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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 01:16 PM
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Step 1: order a large pizza with stuffed crust and pepperoni <br/>Step 2: cut your seat pan template




Step 3: put it in the bike and draw holes, hardware and springs




Step 4: wait for the springs and mounting hardware

Would you cut the pan out of plastic, steel or aluminum?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kaisers81
My local dealer has a "bike night" next Saturday.
Maybe I'll find a bike with apes to try.
Spring seat is already here 😉 So I will focus on that until then.
I'll post pictures the next days, see what you think...

What seat is that? A spring seat mod is something I've been thinking about too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this works out. You should start your own thread on this seat mod.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NSR
What seat is that? A spring seat mod is something I've been thinking about too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this works out. You should start your own thread on this seat mod.
Harley had a sorting mount seat they made for I believe the prostreet breakout. Should work on all models.

https://mstore.harley-davidson.com/store/bobber-solo-saddle
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 10:12 AM
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Opinions fellas! 2016 CVO Breakout or go with a 2017 Breakout and just add the cost difference to it in upgrades? I finally got the wifes blessing now Im getting all wishy washy on what I want! Help me out fellas
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by NSR
What seat is that? A spring seat mod is something I've been thinking about too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this works out. You should start your own thread on this seat mod.
It is called a Leather Motorcycle Solo Spring Seat Bobber Harley 13x15 from Rich Phillips of eBay
I bought one for my wife's sportster a couple of years ago.
Good product!!!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by lucky2be
Opinions fellas! 2016 CVO Breakout or go with a 2017 Breakout and just add the cost difference to it in upgrades? I finally got the wifes blessing now Im getting all wishy washy on what I want! Help me out fellas
Opinions ? You'll get lots I'm sure:

I would have to want that 110B engine very,,, "very" badly in order to pay up for the 2016 CVO. The older CVO's had much more going for em IMHO.

Anyhow, if you've gotten it down to a 2017 FXSB vs a 2016 CVO, I'd go with the 2017 and jazz it up to my liking which, I guarantee you, would look absolutely nothing like a 2016 CVO.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 11:22 AM
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Opinions fellas! 2016 CVO Breakout or go with a 2017 Breakout and just add the cost difference to it in upgrades? I finally got the wifes blessing now Im getting all wishy washy on what I want! Help me out fellas
One factor among many, whose importance to you I don't know is resale value. A CVO is always going to command a higher residual value when it comes time to sell or trade, EVEN IF the non-CVO bike has been upgraded and modded to surpass the CVO in terms of cash spent on it. The importance of this factor will of course vary from person to person.

I know when I bought my own Breakout, I bought the non-CVO version and added the stuffI wanted,via both initial purchase and mods done later. My initial purchase included the non-CVO bike with the Hard Candy Chrome Flake, Turbine wheels & associated other chrome parts, D&D Low Cat exhaust, HD hi-po air cleaner, and a Stage 4 Race kit. Post-purchase, I added a BUNCH of stuff including for example,tune by Mike Lozano, Corbin heated seat, the HD digital speedo with analog tach, much nicer footpegs, oil cooler, Daymaker headlight, Pirelli and Avon tires, 30/70 gearing, etc, etc.

I do recognize that when I decide to sell or trade, I will net proportionately less than if I had bought the CVO, but that is less important to me than having exactly the individualized bike I actually want.





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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 08:04 PM
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Cut the battery cover out of 1/4 inch plastic as a prototype



Springs will be 3 inch so it should be higher than that
 
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Bought a 2017 Breakout CVO, very happy, didn't want to start with modifications, so I bought the model with most everything already built in..Can't go wrong either way, may be a little more expensive trying to mod up the non CVO to similar specs, which is hard to believe considering how much the CVO costs.. lol
 
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Old Aug 16, 2017 | 08:34 PM
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It's not 100% but you get the idea














I only cut one side for know

Any suggestions how to cover the area between the seat and the tank? I thought about wrapping with black heat tape

 
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