Nick's 2021 Low Rider S │ How we got here... 

Agreed. They're all pretty cool in person too. Matt is very humble.

Check out "thefastlifegarage" on Instagram. They've done an insanely sick Fatbob with the bags.

Thanks for watching and good luck!

@@TH3G0ODGUY thanks we have the same Lowrider S in our showroom, color and all. This video is really going to help me sell it! I am glad to hear you are ok after your accidents.

I love the pipe, I've purchased it twice now with no regrets!

I don't think we will see it in the current softail chassis, nor in the touring chassis, it wouldn't make much sense. That motor is a stressed member, there is no reason to stick it into a perimeter frame chassis like the traditional bikes feature. So if Harley builds a touring bike on that motor, it will not use the current frame. The Pan America IS a touring bike that features that motor, and the Sportster S IS a softail with that motor, at least as close as we will see. The new motor is going to blur lines of what is what because its designed as a modular chassis that you can build a bike around. I think we will see some really cool bikes with that motor, of all different visual and functional styles, but that motor will never be mounted in the current softail chassis, nor the current bagger chassis. It negates that motors main benefit, which is that the motor IS the frame of the bike.

Its a sport glide setup up on the bags. Any dealer will sell them to you

Thanks for watching!

Glad you didn’t have to wait for as much paint as I did! Paint tends to be the longest wait! Thanks for watching and hoping you were mostly okay!

@@TH3G0ODGUY I am still waiting for the parts 😢 as they have not yet arrived. But thankfully due to my custom guards there wasn't much damage so the bike is rideable.

Little overpowerd for you first bike mate. Setting yourself up for a disaster.

@@TheNostorian People say the same thing about cars. See all the kids getting financing on sports cars like S3, AMG 35s/45s, etc. What matters is how the driver decides to operate with the machine. If I ride like a maniac, then that power will be a disaster, sure. But if I drive responsibly enough, then I wont likely utilise all that power anyway. I like the aestetics of the bike and the modification options, that’s what’s drawing me to it. The capabilities are nice to have, to me at least.

@@drsparwaga Totally fine to start on a big twin like the Low Rider S if you are a responsible guy. Power will be less of the issue and more of the weight. Big bikes are easier to tip over. But so what? Maybe you replace a mirror, lever, and turn signal/grip? Not the end of the world. Get an engine guard and you won't be any worse off than if you started on something else so long as you respect the bike!

@@TH3G0ODGUY Oh hi Nick, thanks for responding. Can you recommend a particular engine guard? The only thing that kind of comes close that’s on my list of modifications I want done is the crash bar.

@@drsparwaga Bung King makes a popular one, its very clean and simple. Otherwise Harley has a coiuple available including one that has integrated highway pegs.

Hahah I wish mine had been a bit smoother, but I’m happy where I’ve landed!

the sport glide with dual fronts, the 114, and mid pegs would've been my dream, LRS is closer to that though so I went with that

Unfortunately as a small guy I won’t be able to answer that one for you!

Check my channel for a 22" recurve screen on my 2018 heritage. I'm 6'3".

Still not standard unfortunately.\, I had it installed same time as my bars.

Thanks! Those are 7 inch hard case performance risers!

Hahha yeah that’s common among all the softails

What’s the model of the pipe?

@@dannywywiasjr6199 I have the S&S 2 into 1 Superstreet. You can get it with or without the cat converter and in various finishes. For mid control bikes like the LR or LRs, you also have to purchase the S&S foot brake kit.

Slim is more of a cruiser with classic styling, the low rider has a bit more grunt and better handling, so it’s relatively more performance focused. The low rider also has more options for customization

It's the USA, so everything is bought by a bank. :)

@@rebel_ltz I could pay cash for the bike if I wanted, but I'd rather have the money in the market and make more in returns than I will pay in interest. Finance the things you can get a decent rate on, so you have cash to pay for the things you either can't finance or can't finance at a decent rate. No sense in paying cash for a depreciating asset when the bank will let me pay them back in devalued currency at a low rate.

I've bought 3 new Harleys over the course of working here, so that's 3 bikes over 3.3 years.

If you work for Harley you can get one bike year for basically nothing. At least if you work in their factory. I can't say that for sure at dealership. I was offered a job in the York plant and that's what I was told. Of course I turned it down. Because they told me every Friday. I would be told what shift I was working the next week. It could be 1 of 3 shifts. So I turned the job down. Plus the way they lay people off he would probably be a waste of time anyway.

Already posted brother. Check the channel

It’s still a very long parts list with every nut and bolt unfortunately. Still pricey too. They did not come color matched, you can get them in any sport glide color so no midnight crimson

@@TH3G0ODGUY Thanks for the response! Well done on going through that process. Bike looks great so definitely worth it!

