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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SirHarley
You will likely need a Head breather tube for Evo's...
Not for '84-'92
 
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 04:12 PM
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I put a CV on my 85 FXRC I used this,


DS Air Cleaner Support Bracket for CV/Delphi Chrome Harley Davidson #139370, but I used an S&S tear drop filter and cover so I used this backing plate V-Twin 34-1389 - Chrome Alloy Air Cleaner Backing Plate, worked perfect
 
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 04:17 PM
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but Dan89FLSTC is the way to go with what you want with stock air cleaner
 
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Old Apr 3, 2020 | 04:34 PM
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(Did anyone notice that this is an old thread?)

For a bottom breather Evo, all you need are some 5/16"-18 bolts of the correct length, depending on which backing plate you've got.

I went all around the barn when I put a Big Sucker on my '90, imagining all sorts of nifty things I was going to have to do to mate the backing plate to the heads. In the end, a couple of the above bolts, a handful of 5/16" washers to shim the gap, and that was that.

 

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