson Boom Box Infotainment System. Once the planned trip is on your device, you are ready to go. You can store multiple rides on your device, so you are ready to ride for the year.

We go from a desktop computer & smartphone application screen recordings and then straight to a recording while sitting on my Harley Davidson motorcycle. I show you how to upload your ride plans directly into the Harley Davidson Boom Box Infotainment System. I show you additional tips, tricks, and secrets on how to best manage your ride directly from you Boom Box Infotainment System.

So, stop worrying about using this awesome free online tool & start using it. Every motorcycle rider should be using this to plan and route all their motorcycle trips. Let’s all share our awesome rides we create by getting involved with the Harley Ride Planner community!

VIDEO-Install K&N Aircharger Intake System on Harley Davidson |Biker Podcast

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VIDEO & BLOG-This is a Law Abiding Biker Podcast & Media (LAB) Production. In this video we teach you step by step w/o skipping any steps how to install the K&N Aircharger air intake to your Harley Davidson motorcycle. K&N Part #63-1122P.

You must remap your fuel injection system with a Harley Davidson download at your dealership when changing air intakes or exhaust systems. Or you can buy a product such as the Dyno Jet Power Commander V that hooks to your Electronic Control Module and remaps your fuel injection.

If you choose the Power Commander V, then check out our install tutorial video!

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After watching this video you won't have any problems installing the K&N Aircharger air intake to your Harley Davidson motorcycle. K&N Part #63-1122P.

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VIDEO-Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket Review

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VIDEO/BLOG-This is a complete and extremely thorough review video and blog about the Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket.  I go into detail and show you every feature built into this jacket. 

I have always worn leather coats under my leather motorcycle biker club vest during the winter months while riding my motorcycle.  However, for years I have thought of switching away from the leather coat and going with a new fabric type motorcycle jacket.  Technology has come along way with these types of jackets.  They often times are warmer, provide added protection, are more flexible, are rain proof, and warmer.  I’m just a little bit old school, so it took me a while to make up my mind and make the switch.  Of course my motorcycle biker club vest will always be leather and fits right over these types of jackets.  I guess I’m just tired of being all bound up in a leather coat that I can’t move freely in.  

Biker Motorcycle Podcast Illumination frontAfter much research, I finally purchased a Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket and I have been extremely satisfied every since.  I ride all year around as do the members of the Sworn Few Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club that I am involved with.  Ice and snow are the only things that stop us for obvious safety reasons.  
 
The Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket has vents that are strategically placed and fully adjustable so you can regulate the amount of airflow to keep you comfortable.  It has two vents in the back running vertically and two vents on each arm up near the arm pit area.  The jacket sports a zip out liner for spring riding weather.  I supposed you could wear the jacket all year around with the vents and removable liner, but I won’t be doing that. I specifically purchased it for cold and wet inclimate riding conditions and it is working out great. 
 
During the cold season I wear my First Gear heated jacket liner (www.LawAbidingBiker.com/FirstGear) underneath and it keeps me toast warm.  The HD jacket locks the heat in from my heated jacket liner in very well and doesn’t let it escape.  I recently rode in 18 degree Fahrenheit temperatures and only turned my heated jacket liner up 1/2 way and I was fine.  
 
The garment is waterproof, preventing water from penetrating and keeping you dry while riding in moderate to heavy rain.  I have ridden in rain with it and I stayed completely dry and warm!  
 
Biker Motorcycle Podcast Illumination backThe Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket has built in Nitrex EVO impact protectors in the elbows and shoulders.  Additionally, it has snap tabs that are located on the outer arms near the elbow and forearm region.  These snap tabs are designed so you can make adjustments to keep the impact protectors in place and properly over your elbows.  They also tighten the sleeves to reduce the amount of drag in the garment from wind.  
Strategically placed premium 3M Scotchlite Reflective Material and piping on the garment make the human form recognizable from nearly every angle in low-light conditions, providing you with enhanced rider visibility.  Of course this is dramatically reduced for me, because I wear my leather motorcycle biker club vest over the jacket.  But, the sleeves still have plenty of reflectiveness.  
 
The jacket is very warm with the liner in and has 3M Thinsulate Insulation, which provides warmth without bulk insulation.  The jacket is moderate in weight, but very flexible and does not restrict my movements like a leather coat does. Of course the stitching and quality is awesome and exactly what you expect from a garment with a Harley Davidson logo on it.
 
I have seen the Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket priced anywhere from $280 to $350.  So do your research and shop around.  I like to keep my money local if I can and buy from my local Harley Dealership when feasible.  However, I gave them a chance on this one, but they would not give me the price that I could get it online for, so I walked.  They are usually very good about matching prices, but I have no problems walking away and buying it somewhere online if they can’t.  I have a very good relationship with the folks at my local Harley Davidson Dealership and they know that’s how I operate.  
 
I plan to have the Harley Davidson Illumination 360 Functional Jacket for many years to come and I am getting great use out of it.

VIDEO-Install replace front fairing speakers on Harley Davidson Touring

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  • Save money now. Remove the front fairing speakers on your Harley Davidson yourself.

  • Replace your stock Harley Davidson speakers.

  • Have the pride & satisfaction of working on your own Harley!

  • Do it in your garage or your workspace right on the kickstand!

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VIDEO-In this video we show you how to remove and replace your stock Harley Davidson front fairing speakers with aftermarket speakers.

First you may want to watch this free video on how to remove your outer front fairing on your Harley touring model.

Remove & install Harley Davidson touring outer front fairing

I took my Harley Boom Audio aftermarket speakers out of my 2011 Harley Street Glide and put the stock speakers back in. This is because I purchased a 2014 Harley Street Glide Special (SGS).

You don't get anything extra by selling or trading your used Harley Davidson with aftermarket speakers installed. I made more money by removing them and selling them separately on Ebay, Amazon, or Craigslist.

You never recoup the money you have invested by selling your Harley or other brand motorcycle with all the aftermarket products you have purchased and installed. However, some products that are labor intensive and may involve much more install/uninstall time may not be worth removing (new handlebars with wiring etc). Pick and choose what is worth removing easily/timely and worthy of getting a great return of investment (ROI) for your time.

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