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Old 11-03-2009, 03:16 AM
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Default Switching to solo seat, what to do with the extra fender hole???

For everyone who has switched from the stock seat to a solo seat, what did you do with the xtra hole in the fender where the stock seat was connected? Is there some type of plug you can buy that looks good in there or something??? Please lmk what you've done and pictures would be great if you have any!
 
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:09 AM
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The dealer has a black plastic plug for a couple dollars that just snaps in the hole. The one I got has a bar and shield on it.
 
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If you would like one they have some nice fender bibs that will go on there , mine came with a nice chrome thumb screw ???
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When I took my stock seat off, there was a plastic cover in the forward hole where my new seat was going to attach. It had a HD shield on it. I just moved it back to the rear hole & it's hardly noticible.
 
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Not for everybody but.... When I changed the seat on my Roadking I wanted some kind of rear bolt that I could remove without the use of any tools. Looking around, I found a few old trophys I have won over the years for my custom cars that had gotten knocked over and broken. I had one that had a really nice small eagle with spread wings about an inch and a half high.. I removed it from the trophy and discovered it had the same threads as the seat attachment bolt. I now have this small (Harley type) eagle looking rearward on the top of my fender behind the seat. It's low profile and not a problem I get lots of guys asking where I "bought" it. It can be removed or tightened easily by hand and hasn't come loose yet.
 
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Old 11-03-2009, 07:31 AM
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..get one of these bolts with a matching color stone in it from these guys..good people to deal with too..

http://www.x-cessories.net/index.html
 
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Originally Posted by steve (bubba) hill
If you would like one they have some nice fender bibs that will go on there , mine came with a nice chrome thumb screw ???
Bubba

Hey Bubba put on you glasses when you post so you can use a smaller font size...
 
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Got one of them big chrome wheel spikes and put that in there!

Naaa, just kiddin, throw in one of them plastic plugs.
 
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I put a solo rack and it uses the holes for a two-up seat.
 
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< agree with steve...I got a leather fender bib and re-used the nice lookin aluminum thumbscrew (with a coin slot for easy switchback) that held on the back seat.
 


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