1986 FLHT Parts
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Great job. I'm planning the same for my 1990 FLHS and you did just what I envision. Does/did your FLHT have the anti-dive, air assist forks and if so, what did you do to work around that. What brand bars did you end up with?
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. My Bike doesn't have the anti-drive air assist forks so there were no extraneous issues to the modification. I believe the bars are Burly. I had ordered them knurled and dimpled. I was assured they were both. They were not. Knurled yes, drilled for internal wiring, yes, dimpled for external wiring, not so much. A little customization with my angle grinder sorted out that issue and ended any wiring snafus that might occur. The clutch cable had to be custom made at Barnett due to the year and size. The S&S throttle cable came from Ebay, and the 48" brake line set up came from ebay as well.
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I'll surely post pics of the project when done. I still need to decide what I'll do with the air assist forks. The air assist works, I like it, and want to keep it. I'm still researching the various work-arounds.
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It appears the Road Kings from 94-on did away with the reservoir handlebars and relied on a pretty simple system consisting of 2 air lines (1 from each fork tube) joined at a single manifold (a basic, plastic "T"), and this manifold is fed from a single air line connected to a shrader valve located at either the rear left/right side (I'm not sure) of the motorcycle.
I'm guessing the reservoir capacity of the bars was not needed and the manifold and airlines (of only about 1/8 inch) are collectively enough to support the anti-dive forks.
I'm thinking about just retro-fitting a Road King front fork air manifold from 1994 to about 1997. The online parts schematics show this fork air manifold from 1993 on.
I'm guessing the reservoir capacity of the bars was not needed and the manifold and airlines (of only about 1/8 inch) are collectively enough to support the anti-dive forks.
I'm thinking about just retro-fitting a Road King front fork air manifold from 1994 to about 1997. The online parts schematics show this fork air manifold from 1993 on.