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Hot Bike – Burly Brand Jail Bar and Cable Kit Install

Post author By Sean D.
Post date January 6, 2017

Robert Martin from Hot Bike recently swung by the Burly Brand compound with his 2013 H-D 883 Iron Sportster to get some handlebar love. Already sporting our Two-Up Brat Seat and Tall Sissy Bar, a set of 10″ Black Jail Bars and a height appropriate T-Bar Cable Kit would finish dialing in Robert’s club style ripper. The install and look was also finished off with some quality Mirrors and Grips from Performance Machine.

Robert took the time to document the whole process step by step for any potential garage builders looking to take on this feat and are currently on the overwhelmed side thinking of all that the project entails. While not the quickest set of parts to install on your bike, we hope Robert and ourselves have streamlined the process a bit and we tried to give some helpful tips you wont find in your H-D manual! Check out the write-up on Hot Bike Web here.

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Sissy Bar, Fork Pre-Load Adjuster and Slammer Kit Install

Post author By Sean D.
Post date September 22, 2014

Last week we installed a Short version Sissy Bar, Fork Pre-Load Adjusters and Slammer Kit on Nicole aka sportster_girl‘s Iron. Check out the photo journal below.

Sissy bar, Slammer Shocks and Fork Pre Load Adjusters.

First jack the back of the bike up.

Remove rear shocks.

Remove the front two fender strut bolts.

Insert the front of the sissybar first.

Leave the rear bolts in place until the front two are snug.

Set a rag down to prevent the paint from being scratched.

Now you can remove the rear fender strut bolts.

Install supplied fender strut bolts.

Installation of the sissybar is complete.

Next we will install the Slammer Shocks. Remove the top bolts first to allow it to hang then lower the bike to install the bottom shock bolts.

Time to install the Fork Preload Adjusters. First remove the top clamp to gain access to the fork caps.

Make goofy face and have a good time!

Loosen the triple clamp pinch bolt before removing stock fork cap.

Jack the front of the bike up to reduce fork cap pressure.

Watch out, the fork caps are still under pressure and tend to jump out!

Might need to cut your existing spacer to allow access for the Burly Brand Fork Preload Adjusters.

Supplied Fork Cap tool allows the Adjuster to be installed without any marks.

Set the preload evenly to a desired position.

And whala its done!

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Moto Lady installs a Slammer Kit on a Sportster

Post author By Sean D.
Post date June 16, 2014

Recently we had the Moto Lady visit our facility and spin a few wrenches. She did an installation video with a Slammer Kit on a early model Sportster. The shoot went smooth and really does show how easy and painless the installation is. Here is a link to the video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/upb_oI532e4 Stay tuned for more videos soon!

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BURLY BRAND – Rubber Mount Cafe Sportster Build

Post author By Sean D.
Post date May 12, 2014
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We picked up a 2007 XL 1200 with a ton of miles and a fresh top end for a great price from our buddies at Pomona Valley Harley a couple weeks back. It was a one owner woman owned with over 40,000 miles.

Got it home and put together a parts list for Cafe Sportster parts we currently offer. (Burly Brand). I also reached out to Shane at Chainsikle for a set of his rear sets and have a few undecided parts to chase down.

Here’s the list so far:
Burly Brand Cafe Tail Section for Rubber Mount Sportsters (2004+)
Burly Brand 15″ Stiletto Shocks
Burly Brand 1″ Clubman Bars
Burly Brand Clubman Cable Kit
Burly Brand MX Style Pegs
Chainsikle Rear Sets

Undecided Parts
Exhaust
18″ Rear wheel
Front Fairing

Managed to steal a prototype Cafe Tail Section from the engineering dept. Here are a couple pics!

Burly tail section comes with everything you need to mount up. Also as an option for the ’07 & ’08 models with a special ECM mounting bracket.

So far so good. If only the powers of osmosis would kick in this build would be done by now. Next will be to strip her down, cut her up and mount some parts.

Jim and I had some free time last Friday and busted a bunch of the major stuff out of the way.

15″ Stiletto Shocks give the bike perfect Cafe geometry!

Time to cut her up!

Roland Sands Design Fork Brace

Installed and internally wired our 1″ Chrome Clubman Bars with our Clubman Cable Kit.

Roland Sands Design hooked us up with some cool Chrome covers.

Performance Machine Renthal wrapped grips.

Cheapy little fairing from eBay looks great with the dual gauges.

Next will be to install the new Rubber Mount Cafe Tail Section, rear sets and exhaust. Stay tuned!

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Burly Brand Stiletto Shocks – Custom Painted Bottom Springs

Post author By Sean D.
Post date February 5, 2014

Burly Brand Stiletto Shocks come stock with Red Bottom Springs. In this video we demonstrate how to remove the bottom springs for paint or powder coat.