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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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im gonna play the dumb card here and ask a question whos answer isnt obvious to me. as far as aux light mounts, nacelles, signal mounts etc, how do the flst forks vary from the fl touring forks (rk/rkc etc)
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Touring bikes are 3/4 in wider than the softails....
 
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so the parts dont interchange at all then. tricky, upon first look they seem the same.
 
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so the parts dont interchange at all then. tricky, upon first look they seem the same.
yep...totally different parts.
 
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cest la vie, thks for the info guys!
 
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