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Old May 19, 2013 | 07:36 PM
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I'm making custom leather tank bibs but I have a Crossbones, not a FatBoy. The bib I'll be making is for, you guessed it, a FatBoy. In order for me to get the right size so it fits I need a template, or a bib.

What I need are the dimensions of the bib, such as width, length, and the location of the mounting holes. If they are the same as my Bones that would be awesome, but I don't have access to a FatBoy to know for sure. Even if I bought a plain bib from the dealer, I would still need to know where dash sits on top of the leather as it goes under the dash to mount. How much leather is under the dash basically.

A simple photo copy of a bib would work as it would be the correct size and include the mounting holes.

Is there anyone that can help me with this?

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Originally Posted by RIPbiker13
I'm making custom leather tank bibs but I have a Crossbones, not a FatBoy. The bib I'll be making is for, you guessed it, a FatBoy. In order for me to get the right size so it fits I need a template, or a bib.

What I need are the dimensions of the bib, such as width, length, and the location of the mounting holes. If they are the same as my Bones that would be awesome, but I don't have access to a FatBoy to know for sure. Even if I bought a plain bib from the dealer, I would still need to know where dash sits on top of the leather as it goes under the dash to mount. How much leather is under the dash basically.

A simple photo copy of a bib would work as it would be the correct size and include the mounting holes.
Is there anyone that can help me with this?

Thank you in advance!
Let me see if I still have mine.
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Old May 19, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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Let me see if I still have mine.
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It's not where I thought it was, will look in my shop tomorrow.
 
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I hope you can find it, that would be so much help! Thanks for looking either way.
 
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Old May 19, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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Well Mines sitting on the bench and I would be happy to send the pic and demensions but I'm an idiot. I posted pics when I first started but tried and can't figure out how to do it again. Talk me through it and I'll send them your way.
 
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Or you can use a photo hosting site such as photobucket. From there you copy and paste the IMG code and it will appear as a pic here.
 
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Could not find the piece but took some measuments.




 
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Could not find the piece but took some measuments.




Him looks like I was not done.
Two holes at top are 1 1/2 apart center center
 
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