Hmm, not sure, youd have to talk to my parts dept. to confirm but I don’t think there is an issue getting the 50 state legal parts. As for tune I’m not running a tuner. This pipe has a cat in it and it doesn’t seem to mind not having a tune. No fueling issues.

Thanks Nick, appreciate the response. My bike runs great with the 50 state slip ons. Just worried about it running lean and impacting my warranty. Btw, availability is not the issue with the 50 state exhaust. In CA , C.A.R.B. has not approved them for use on the ‘21 models. Not a huge issue, but if someone is buying them to stay legal, technically they are not for a ‘21.

I haven’t upgraded the master cylinder on the low rider, I was commenting on why the dual disk bikes have better brake feel than the single disk bikes and my theory is that it’s due to the different part number for the master cylinder.

Correct. I was talking about my track bike gixxer’s calipers and not the Harley. The point I was making is that often we pay to much attention to the name on the caliper for determining if a bike has “good” brakes and not enough time focusing on the master cylinder because it plays a huge roll in braking and brake feel. The Dual disk softails have a different master cylinder that produces better feel in my opinion, much less wooden.

I have Rizoma universal mirrors on my bike!

@@TH3G0ODGUY thanks, nice bike.

Rizoma!

@@TH3G0ODGUY thank you for the reply sir.

Its tough because it was done piecemeal, and then the collision really muddied the water too because there are now two work orders. But I can give rough ideas. Bags - 3k with paint, labor, and parts Bars - 1600-1800 parts and labor exhaust -1200 plus labor shock - 1300 Fairing - 500 or so with bracket plus labor Most of the other stuff was pretty minimal, 100 bucks here 100 bucks there kind of stuff. All said an done I think I put in an additional 7-8 grand. Bags were the big ticket item this time.

@@TH3G0ODGUY Thanks Nick, yeah I didn't even think it really through. I just think that showing folks the break down would help them understand what goes into these builds and give them realistic goals. For myself I tend to break my motorcycle upgrades into phases. Phase one tends to be about comfort upgrades. Phase two cosmetic and then phase three performance. I've noted that with the previous bikes I tend to average around 10k spent on upgrades and changes. I don't gear as far as some do but I'll break it down to anyone who asks me in person when I'm with my bike. I feel that it helps educate people into truly understanding what goes into changing your bike. Causes less confusion and friction in my opinion. You all do massive upgrades that can easily add 20k to 30k onto the price of a bike, which is awesome. That's just my speculation based on what I'm observing and those bikes are freaking beyond awesome. In my opinion more in depth breakdowns of that sort of thing might help people understand and cause less sticker shock for a lack of a better term coming to mind. I'd love to watch videos of you all doing a bikes upgrades in segments, with a break down of the parts, their costs and the time and labor costs involved. Anyhow, long winded post for sure. Thank you and Matt and the rest of folks over at Laidlaw's for doing these videos, keep it up. :)

Never, at least not with a perimeter frame

No tuner. Seems fine since the pipe has a high flow cat, once I do an intake i will get the tuner

Compliant with CA emissions standards. That's why it's got a catalytic converter in it.

@@leesunga9368 Ok so I am guessing Texas doesn't care about that, can I get a more monstrous exhaust? lol

@@anthonyr587 That was the point that I brought up that S&S told us, their Cat California Pipe makes more power through the midrange than their exact same pipe without the highflow cat. Biggest downsides to the S&S pipe are its not as loud, its a bit longer, and you have to run their brake pedal which makes it expensive. But you also dont need a tuner so that makes up some of the ground between the pipe and others on the market.

I’m 5’9” on a good day

Race tech will custom make you any length you want up to the maximum for the stock swing arm which is 13.5. My shock is 13 inches, I had 13.5 on my previous lowrider but just felt that it was a bit much with the stock front end. Stock is 12 or 12.5, but keep in mind that every inch or half inch of length of the shock results in more than that in terms of total height due to the suspension geometry.

@@TH3G0ODGUY Are you running the factory cartridges in the inverted forks or are they race tech as well? Thank you

@@scottmiller355 stock front suspension, it’s on the softer side which is perfect for my weight

Don’t have the bike yet 🤷‍♂️. Power to weight on the sportster s is definitely not shabby!

Relocate the rear turn signals. Other than that it mounts to the softail docking hardware.

@@MattLaidlaw already got the alloy arts turn signals. So I'm Golden

Good question. I don’t know if I can recommend something im confident in. Most people just stick to the stock Hd stuff and it’s usually good. Maybe brembo?

We do ship out of state but due to Harley’s policies you have to be in store to sign paperwork. You won’t have to pay California reg or sales tax though if we ship it.

You can get the new fairing in midnight crimson in the P&A catalogue

@@TH3G0ODGUY Solid, I had no idea. Bike looks great btw.

@@TH3G0ODGUY yo if you ever get a minute, see if you can find that part number. I can't find it anywhere, (used my catalogue and SIP), last I found was one with the 2020 model color codes.