2022 Low Rider S Upgrades (WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE FIRST!) 

Go with trashin supply and co

Thank you! It’s coming together.

Thank you sir!

Thanks!

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I’m all about orange. I had a 2016 that I painted lacuna orange.

Love that Orange too...I have a Dyna FatBob in HD racing Orange...

You got it! Thanks for watching.

OG Moto quarter fairing. I think it looks much better.

It truly does help a ton. I rode the bike for about 2 weeks without the fairing or bars. I put 200 miles in and I hated it. I still get wind buffeting but it’s bearable. I just got back from a 2,600 mile trip and I have no complaints. Definitely some things I’m fine tuning before my next trip in October, but no serious complaints.

@@thehdguy378 cool! Thanks, Chad! I'm glad it's making a difference. Now the question for you is whether those mods make the low rider s as functional as the low rider st, or which one you think it' a better value, LRS or LRST. Maybe a specific video discussing pros and cons of each option? All the best! :)

I’m gonna be honest I’m a complete idiot on parts and service. My parts guy tells me what to get and I have minimal feedback for him. I’ll ask what bracket it is though.

@@thehdguy378 Yes please more info on the gauge mount

I can’t tell if you’re being facetious or not so I’ll take that as a compliment.

@@thehdguy378 No Sir, not facetious at all. I agree with you completely. My wife rides and thinks loud pipes save lives. I tell you no....its staying out of blind spots, giving others room, and watching for the next moron.

So Loud Pipes DO NOT HAVE ANY VALUE OR LIFE SAVING MEASURES?

That’s a pretty basic upgrade

Krause 8” riders with pull back.

OG Moto Customs

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8” Kraus risers with pull back. 4” Thrashin bars.

Hi Dufy, what’s ur height & what r ur bars total height 8”? & what’s ur windshield height, I’m 5.11” & as soon as I can get my hands on one of the 2022 Low Rider S, I’ll copy all of ur upgrades to mine….

I apologize I meant to write “The HDguy” by the way did u use the stock cables on ur new risers & handlebar or u had to get extensions & what’s the name of ur foot pegs

I appreciate the feedback and kind words!

Also, what upgrades would you have added? That’s partly why I did this video. I’d like to see where people stand on importance of order with upgrades.

@@thehdguy378 Well to be honest I'm not really into touring bikes. I have Two Softails and I've recently done a video on the stuff that I wouldn't put on them. For me though if I was going to be doing longer road trips I'd definitely add a lot of the stuff that you have done. I always start with the thing that makes them sound and feel like a Harley. Pipes. You can check out my vid here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vhry6Tx905o.html Tell me what you think. Id appreciate the feedback.

Power Vision. Nothing fancy. It runs well!

@@thehdguy378 Perfect. and what bars are you running?

Around $3,500 plus labor to take off the tins.

You’re on top of it! I’ll put out another video this week on my trip to Colorado.

Sounds excellent Chad!!

The one I use when riding with a passenger. Harley back rest with a saddlemen pad

Get in your car, have a buddy with loud pipes ride in your blind spot (sound traveling behind you, in the opposite direction, granted the sound is faster than your car you still have factors preventing most of the sound from reaching the car) and tell me you can hear the motorcycle. Assuming it’s a newer model car with good insulation you won’t hear a thing. Pre 2000’s you may hear the bike. Then factor in that 95% of people have their music turned up beyond reason. I’ll agree, loud pipes are safer than no pipes (by a very small margin), but don’t rely on it. Expect the unexpected. If you change your stance to “I control everything that happens to me when on a motorcycle” you’ll be a lot better off. I firmly believe that despite drivers actually being in the wrong, it’s the motorcycle riders fault. It’s always our fault. Short of someone ramming into us at a stop light or barreling into us at 100 miles an hour from behind on the highway, it’s always our fault. Take on this mindset and you’ll decrease the risk of an accident by 10 fold. Raising your arms too high can create drag. This happens under certain circumstances like not having a fairing (no brainer) or being leaned slightly forward vs slightly backward. If your bars put you in a forward leaning position regardless of how tall they are you’ll be pulled back by the force of the wind. Raise the bars and reduce your leverage to resist that force, putting the strain on your abdomen, lower back, and shoulders. The main obstacle here is understanding the definition of a sail, and then relate that to how it would relate to this scenario. And physics… don’t forget physics. Thanks for reading.

@@thehdguy378 yes, you can absolutely hear a bike when you’re in a car with the windows up and the radio up. I can hear a bike 3-4 spots behind me like that and I keep my eye out for them, creating a safer environment for them. Maybe I have good hearing, or maybe you have poor hearing, but that’s always been my experience and if it’s mine, it has to be others as well. If it helps 1/10 people know I’m behind them, it’s worth it. And I ran 16 inch apes with 4 inch risers on a 67’ ironhead with a rigid frame for years. Never felt any drag from my arms being up. It’s no different than riding with drag bars and no windshield. No windshield is the key…without one you’ll always feel that regardless of the position of your arms. The difference in wind resistance when raising your arms up on higher bars vs keeping them down low is negligible at best.

Visibility is by far more effective than loud pipes. Ironically nobody with loud pipes ever wears visibility equipment. I’m all about a good sounding exhaust but my experience is people that like obnoxiously loud exhausts use “loud pipes save lives” as an excuse for their embarrassingly loud exhausts. If you’re that concerned, ride with a neon vest on. Or a hi vis helmet. Pretty sure you’re wearing a half helmet in your profile pic. You gonna tell me more about your safety? Maybe give me the typical “helmets are statistically more dangerous than not wearing a helmet” argument?

@@thehdguy378 1. that half helmet is DOT approved. 2. I generally wear a Ruroc Atlas 4.0 full face (check any video I’ve uploaded). But listen, you can believe no one hears loud pipes or that the creamsicle orange on that bike is going to help…it’s all good…you’re entitled to your wrong opinion. Have a good one!