Hi All, looking to spend a few hours on the bike this weekend.
have done single seat conversion and flipped the mirrors already, are there any other cheap and easy mods i can get started on before i have to start spending any serious money?

much appreciated!

Top Belt Guard, Gone

will that have any adverse effects? if not, consider it gone!

Not unless it snaps and you cop it in the leg or something like that, which some people say happens, but I've had mine off for a while now (left it off after changing rear shocks) with no adverse effects.

Is it legal to remove the belt guard?

front guard gone
remove countersprocket cover
belt guard
tank lift
wire tuck
coil relocate

could do that all in a day no probs.

the first 3 would be up to the owner with safety/legality concerns.

Legal Smegal,,,, Ba Ba Ba,,, The law is that the Foot Pegs must be 450 MM forward of the Chain or Belt, 

I havent had a Belt Gaurd on any of my Sportsters, It's the first thing I take off, Iv'e also snaped the odd belt or two and lived

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haha there is nothing legal left on my bike I'm pretty sure.

But once you follow a garbage truck and run over some ooze it leaked out with no front guard you wonder why you did it.

how to i do a DIY tank lift please?

anywhere else to get a decent tank lift kit? the DK customs one they want $55 for which is fine, but then they want another $40 for postage which is crazy considering the size of the part. and nearly $100 for a couple pieces of metal is crazy.

when you simplify it, it's a piece of metal that just has a bolt through it.

a scrap piece of decent gauge steel, hacksaw to size, file it smooth, couple of bolts and you saved yourself $100.

thanks Brash, my boss has a CNC machine at work so i guess i could make one pretty easy on that?

CNC machine is a bit over the top for that bracket.

paint the fork legs black, I reckon that would look better

thanks for the comments, went to the Surfside Cafe Harley show in Sydney today and got lots of ideas for stuff i want to do.

i did a very rough (Bunnings) tank lift kit this weekend that i will improve on this week using the tools in work.
next thing on order is going to be the HD service manual, anyone kbow what the difference is between the 2 following part numbers? (as the first one is half the price of the second)
99484-08A
99484-08FA

thanks

If only I had seen that, just bought the english language one and I only look at the pictures anyway

So what was the end results with the Mods that you have made to the bike. it would be good to get an update

Service Literature: 2008 Sportster Models

DOCUMENT
LANGUAGE
PART NUMBER

Service Manual
English
99484-08A


Electrical Diagnostics Manual
English
99495-08A


Service and Electrical Diagnostics Manual
French
99484-08FA


Service and Electrical Diagnostics Manual
German
99484-08GA


Service and Electrical Diagnostics Manual
Spanish
99484-08SA


Service and Electrical Diagnostics Manual
Italian
99484-08IA


Parts Catalog
English
99451-08A