Will this idea work?...
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Will this idea work?...
Hiya gang,
This is just a question out of curiosity for the most part.
I still have the frame (no good anymore after I got t-boned by a cager) with the motor and transmission and everything still in my '98 FXD Super Glide.
My plans are to be to save that motor and transmission as backup parts or whole components for my '97 Softail Heritage Classic.
When I went to a dealership sponsored affair the other day, I happened to wander into the 'used' bike room and noticed that have an '07 FXD Super Glide. So, naturally being that I really, really like the Dyna's and truly miss my Super Glide, I was wondering if it's possible (and *EASY*!) to plop the motor and trannie from the '97 into the frame of the '07. Having a backup bike is *ALWAYS* on my mind because all I own for getting around and anything and everything important (like grocery shopping, etc), is my bike, and if it breaks down, I'd basically be screwed until I could somehow afford to fix it (it also makes things difficult being on a fixed income disability check).
Anyway, if anyone has any solid knowledge of the possibility this can be done, I'd sure like to pick your brain(s) for information about it.
Oh, and sorry if this is kinda a disjointed post...I literally just got back from the hospital about an hour ago from having an umbilical hernia operation. I'm in pretty bad pain (hell, my compound fracture of both bones in my left calf after surgery didn't hurt this much!) and on different pain meds and still even a little groggy from the anesthesia, so cut me a little slack, heh heh.
This is just a question out of curiosity for the most part.
I still have the frame (no good anymore after I got t-boned by a cager) with the motor and transmission and everything still in my '98 FXD Super Glide.
My plans are to be to save that motor and transmission as backup parts or whole components for my '97 Softail Heritage Classic.
When I went to a dealership sponsored affair the other day, I happened to wander into the 'used' bike room and noticed that have an '07 FXD Super Glide. So, naturally being that I really, really like the Dyna's and truly miss my Super Glide, I was wondering if it's possible (and *EASY*!) to plop the motor and trannie from the '97 into the frame of the '07. Having a backup bike is *ALWAYS* on my mind because all I own for getting around and anything and everything important (like grocery shopping, etc), is my bike, and if it breaks down, I'd basically be screwed until I could somehow afford to fix it (it also makes things difficult being on a fixed income disability check).
Anyway, if anyone has any solid knowledge of the possibility this can be done, I'd sure like to pick your brain(s) for information about it.
Oh, and sorry if this is kinda a disjointed post...I literally just got back from the hospital about an hour ago from having an umbilical hernia operation. I'm in pretty bad pain (hell, my compound fracture of both bones in my left calf after surgery didn't hurt this much!) and on different pain meds and still even a little groggy from the anesthesia, so cut me a little slack, heh heh.
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No, but having owned a '09 and having had nothing but trouble with it even though it got 87,000+ miles, it was nothing but a PITA and always needing something fixed or replaced. It wasn't a very good way to make me want another 96ci bike.
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Thanks for the confirmation info.
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. Having a backup bike is *ALWAYS* on my mind because all I own for getting around and anything and everything important (like grocery shopping, etc), is my bike, and if it breaks down, I'd basically be screwed until I could somehow afford to fix it (it also makes things difficult being on a fixed income disability check).
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If the complete drivetrain is being used, I wouldn't be surprised if it does fit.. The motor mounts are the same.. 99 FXD used the same swingarm as the 98.
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Max, I'll take your experience with the Dyna models over mine. Isn't there a difference in the swingarm shaft diameter after 2006? If it is as I think, then the transmission case needs modified for the large shaft.
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