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Old Jan 22, 2020 | 02:32 PM
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Will a 2001 Springer softail Speedometer work on a 1998 fatboy, if i bought the aftermarket harness adapter ?
 
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Should work.....with the adapter. Speedometers from 2004-up certainly won’t work as they went to a canbus system.
 
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Should work.....with the adapter. Speedometers from 2004-up certainly won’t work as they went to a canbus system.
Awsome.. Thank You
 
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Should work.....with the adapter. Speedometers from 2004-up certainly won’t work as they went to a canbus system.

Canbus was in 2011...

https://haynes.com/en-us/tips-tutori...tory-1999-2012
 
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I stand corrected.....I was under the impression they went to canbus when the speedometers changed in 2004.
 
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Are the ratio the same on all softails so that a speedo from a Softail custom will show the correct speed on a Fatboy?
Or is the difference in ratios only between Dyna and Softails or Touring and Softails?
 
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