Diamondback seats
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Diamondback seats
I was wonderind if anyone has ever used harleys diamondback seat! I like the way they look and I am thinking of getting one when I get my new fatboy. Any info will help. thank.
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RE: Diamondback seats
check out this link shows pics.
https://www.hdforums.com/m_208230/mp.../tm.htm#211983
I got mine around Christmas and I like the ride with it a lot. Very comfortable. I ended up getting the solid chrome tail piece and had it powder coated wrinkle black like the motor.
The only things I was not that happy about is there is a small gap at the back of the seat where it meets the fender. Water could get in and on the electronics box in the fender. There is no way to make it sit lower because the plastic that forms the bottom of the seat is basically sitting on the top of the frame. I suppose you could get a saw out and cut out the area that sits on the frame and reform it to sit lower into the frame. I also didn't like the way it only bolts in with the single bolt at the end of the tail piece. Seemed to wiggle a bit from side to side so I made two brackets that bolt it to the sides of the frame where other style seats bolt. If you don't use the tail piece you bolt it with a bracket right to the fender like you would a stock seat.
Rob
2005 nightrain
Carbed.
Stage I (Arlen Ness' K&N style oiled air filter)
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HD Diamond Back solo seat
https://www.hdforums.com/m_208230/mp.../tm.htm#211983
I got mine around Christmas and I like the ride with it a lot. Very comfortable. I ended up getting the solid chrome tail piece and had it powder coated wrinkle black like the motor.
The only things I was not that happy about is there is a small gap at the back of the seat where it meets the fender. Water could get in and on the electronics box in the fender. There is no way to make it sit lower because the plastic that forms the bottom of the seat is basically sitting on the top of the frame. I suppose you could get a saw out and cut out the area that sits on the frame and reform it to sit lower into the frame. I also didn't like the way it only bolts in with the single bolt at the end of the tail piece. Seemed to wiggle a bit from side to side so I made two brackets that bolt it to the sides of the frame where other style seats bolt. If you don't use the tail piece you bolt it with a bracket right to the fender like you would a stock seat.
Rob
2005 nightrain
Carbed.
Stage I (Arlen Ness' K&N style oiled air filter)
Arlen Ness forward control extension kit.
V&H Straight shots
Radiant Side mount license plate light with LED cats-eye (discontinued)
Kuryakyn LED side rear marker/ turn lights
HD Diamond Back solo seat
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