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4 Things to help your family if 4 Things to help your family if you’re involved in an accident you’re involved in an accident BY MATT DANIELSON, THE MOTORCYCLE LAW GROUP

When a serious car or motorcycle accident occurs, it is often a family member or significant other who is contacting an attorney on behalf of the injured party. While I hope neither you nor your family are ever in this situation, all motorists should share vital information with a trusted emergency contact to help ensure they’re adequately prepared in the event of an accident. Below is a list of information to keep up to date and share with your family member or significant other. 1. Medical Insurance: Provide your emergency contact with the name of your insurance company and your policy number. Often, it’s easiest to give them a photocopy of your health insurance card. ? 2. Medical Information: Do you have any known allergies? Are there items in your medical history that would be important for an emergency medical team to know, such as current medications or a history of heart disease? Make sure your emergency contact is kept up to date on your medical conditions. ? 3. Personal Injury Attorney: What is the name and telephone number of a trusted personal injury attorney that your emergency contact can call – even for some guidance prior to formal representation? The sooner your attorney can be called the better. 4. Power of Attorney: If you are seriously injured and unable to make decisions for a period of time, a power of attorney designation allows a loved one to carry out tasks that you would normally do, such as paying bills or cashing checks. It also allows a loved one to make medical decisions for you. Power of attorney is important even for those who are legally married. Once completed, it needs to be signed in the presence of a notary public. Visit our website (MotorcycleLawGroup.com) and select “Prepared Rider Kit” to download a free Power of Attorney template.

The majority of riders go each year without an accident, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be prepared in case you’re ever involved in one. Having this information readily available can be critical, especially immediately after the accident occurs.

As always, if you have any further questions or comments concerning this article or any other matters concerning your rights as a motorcyclist, please do not hesitate to contact me. Matt Danielson is a partner at the Motorcycle Law Group, a personal injury law firm whose attorneys all ride motorcycles and practice in VA, WV, NC, SC and GA. Matt has successfully represented clients in cases from simple property damage to complex multi-million dollar personal injury claims. He is also a lobbyist, adjunct professor and works with motorcycle rights organizations. To learn more about the Motorcycle Law Group, visit MotorcycleLawGroup.com.

Matt Danielson McGrath, Danielson, Sorrell & Fuller The Motorcycle Law Group 1-800-321-8968 Matt@MotorcycleLawGroup.com MotorcycleLawGroup.com

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Real Pipes for the Low Rider S

Even though there are a bazillion people out here in Southern California where I live, we can think of lots of good reasons to be one of them. Those positive reasons are called canyon roads! And these roads have created a red hot used-bike market for Harley’s 2017 Low Rider S. Most of the bikes that Harley built on its Dyna platform handled very well. Then, with the introduction of the 2017 Low Rider S, aka FXDLS, Harley took the Dyna label to a whole new level of performance. For the ’17 FXDLS models, Harley added the Screamin’ Eagle 110 cubic-inch motor, which gives these bikes a lot more resources to build on. Unfortunately, these bikes were also the end of the line for H-D’s Dyna style swingarm big-twin frame. But, like all stock motorcycles, the FXDLS has one huge performance drawback, the factory exhaust system. To start off, its sound quality lacks personality and then the 2-into-1-into-2 system doesn’t really allow that big motor to meet its true performance potential. No matter what you ride, the crew at Thunderheader have an exhaust system for you. For this Dyna they developed a true 2-into-1 highperformance exhaust system that lets all of those 110 cubic inches breathe. But wait, you say breathe, we’re talking about an exhaust system, not an air filter or throttle body. I know, but an internal combustion motor’s breathing starts by filling an empty combustion chamber, and it requires a well performing exhaust system to clear the combustion chamber of all of the motor’s burnt gases. The Thunderheader exhaust system features a muffler that produces a suction effect inside of the last foot or so of the exhaust pipe. This suction actually pulls the exhaust gasses out until they reach the reverse cone located at the muffler’s exit end. So we ordered their black system, part number 1035B, MSRP $845 and matching heat shields, part number 1131B, MSRP $253. We followed along as the gang at Bartels Harley-Davidson did the install. Installing the Thunderheader was an easy job, it couldn’t have gone smoother; not only was every nut, bolt and bracket included, the instructions were also very complete. The install took just over two hours and only required hand tools. Not a hole was drilled nor a piece of the bike modified to fit the pipes. There are only two joints in the whole system, between the exhaust outlets in the cylinder heads and the end of the headpipes. Each head pipe is made from a single seamless tube section they welded together at the front of the muffler. Each of the three form-fitting heat shields is an exact fit. The hardware kit included two brackets to support the system. One of the system’s big features is the bracket that mounts to the transmission; its forward mounting hole is slotted, that way you don’t need to completely remove the bolt from the clutch cover. They also included new clamps for the heat shields. The only parts that were reused were the two snap-rings and flanges for the cylinder head exhaust port-to-head pipe joint. The completed installation worked fine; the sound quality was fantastic, much deeper and mellower than the factory pipes. But the real deal was the overall performance improvement of the bike, it was like a brand new day in a more powerful world. The Thunderheader is a good complement to what we think is one of Harley’s best looking and riding bikes. If you ride a Harley, Thunderheader makes a set of pipes that’s right for you!

- John Sullivan

Sources: Thunderheader | Thunderheader.net Bartels Harley-Davidson 4141 Lincoln Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA (310) 823-1112

THE THUNDERHEADER SYSTEM NOT ONLY GAVE THIS LOW RIDER S A GREAT LOOK AND SOUND, IT REALLY WOKE UP THOSE 110-INCHES OF SCREAMIN’ EAGLE V-TWIN.

