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So I have my Deluxe seat, but when I fit the seat to the bike the rear mount sits WAY higher than the stock one...
You can see here how much higher the mount sits - it'll need a spacer underneath it
I kept the handrail and drilled a new hole for the mounting bolt
The pan/under-sides of the seat are resting on the frame on both sides so it can't make it sit any lower... Did you do some cutting to the base of your seat to make it fit?
I can just use a spacer to make it secure, so not really that bothered
Just gotta go get a longer 1/4" bolt to mount it before I can comment on comfort!
...But I'm kinda liking it!
Last edited by stinkerbill; Mar 7, 2016 at 05:47 AM.
If you like tne stock seat rail, you might like the springer type seat rail that sits much higher than stock. Looks really good. I think mine came from USA biker?
To mount both the rider deluxe seat and the rear pillion, I took the factory bracket that normally comes up from under the fender through 2 holes and attached a foam pad to the base, cut off a tab on 1 side, drilled it on center and poof! I picked up a leather bolt hole bib to finish it off.
To mount both the rider deluxe seat and the rear pillion, I took the factory bracket that normally comes up from under the fender through 2 holes and attached a foam pad to the base, cut off a tab on 1 side, drilled it on center and poof! I picked up a leather bolt hole bib to finish it off.
I am very interested in tryin this seat conversion. Is there any way you could post a brief tutorial with some pics? Any help would be greatly appriceated! Thanks!
My question is how to connect stock haritage passenger seat (one with fork kind of connecting plate not one hole as shown on intial pictures from this post as looks like someone had passenger seat with tongue style bracket)
My question is how to connect stock haritage passenger seat (one with fork kind of connecting plate not one hole as shown on intial pictures from this post as looks like someone had passenger seat with tongue style bracket)
I used the factory deluxe dual seat stud plate from Harley that come up from inside the fender. Cut off the one odd end. Drilled a hole in the center and padded the bottom with foam. Bolt it to the fender than use stock seat hardware to bolt the seat to the bracket. From there the rear seat slides in. You may have to modify the rear passenger seat bracket to center the hole on the fender hole.
Reviving the post ! Just acquired a nice softail slim and looking for a new seat option with having to sell a kidney. Sounds like the Heritage deluxe is a nice option. Anyone tried to adapt any other seat (like a badlander for example)
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