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Does anybody know where I can get my drivers seat recovered?

Freaking awesome. I'm doing the rear.

5 years and loving it. I will admit to occasionally looking at the new Ultra Classic Harleys but every time I do it's like looking at another woman and then looking back at my wife and thinking, yeah, she ain't as purty as she used to be 30 years ago but damn can she cook.

I also added a handlebar mounted switch to turn them on and off as needed but I wouldn't worry too much about the 35 watt bulbs. I did worry about the 55 watt bulbs, but unless you have a lot of extra stuff pulling wattage you should not have any issues. I do like the idea of LED markers. Dang you, now I'll have to do more mods.

I also replaced the bulbs with 35 watt bulbs as the 55 watt ones got pretty hot. Got the bulbs at Home Despot for $7.

Your bike comes with a mounting bracket already. There are 2 reflectors, one on each side of your front forks. Remove the reflectors and use the holes to mount the Platinum Burners. Run the hot wires up and under the tank, mount your relay with some double sided 3M tape near the battery and ground them to the mounting bolts. I have attached pics. Mine work great. Be sure to use an inline fuse also.

For now, I removed the reflectors that are located on the front fork and I had to open the screw hole a little bit on the bracket, and I have them mounted there. I ordered a rocker switch that mounts on the handlebars and am currently in the process of wiring and of course, using a relay. When I get it done, I'll post pictures. I didn't like the idea of mounting them on the highway bars because I couldn't hide the wiring good enough. My ideal place would be to mount them on the turn signal bar but I could not find any P clamps skinny enough to fit between the little plastic chrome cover and the wind deflector bracket.

Also, if anybody has an OEM switch cover for a 2nd gen Venture they'd be willing to part with, I am interested in experimenting with one to mount the rocker switch in.

Sorry. It is a 2008 Venture. 2nd Gen.

Sounds goo but how to I wire it and where is a good place to mount the switch and relay?

True, but would I need the on/off rocker switch as well as the relay?

Better yet, could I just use the relay and have them come on with the bike and off when I turn off the bike and leave the rocker switch out of the picture?

I just bought a set of the Platinum Burners from Wally World and have a few questions. I am constantly reading about putting in a relay and am wondering why. If I connect these to the battery with an inline fuse and always remember to turn them off, what would be the problem? I don't want then wired into the headlight system, I want them wired separately so I don't understand the relay. Second, if anybody else has these, where in the world did you mount the little rocker switch? I currently have the lights mounted on the front fork reflector brackets but saw a post where someone had mounted them on the turn signal bar but how? I'd rather have them there. Any help offered is greatly appreciated. Wiring diagrams would be nice also. Thanks.

After I put on the slip ons, I think they are leaking at the header. I noticed my original pipes had a sort of gasket and was wondering if there is something I could use as a gasket on the new slipons. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Will the muffler tape melt?