I Bought a 1997 Harley Davidson Springer Softail! 

Was thinking powder coating also in flat black

@johnny smit There is a third outcome. The helmet saves your life and you walk away relatively unscathed and enjoy a long and happy life.

@johnny smit It was a suggestion, it's Your life man, but let me throw this in, if you do survive as in a veg state you won't know and some other poor sod as to wipe your ass for the rest of your days.

@johnny smit Actually, it's a proven fact without a shadow of a doubt that helmets do provide significant protection compared to not having one. Helmets have saved me and a bunch of my friends lives in crashes/falls and helmets are actually mandatory in most of the world. Yes it's your life, but why be so selfish to think when you come off a bike or get hit you won't survive? Maybe, just maybe if you rode legal speed and got into an accident you'd survive but at normal legal speed if you fall with no helmet you significantly increase the likelihood of getting brain injury or massive road rash that will destroy your face permanently, because you can't control the way you come off a bike and might be unconscious by the time you hit the ground and will be sliding face first with no helmet like a moron. In regards to your friend, was he going legal speeds by any chance? Yes you do get hit by moron drivers, but this is just as bad in driving a car and sometimes it's more beneficial to crash on a bike than a car, as the car crumples and crushes you, where as on a bike you get bumped off away from the car.

@@jbuckley2546 I once witnessed a head on collision between two motorcycles. My friend was right behind me when a Harley crossed the centerline and hit him. He had a helmet on and suffered a broken bone in his hand. The two people on the Harley had no helmets or jackets and the driver broke his collar bone, and ripped most of the skin off the top of his head. The passenger broke her back and her orbital (eye socket). I can't say on the other injuries, but both would have avoided head injuries if they had helmets.

A nice looking helmet that is comfortable and protective 👍🏻

My uncle hit a deer on his GL1500 in the hospital for a month at home for another month ya the bike was only worth parts as well

Noon isn't safe either.

And a helmet for some granny going to the store for milk and just pulls out in the road without looking :\

@@cut-- Or when some idiot parks a flatbed trailer on a country road with no lights round a blind bend!

I hit a deer with my first Harley in ~81. No fun, just >2 flattened discs and chipped process joints in my neck vertebrae. Late night ride. Best wishes

I was thinking the same thing, I'm from Miami, Florida, keep movie from county north, and Florida is a no helmet state. I'm 53yrs old , And Still wear my Helmet. Please we all need you. So please wear a Helmet ❤

Nothing much to add, rim/tyre combo sounds sweet... K&N was my first thought, too.. And some decent mufflers, best sound is at idle now, slow diesel somehow.. :-D Either both fenders in matt or shiny, now they look like one's got bent and was replaced with stock... :-D

@@horstszibulski19 Decent mufflers, I hate, absolutely hate having to listen to a BEAVER taking off, when some yahoo decides to crank it or throttle down. There is no reason to be loud, rather childish, hay, look at me, I'm a noisy son-of-a-bitch! What's your Lady gonna do if you end up being Humpy Dumpty, I don't give a rat's ass what you think, you & and she gets on that bike, WEAR A HELMET, END OF STORY, NO ARGUMENT. Where you live in the USA, one bad medical problem, your bankrupt! Gong show!

LEDs!

You're talking about the butt shot aren't you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WeInphq2HDA.html

You said it bro, when he disappeared round the corners, that ex note kept u hangin in! Pure Content.

That's not a "sound".... it's a HEART BEAT, bro

Most every thing else runs too smooth to give you wood...

I got both hands up!

Great advice Whitebear God Bless

Depressing, but excellent advice. Even the best can get wiped-out by halfwits.

I own one myself with an LED headlight and it is amazing. The one you need to get is specifically made for motorcycles. The light angles are perfect for a motorcycle single lens. Even turning signals are great to. All the best from Canada

Or even better, a damn MUFFLER ! I can appreciate the torque of the HD engines, but NOT the noise. In my area, there was a huge demand for Harleys a few years ago, mostly boomers living their youth dreams, with straight pipies like yours. In summer, they would get around in 10, 20 packs, invading scenic villages across the province. Cities and villages responded with police interceptions, HUGE tickets $$$ for modified exhausts and inspections $$$. Now, the fad is dying and you can get Harleys for next to nothing, boomers getting too old and fat to ride. Good ridance.

@@marcryvon or a can or two of expanding foam up the pipes

I agree I have a dual headlight set up on my 01 Springer and I'm only a daylight rider. A wreck at night 40+ years ago left me with severe PTSD when it comes to even driving a car at night.

I had Avon Gangster tyres fitted on my old Sporty .I had 2 fat boy wheels fitted and with the Avon whitewalls the bike sure drew attention.

I am anti social, on 3 years of owning it I’ve only ridden with a other person once. I like it that way

@@DieselCreek 2 is 1, one is none. Slide off a road or hit a deer solo and you might lay there for ...well, the rest of your life. Not going to be Safety Sally, you are a big boy and understand the reasons for gear. Choosing to wear it or not is your choice. I will just say, I have been down 3X. All 3 with a helmet. The 2nd one, had I not been wearing a lid, I wouldn't be talking to you. Cracked a bell Eliminator from visor to the back when I was forced off the road by a van. Hit my head just above the right eye on a tree. I moved, the tree didn't. first responders said without the helmet, I would have been DOA.

Lmao I was waiting for a good comment from you.... I despise bikes with radios, totally defeats the point of riding IMO, and I’ve got 2 Harley shirts but they were given to me lol I’ve only been in a Harley shop 2 times and it wasn’t my idea. They are awful proud of their stuff, outrageously expensive!

@@DieselCreek I applied for an internship at Harley years ago. I think the guy told me they had over 5000 applicants for 4 openings. That was his way of saying "we can get someone better"...

@@WatchWesWork sounds like you wouldnt wanna work for folks like that anyway...

There’s roads that don’t have that????

Diesel Creek none that I know of in western Washington County!

That’s exactly how I ride, sorry to hear you had to give it up!

Only sissy's wear helmets!