Harley Davidson Sportster Foward Controls..

[@charleslanphier8094]

I don't even own a bike and I've watched all your videos. They're great.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

I'm happy you enjoy the videos. Thank you for watching and all your support Charles. Any questions just ask. Have a great holiday. Happy Thanksgiving. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@jeffhayslett2177]

I enjoy watching your work.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Thank you for watching all your support Jeff. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@h.wayneb3495]

Hello Rocco, Thanks for sharing.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Any questions just ask. Thank you for watching and all your support support wayne. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@roadkingblubblub]

Glad your safe from all the bad weather down there!

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Any questions just ask. Yes things worked out well but still very sad for others. Keep them in your prayers. Thank you for watching and all your support. Drive safe and have a great day. And thank you for asking.

[@BlackhandsTravels]

Glad you're back Rocco! Love the videos as always.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Thank you for watching and all your support Blackhand. Ride safe and have a great day, Getting old., It's not easy, but I'll ride as long as I can.

[@joshuarogers5233]

Always good stuff Rocco 👍👍

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Any questions just ask thank you for watching and all your support Joshua. Ride safe and have a great day and thank you for your kind words.

[@DCSPORTSTER]

Great video as always my bike has forward controls on it. I’m glad you’re safe in Florida and doing well. I have a 2003 1200 XL custom and I enjoy the forward controls for the space and the comfort. I bought the bike new and it has 66,000 km’s (41000 miles) on it now. I use your videos to help me service it. The bike never sees a shop. I do all the work on it myself, including the tires. The clutch is still original and never wore it out. The bike works as good as the day I bought it. Since where I live, we can only ride a motorcycle six months of the year. Soon time to put it away might get a couple more rides in this fall. I did a small carb modification when I first got it put a 1/16” flat washer under the rod needle to give it a little more fuel it was too lean. I don’t remember if I got that tip from you or not. Then I adjusted mixture screw never had a problem since. To store the bike, I use fuel stabilizer put in about a cup of two-stroke oil, fill gas tank with 94 octane, change the oil, Then take it for a ride, and then I run the carburetor dry. So far I’ve never had to take the bowl off the carburetor to clean it. In the spring after the first ride, I fill it up with gas and put in about a half a bottle of seafoam in tank, if there is any dirt it’ll clean it out.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. They will last forever, oil changes, tires spark plug. Put them away and storage and if it's a carbureted bike, turn the gas off and run the system until there's no gas in the carburetor and you'll never have a problem. What do you think? Thank you for all your support. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@DCSPORTSTER]

@@TwoWheelRocco yes I think running the carburetor dry if you’re not gonna use the piece of equipment for a while it’s a good idea. You’ll have a lot less problems.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

I agree that's the leading number one failure for fuel systems and carburetors. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@mlunden11]

Nice to c u brother. Glad ur ok. Love the vid

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Any questions just ask. Thank you for watching and all your support. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@Westernchauvinist]

Hey Rocco it’s Nate from Oregon I found a motor it’s a 60 xlch wondering value. Looks complete

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help what year frame are you looking to install that in. If I was you, I'd find something that matches your Sportster year. And it will work out much better for you. They're out there .

[@Westernchauvinist]

@@TwoWheelRocco so it’s it a valuable motor

[@Westernchauvinist]

@@TwoWheelRocco it’s pretty cool basically looks like a small shovel head but it’s an Ironhead. Obviously you know what it is but it’s kind of cool. It looks like a kicker shovel head.

[@Westernchauvinist]

@@TwoWheelRocco it’s got a frame that comes with it, but it doesn’t have any numbers on it at all. It’s extremely raked? And it comes with about an 8 foot long, narrow springer front end.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

I'm not a big fan of these custom bikes. I wish you all the best of luck.

[@mikebigeasyrider]

Good job Rocco, but I am one how prefers mid controls.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Fault Controls you get used to this kind of nice. It stretches out a little bit more but make control is cool. Thank you for watching and all your support. Mike ride safe and have a great day.

[@jerrybigrig9475]

😎👍😎

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Any questions just ask. Thank you for watching and all your support Jerry. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@happyinflorida3102]

Where the heck you been Rocco ?

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Just been busy. Hot out and when I get a good video or an idea that I do it. But thank you for asking. Happy in Florida once it cools down. Thank you for watching it all your support. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@geno1er]

Haha, Rocco got an 02 and a 08 I'm Flippin rn.... I love the old bikes so much I might keep the 02, sounds so good with the carb rebuild and thunder header... dude I got it from had this scoot really fucked up

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy on your bikes. Thank you for watching and all your support Gino. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@geno1er]

@TwoWheelRocco likewise brother, great watching ya... u sound like my pop and nono... both passed away now..... between the both of em I learned a lot, van halen blastin cigarette in his mouth with an ash a mile long that never broke, talkin Hella shit to me on the jobsite as an electrician or in the garage wrenching on the scooters... I never thought I'd miss the shit talk and smack on the back of the head... so thank u for posting ur work...if ur ever in california, I'm about 45 minutes from Yosemite and always have 2 or 3 scoots ready to go

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Thank you for all your kind words Gino. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@XxCaz2112xX]

I am liking those pipes what are they?

