ANOTHER Rubber Mount Softail Thread...
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You just have to accept that H-D knew what they were doing when they rigid mounted the Softie, better design brains than ours would have pondered the issue for many years.
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This guy mounted it from the rear tranny mount on bronze bushes so it only moves up and down and a rubber front mount....this will work until the bronze bushes wear and then it will be a problem.
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Here's another:http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...idson_softail/
And another:http://www.barnettharley.com/barnett...l#.Usc8R7R-cVA
And here is a frame to do it...not too tuff
http://www.customcycledevelopments.com/fxrsoftail.htm
Softail frames for FXR drivetrains used to be quite common...couldn't be too hard to find one
Last edited by Tom84FXST; Jan 3, 2014 at 04:58 PM.
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The softail swingarm pivots on the gearbox as it does on a stock FXR;
That is the key to making it work....
That is the key to making it work....
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You wouldn't by chance have any pictures of that would you?
I can't visualize that.
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Look on the last of the links that were posted earlier. Basically its a Softie but the swingarm pivots off the tranny like a Dyna and not off the frame.....imagine a Road King that mated with a Softail.