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Installing Dakota Digital Bagger Gauges The Hard Way
We love using Dakota Digital gauges due to their ease of installation and good looks. But in the realm of custom bikes, sometimes things don’t always go so smoothly. Take for instance our project performance Road Glide we have dubbed the Performer. After installing the big-buck and badass Big Bear Performance Öhlins front end, we have gone absolutely haywire with upgrades—so many modifications and upgrades, in fact, that the level of component incompatibility hit a critical mass.
The combination of Hard Case Performance risers, Lucky Daves Riser Bars, and Kraus Motor Co. gauge mount worked pretty well together on our Road Glide. But the addition of the Dakota Digital gauges proved to be a bit of a challenge. Again, these gauges are a snap to install, but that is on the OEM bar mount. By using an aftermarket setup like we did, we ran into all sorts of issues common with doing things that have been done before. With that said, we had to call in our buddy Jimmy Todd at Quaid Harley-Davidson in Loma Linda, California, to make all of the components work together. Here’s how he did it.
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1990 to 2006 (except 2006 Dyna)
• 6: 1 Planetary gearing for superior mechanical efficiency compared to 4.44: 1 and 2.86: 1 in other starter motors
• Special Neodymium Magnets provide more power with half the current draw of other 2KW starters. The only starter of its kind in the industry!
• A must have for high compression, large displacement engines
The Highest Performance starter available!
“Some parts are not legal for sale or use in California on pollution controlled vehicles” parts are legal for sale use in California on pollution controlled vehicles”
SOURCES: DAKOTA DIGITAL dakotadigital.com
HARD CASE PERFORMANCE hardcaseperformance.com
KRAUS MOTOR CO. krausmotorco.com
LUCKY DAVES luckydaves.com
QUAID HARLEY-DAVIDSON quaidharleydavidson.com
1981 to 2006 (except 2006 Dyna)
• Narrow Rotor fits in Softail/Dyna, voltage regulator mounts in stock location
Available for Evo and Twin Cam Engines.
• Precision wound 3Phase Stators provides 25 AMPS at idle, 40 AMPS continuously above 2,800 RPM!
• Vented rotor keeps stator cooler to maintain maximum output.
• Custom designed flanged seal spacer provides maximum support for the vented rotor
• Series Voltage Regulator provides 14.2V from idle on up!
1970 to 1999 BT (except injected models) & 1971-2003 XL (except “S” models)
• Performance advance curves for engines from mild to wild!
• Tunable VOES adds 5 to 10 degrees vacuum advance
• Easy installation with LED static timing light.
• Selectable RPM limiter from 6,000 RPM to unlimited.
• Systems for electric start, kick start, and race engines
