My 08 FLH twin cam has never been on a trickle charger, hasn’t even got tender leads on it. I can leave it for a month and it will always start.

Does the 08 twin cam have the alarm system fob  thing?

All originally supplied new in Australia Harley Davidson models came with factory security with 2 proximity fobs.

Thanks for the explanation  retro.

Now a days the new HD's come with no alarm and only one fob(key), if you want a alarm it's $300+ to have a siren fitted, I actually don't mind having only one fob as it gives a thief less of a chance finding a fob, As for a battery I always have had a good run out off my HD supplied ones, I keep my little .800amp HD trickle charger on it most of the time   

to check if we still have to pay customs for any gifts? like if someone bought a Viking bag in the US, pack and send it to AU?  

small bag of 12mm eyelets and the tools to install them come in the post today

Rode it, been a week, nasty little virus kept me quiet, beautiful north Queensland day, bike ran like the mechanical marvel they are, bike back on the charger tender trickle maintainer thingy, started easy as after each stop! Bastard! Beer o'clock 😁

Yup, my 08 is factory alarmed.

Just a quick question, do we have to pay any kind of tax if we are sending a motorcycle bag from the US to the AU as a gift? if there is a tax then how can we pay it upfront? I am looking to send this Saddlebag to a friend of mine in the UK and I really don't want him to pay anything for it.

About to head out the back of Obi Steves old place and wallow in the dirt for a few hrs....getting in early as its going to be a hot day here today it currently 26 @ 0600 .

If anyone here is interested,this is the best mod with biggest results I've ever done on any bike.Years ago I bought some gsxr radial brembos calipers and installed them on my fxdx with the 11/16 master.This was a step up from stock but not quite what I was expecting and a bit underwhelming after riding Ducatis all my life.anyway I bought a brembo rcs 19 master for another restoration project I'm doing but since that has stalled a bit I decided to try it on the Harley.

As you've proved, you always need to match the master cyl to the calipers.

It's certainly function over form 😁👍

Yeh I'm hearing ya.im working on trying to clean it all up a bit.ongoing project.but I'm definitely not taking it off😁

Just taking the piss mate, love the innovation, I had fxdx, crashed the bastard, still be riding it otherwise.

Nice setup, do you know what the calipers are off? I only ask as a lot of the OEM calipers off sportbikes are still 32mm pistons, which is exactly the same as the Harley Brembo calipers mechanically (4 x 32mm). Some Brembo OEMs are 34s though, as are the top teir M4 calipers.

My radials are 32mm so I ended up using the Brembo MC @ 15mm, feels awesome.

Hi John.mine are brembo m4 and are 34mm pistons so the 11/16 Harley master wasn't quite up to it.To someone who hasn't had good brakes before they'd probably think my old brake setup was great.theres also something to be said about a brembo radial master too.even if your master size is matched to your calipers you'll find it's a big improvement allround.even the guys with new 1000 gsxrs are changing out to these as an upgrade .mine is an rcs 19 where as a 32mm caliper a rcs 17 is the recommended size.My calipers are off an older gsxrs 750/1000 where as the new brembos m50 are down to 30mm pistons.My mate with a new fxlrs has the new m50 calipers with the stock master.good braking but nothing like what I got now.hard to explain but the feel is on a different level

Yeah that makes sense. I had an excel formula somewhere that did all the ratios and gave an indication of level feel once you plugged in the variables (pistons, MC size, etc). 

I actually stuffed up a little on my blue FXR because I ran the standard 11/16th MC but while my calipers were 4 pot (x 2), they were differential bore size. Having a slightly smaller caliper piston size on 2 of the 4 pistons greatly changed the feel of my lever so its a touch stiff. Id like to try a 15mm or even 9/16th I reckon, but the whole setup is chrome so I havent gotten around to replacement haha.

What did I do today? Ran over a beautiful 4’ long goanna on the putty road.