Is this possible?
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From: Clarkston
Is this possible?
I've been looking for a wide passenger pillion for my girl since buying my 2012 luxe, not very hard but still looking which counts, right? Lol. Well went to motorcycle swap meet today and found a wide rear seat and quick look over it has the same mounting hardware as the stocker but is longer and has ugly spots with black centers, what ever guy wanted $25 for it so no big deal it'll never be on the bike and when it is she will be too so who cares what it looks like, not me.
Get it home and it is to short for my fender holes, this is now becoming a $25 oops.
No big deal I think, I figure I can buy a bracket to extend the rear tab out and make it line up, can't find one. Damn.
So wondering if it is possible to make this thing work, or cut my losses and ebay it. No idea what it was from though, no Harley markings on it anywhere, only thing I can find is it looks like mII and some numbers stamped on the bottom and it looks similar to a mustang seat.
I'll post pics later, but my main question is the early gen, say 90's to early 2000s rear seats shorter than the newer late 2000s and up?
Thanks
Get it home and it is to short for my fender holes, this is now becoming a $25 oops.
No big deal I think, I figure I can buy a bracket to extend the rear tab out and make it line up, can't find one. Damn.
So wondering if it is possible to make this thing work, or cut my losses and ebay it. No idea what it was from though, no Harley markings on it anywhere, only thing I can find is it looks like mII and some numbers stamped on the bottom and it looks similar to a mustang seat.
I'll post pics later, but my main question is the early gen, say 90's to early 2000s rear seats shorter than the newer late 2000s and up?
Thanks
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It's probably an Evo style pillion...
HD does make a longer bracket.
Chrome Pillion Bracket 52152-97
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=52152-97
When I want to put my Evo pillion on my twin cam bikes, I've had to use one of those brackets.
HD does make a longer bracket.
Chrome Pillion Bracket 52152-97
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=52152-97
When I want to put my Evo pillion on my twin cam bikes, I've had to use one of those brackets.
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So that bracket is longer? I'll have to order it up and see, cheap enough. Thanks for the link.
Same here cozy, that's what I mean by fender mounts. But I took all of that off and replaced with 1/4-20 chrome bolts and acorn nuts for the seat to clean it all up. It's a 5 min swap to put the mount hardware on for the passenger seat, for the rare occasion the girlfriend rides with. This summer she only went once since the stock luxe seat hurt her hooha, and I do NOT want that hurting, lol. Hopefully this seat works out, not bad for $25
Same here cozy, that's what I mean by fender mounts. But I took all of that off and replaced with 1/4-20 chrome bolts and acorn nuts for the seat to clean it all up. It's a 5 min swap to put the mount hardware on for the passenger seat, for the rare occasion the girlfriend rides with. This summer she only went once since the stock luxe seat hurt her hooha, and I do NOT want that hurting, lol. Hopefully this seat works out, not bad for $25
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