Superglide or Softail?
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Having trouble with the throttle cables. I haven't checked yet but I'm guessing they are not the right cables for the CV carb. Went to full lock turn getting out of the garage and the idle was stuck around 2500 rpm. had to pull on the cables to drop the idle back down. What year did Harley start using the CV carb so I know what cables to order?
Trying to sneak out there now and find some clues what they are but the wife is on a mission with the Christmas decorations.Maybe whoever makes them has adapters to bring them closer.
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You could drill holes and move the pegs closer, but the shifter and brake pedal will be difficult to fix without buying new. By the time you mess around with all that you could have bought the right ones. I got a set for my 79 for $50 or $100, can't remember. Used parts on eBay shouldn't be much.
You could drill holes and move the pegs closer, but the shifter and brake pedal will be difficult to fix without buying new. By the time you mess around with all that you could have bought the right ones. I got a set for my 79 for $50 or $100, can't remember. Used parts on eBay shouldn't be much.
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LOL thanks. Early Softails do have the same mounting points as shovelheads. I don't know the cutoff from early to late. Brake mounting plate PN 42507-82 covers FXWG and FXST up to 86, but that doesn't mean it won't fit later bikes. Then I looked at aftermarket softail forwards and seems 84-99 are the same and 00-17 are different, so I think you will be OK. (Maybe buy from someone with a generous return policy just in case it doesn't fit?)
I started getting my hopes up when I saw the aftermarket sets covering 84-89 but they probably just put extra holes in the brackets. I'm getting closer. I can smell it.
LOL thanks. Early Softails do have the same mounting points as shovelheads. I don't know the cutoff from early to late. Brake mounting plate PN 42507-82 covers FXWG and FXST up to 86, but that doesn't mean it won't fit later bikes. Then I looked at aftermarket softail forwards and seems 84-99 are the same and 00-17 are different, so I think you will be OK. (Maybe buy from someone with a generous return policy just in case it doesn't fit?)
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LOL thanks. Early Softails do have the same mounting points as shovelheads. I don't know the cutoff from early to late. Brake mounting plate PN 42507-82 covers FXWG and FXST up to 86, but that doesn't mean it won't fit later bikes. Then I looked at aftermarket softail forwards and seems 84-99 are the same and 00-17 are different, so I think you will be OK. (Maybe buy from someone with a generous return policy just in case it doesn't fit?)
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https://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche...davidsonmc/157
Looks like to the frame:
