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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:32 AM
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Default FXST -> Heritage are the frames the same???
Seems like I see more rake in the gooseneck of my FXST. I get a hankering to buy some Heritage tin and cow bells, a new front wheel and transform my FXST into a Deluxe/Heritage at some point. But I wonder if the frames are the same?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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Softail frames are the same.. Only the stuff bolted to them changes.

Duece and Rocker are the exception...
 
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Anything is possible with a FXST . I took mine and made it one of a kind , you can to
 
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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I have considered the same thing and everything I have read says just new tins, forks, wheel.
 
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Thanks guys. I love the looks of my FXST -- my all-time favorite Harley -- but maybe some bags and etc. would make for a better touring bike for "the big one" I want to take someday soon...
 
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Originally Posted by hspring03
Softail frames are the same.. Only the stuff bolted to them changes.

Duece and Rocker are the exception...
Plus 1
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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I just have one question, if they are the same, how is it that the fxst has a different rake? I remember looking at all the specs for my 2002 FXST and it had more rake then any other softail, minus the Nightrain it had the same, at the time?
 
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Trees are raked differently
 
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So how hard would it be to put a FL-Style front end on an FX? I still think that someday I would like to add a fairing to my bike, but I can't find anybody that makes one for the Wide Front end.
 
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So how hard would it be to put a FL-Style front end on an FX? I still think that someday I would like to add a fairing to my bike, but I can't find anybody that makes one for the Wide Front end.
Not hard at all, my bike was a 05 FXST standard at one time.
 
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