Finally bought my first Harley and the one I've dreamed about since it showed up!

Streaminfreedom said:

Just got this amazing ride, 2006 Night Rod with less than 5k miles. It's in incredible condition. Owner took great care of it, but passed away, and his brother was looking for a good owner, and let it go at a great price, with an extra set of wheels and tires.

I am working on breaking down what all upgrades he did to it. Does anyone know what upgrades you see on it. I'm still trying to learn all the distinctions. It appears the exhaust is upgraded, but I'm not sure? It sounds amazing, and is of course crazy fast.

What upgrades would you do first? Mostly I wish it was a fully blacked out version, but I don't think they did those til a few years later. Possibly I'll drive this for a year and watch for one of those and upgrade later on.

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Knut J said:

Well spotted folks! But

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frogman_h2o said:

I think you missed the side covers that appear to be from a newer VRSCDX ...... earlier ones were slotted like the ones on Bikerboy's, not mesh.......

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Moler said:

Looks like a nice clean bike. Exhaust is aftermarket. Looks mostly stock other than that. Enjoy...

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NL VROD said:

Congrats, that is a nice clean bike.
The tail light is not stock. The signal lenses are smoked (stockers were amber and red) and the mirrors have been replaced.
The pegs and grips look stock though from the pictures.

Looks like he mounted a set of highway pegs up front due to the bike having mid mount controls.

A popular upgrade is to go to a 240 rear tire on the back but that would be costly and maybe not worth it if you aren't keeping the bike for the long haul.

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coastrider said:

As already mentioned, apart from exhaust, the signal lenses, tail light and mirrors are not stock.
It has also had the CVO SE centre radiator panel with the chin spoiler and grill fitted. Plus rack and backrest as accessories.

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Bikerboy said:

First thing I did to my 2006 VRSCD Night Rod was put on a Harley Davidson Daymaker LED headlight. The stock headlight is very bad.
Then I added an exhaust, tuner, windshield, and saddlebags. Lastly, Progressive rear shocks and front fork springs really tightened up handling. View attachment 611251

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Knut J said:

Well spotted folks! But
Front wheel axle covers...

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Destroy said:

Congratz! That is one gorgeous bike. And you got yourself a supertrapp v5 exhaust with it, cant ask for a better 2-1 for a vrod. Ive been playing with this exhaust for a while now and i found my sweetspot with 10 discs and "topless" mod. With stock software. Greetings and enjoy it!

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Knut J said:

Add on the water pump hose cover. DX too.

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Streaminfreedom said:

Oh man, that’s a great set up, is your windshield quick release? And what bags are those? They match the style well.

I’m looking into to light as well. I heard the Harley Davidson light was quite expensive like $4-500, anyone done a cheaper option that still worked well?

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Bikerboy said:

First thing I did to my 2006 VRSCD Night Rod was put on a Harley Davidson Daymaker LED headlight. The stock headlight is very bad.
Then I added an exhaust, tuner, windshield, and saddlebags. Lastly, Progressive rear shocks and front fork springs really tightened up handling. View attachment 611251

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Ceigenberger said:

I run a Hogworkz headlight- tried 3 of the eBay units and returned them all- didn’t like the beam pattern. This one is way better

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