OUR STARTING POINT, THE BIKE HAS BEEN RAISED UP ON A LIFT, AND ITS SEAT AND THE FACTORY EXHAUST SYSTEM HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORK ON YOUR OWN BIKE, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU BUY THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE MANUAL; IT MAKES JOBS LIKE THIS SO MUCH EASIER.

THE OXYGEN SENSORS ARE THREADED INTO THEIR BUNGS AND EXHAUST FLANGE MOUNTS AND SNAP RINGS ARE INSTALLED ON THE TWO HEAD PIPES.

THE MUFFLER IS BOLTED TO THE MUFFLER SUPPORT BRACKET; ITS NUTS ARE ALSO THREADED ON FINDER TIGHT.

TWO-INTO-ONE FROM THUNDERHEADER

THE THUNDERHEADER EXHAUST SYSTEM COMES FULLY ASSEMBLED; IT IS PRECISION WELDED TOGETHER.

THE EXHAUST ASSEMBLY IS ATTACHED TO THE DYNA’S TRANSMISSION CLUTCH MECHANISM COVER.

THE THUNDERHEADER’S MUFFLER SUPPORT BRACKET HAS BEEN BOLTED TO THE TRANSMISSION END COVER.

THE THUNDERHEADER’S EXHAUST PIPE MOUNTING CLAMP GETS FITTED OVER THE REAR CYLINDER’S HEAD PIPE AND SLID DOWN TO WHERE IT IS WELDED TO THE FRONT CYLINDER HEAD PIPE.

THE ENDS OF THE EXHAUST ASSEMBLY’S HEAD PIPES ARE CAREFULLY SET INTO PLACE IN THE EXHAUST PORTS ON THE CYLINDER HEADS…

AND THE EXHAUST FLANGES ARE FITTED OVER THE CYLINDER PORT STUDS AND THEIR RETAINING NUTS ARE THREADED ON FINGER TIGHT.

THE CLAMP THAT WAS FITTED OVER THE REAR CYLINDER HEAD PIPE IS BOLTED TO THE EXHAUST PIPE MOUNTING FLANGE THAT IS ON THE LOWER FRONT OF THE THUNDERHEADER EXHAUST SYSTEM’S MOUNTING BRACKET.

NOW ALL OF THE SYSTEM’S MOUNTING BOLTS ARE TIGHTENED UP: STARTING WITH THE HEAD PIPE TO CYLINDER HEAD MOUNTING FLANGES, THEN THE MUFFLER MOUNT AND, FINALLY, THE CLAMP ON THE REAR HEAD PIPE TO MOUNTING BRACKET. LASTLY, THE THREE HEAT SHIELDS ARE ATTACHED AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CLEANED BEFORE THE MOTOR IS STARTED. BORNTORIDE.COM | BTR 33

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TOM RUSSO’S TRIBUTE TO DOC HOLLIDAY

All bikers love westerns. It’s just a fact. Retired Lawman Tom Russo building bikes, I have never seen a themed exhaust system,” Tom has a warm place in his heart for Val Kilmer’s characterization of says. “This secret process is something I have to keep close to my Doc Holliday in the film Tombstone. This one-of-a-kind tribute to the heart, it’s one-of-a-kind.” film took a little over a year to complete. In the film, Doc Holliday died from tuberculosis and at the time, someone who suffered from this disease was called a “lunger”, hence the name of this bike. As for the motor, Tom says that he and his friend Mike Keehen installed a Cycle-Rama 470 cam as well as S&S lifters and push rods to add more ponies and a K&N High Flow air filter helps this Eric Barnes, owner of Airbrush Art USA in Gulfport, Florida, painted beast breathe. “It was our first M8 cam install. We Dynoed the this 2019 Harley Street Glide with incredible attention to detail and bike at just under 125HP, then with Chuck at Cycle-Rama making a strong understanding of the themes of this classic western. “It two more setting adjustments, the Lunger is running stronger than took Eric and I a lot of time to come up with the right themes for ever.” the murals that portray Doc and his friends Wyatt Earp and Wyatt’s brothers Virgil and Morgan,” Tom says. “Eric is an unbelievable painter. Before coming to Florida, he painted drag boats in Australia.” The bagger is lit up thanks to Custom Dynamics LEDs. Full bike lighting was put on by Reno’s Led Sled out of Largo. As for comfort, Tom sits on a Lucky Dave’s custom seat and 12inch apes give him the perfect reach for a cush ride. To further focus the Instead of powder coating, Tom decided to do the bike in Cerakote Tombstone theme, Tom used bullet casings which were ground C series. This process stands up to 1,800 degrees of heat allowing and set into the bike to bring this wild west tribute to life. no discoloration due to excessive temperature. Some parts were powder coated to add to the bike’s individuality. All the Cerakote and Powder coating was done by Andrew and Austin of AB Powder Coating in St Petersburg, Florida. Tom is originally from Upstate New York and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida about ten years ago. He tells us that he and Doc Holliday have a few things in common. “Namely a badge and an addiction. I was a good Law Man for almost 30 years Tom built the front end using Performance Machine lower legs, but fought and finally fell to the torments of addiction. Finally a 180mm Native front wheel and Michelin rubber. Suspension recovering and putting my life together, I decided to do the thing I Technologies out of Largo handled the front and rear suspension. loved to do the most… build bikes.” Tom tells us it handles like a Cadillac. To sum up this month’s Reader’s Ride, Tom quotes the epic words The exhaust system is a D&D Billet Cat with a ghost pipe. The spoken by Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone. “You tell design on both the exhaust shields and mufflers are one-off, using a them I’m coming and Hell is coming with me! I was Born To Ride.” special process which took months to achieve. “Of all my years of — Chopper Daddy Dave