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. They are Vance and Hines Street sweepers with the baffle. Thank you for watching and all your support. Ride safe and have a great day.

[@XxCaz2112xX]

@@TwoWheelRocco much appreciated.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

My pleasure. Drive safe and have a great day.

[@tommylitchfield3450]

Great video as usual, Rocco. Man, what model is that Vette out there in the driveway at about 1:20? Looks like mid 60's... Probably the sexiest car GM ever built!! ... Those factory mid controls should be a quick way to recover some of the cost of the forward controls with people building Scrambler type builds these days. Take it real Easy, Rocco :)

[@TwoWheelRocco]

I agree Mike mid Controls do you have a value. That is a 1965 Corvette L 78 396. Thank you for watching and all your support. You have a good taste in cars. Ride safe and have a great day. Take a Ride.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHWnZ2R-gs2EnKcsi=7nm6VWdvROCUFmDw. Let me know what you think. I know I love that car I've only for 42 years.

[@tommylitchfield3450]

@@TwoWheelRocco Tommy here, Rocco.. I enjoyed the ride in that fine machine! I could feel the tire shake when you caught third gear rubber!! My cousin was offered the chance to buy a 63 Split Window with the 340 horse solid lifter 327 for $3500 in the late 80's, but he chose to spend the $2000 he had in his pocket on an 82 S10 pickup, and not go borrow the extra $1500 for the Vette!! Man, he talks about how dumb he was almost every time I see him! I have a 68 Rally Sport Camaro with a 350 and an aftermarket 5 speed in it that I am going to restore when my rich uncle gets outta the poorhouse :) ... I run mid controls on my 06 XL1200 Low and I like them, along with some highway pegs for stretching out some. But I have noticed that a lot of people are looking to buy mid controls and tall shocks, running on/off road type tires. ... I just did a 2 minute search on FaceBook Marketplace and people have some really rough-looking mid controls listed for around $250!! I only looked at what was available within maybe 100 miles around my house and only looked at what was on the first page. You should be able to find a buyer if you want to sell yours. When I bought my Sportser, everybody wanted Forward Controls, but since the "Dirt-Ster" fad started, people that were building choppers or bobbers are starting to build Scramblers and now they want Mid controls so they can stand up on the pegs offroad, and the stock Harley Davidson parts are beefier than the aftermarket mids, so people like them... Enjoy that beautiful Vette and your nice bikes this coming up Fall and the rest of this summer! Thanks for the videos, Rocco!

[@patrickursomanno8861]

Where did you get the blue loctite chapstic, never saw that

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help. Thank you for watching and all your support Patrick. I'll send you the link on eBaywww.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=loctite+stick&_sacat=0&_odkw=blue+lock+tight+stick&_osacat=0. Ride safe and have a great day. Love those sportsters.

[@patrickursomanno8861]

@TwoWheelRocco heard you say your in FL, so am I. Is there a problem with the stick getting too soft in this heat. Thanks for all your time.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

I haven't had a problem, but you have a point. I'm in a garage with fans going and it's not the cheapest way, but to me. It's a cleaner way to use this Loctite. I remember the red we get over my hands cause all such ugly. But yes, it did not melt but getting more expensive. I'll tell you that. Hope that helps in hot in Florida

[@ctsnider88]

I just put 8" Z-Bars on my 06 Sportster. No problems no new cables needed. Well accept for needing a new throttle cable because I found a place where the sheeth was rubbed away. Forward controls are next. QUESTION for everyone, are the $100 sets good? I really can't justify $400+.

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Happy to help I would go for the ones on eBay not that much money or Amazon I would not pay $400. You can get one for $100 all day long. I'll send you the link. www.ebay.com/itm/162936613143?_nkw=sportster+foward+controll&itmmeta=01J68GZYWS7X0BMZXC7CVGSV9M&hash=item25efc76917:g:FIwAAOSwVeNlhUpP&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmb2jSuzMtLGmhh7H%2B3TcmJvc5yZUXEOTvgzl911Vc3c1o4GJCo1TP485Mhax4usvQNQHygOjArx2eoJ8KnQvzQfx--mG9zHbYV%2BF8Lwj%2FaMxHUsLEd0PCqS19grdhkABuSYYYe5RUZAtNJ16Wh8Du%2BbvcTSbgIpaRiDoROegQOhW%2Ftf%2F2Dr3I3MclHxBbF93w0OUrJZW8j3xWuHXJ1Xtk1EX0wjiFUArnyLTUqh46H%2FAQSebDjFXis5OtGRieNDQuLpdEmXZtic1%2FaEJpH93DmRfbdsjVppdhN1c2mP%2FysrQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMwO7_kLJk thank you for watching all your support Snyder. Ride safe and have a great day. Those handlebars are a big improvement. We did the 12s and like you said the wires go out the back and just did the extensions from there not bigger than 12 and you have problems. Thank you for watching.

[@ctsnider88]

@@TwoWheelRocco thanks for the link and your videos

[@TwoWheelRocco]

My pleasure. Any questions just ask. Well worth the investment. I might you could sell on eBay your controls and offset the cost of that. Have a great day ride safe.