mounting springer seat???
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mounting springer seat???
I am having some difficulty mounting my new Jammer solo seat... is there kit that fits the 2009 Nightster? I have a few ideas but dont have access to a welder... any info would be appreciated...Thanks
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Somebody please correct me if i'm wrong.
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
Last edited by Slackster; Jul 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM.
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I was actually trying to copy your set up Slackster. I bought the seat springs from the ebay vendor, I made up some brackets, but due to my lack of a welding machine unable to complete this set up.... Thanks for the info on the seat kit.
Last edited by 1slo6; Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 PM.
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Somebody please correct me if i'm wrong.
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
Actually Rich Phillips has just finished my bike for the new kits designed for Fuel Injected Sportsters, meaning you will not have to re-locate the ECM at all. Look for more details later this week and a production for more set up for next week. 1slo6 wait about a week....I'll be posting my pics here Friday and Rich Phillips will be posting a video on assembly of the springer seat kit for Nighsters and Irons.....
Somebody please correct me if i'm wrong.
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
I have seen a kit from V-twin Manufacturing for about $110
BUT..I thought it to be a little bit bulky under the seat since there is a cover piece that appears to go over the stock seat mount.
What about your ECM? You gonna leave it exposed? Get a new fender? put the ECM under the seat?
Do you have a problem with drilling some holes in your frame to install some studs for your springs?
This is the one i'm talking about distributed by Rich Phillips. They use to have one with pictures of it mounted on the bike.
In the Rich Phillips site it states that this model may not fit on fuel injection models
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
This one will not work. I tried it and ended up cutting it all up trying different things before I threw in the towel & made my own brackets.
If there is a kit that lets you leave the ecm where it is that means you'll need some kind of cover and your rear fender will always be "X" amount of inches above the tire for clearance. I didn't move my ecm because of the seat. I moved it for tire clearance.
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This one will not work. I tried it and ended up cutting it all up trying different things before I threw in the towel & made my own brackets.
If there is a kit that lets you leave the ecm where it is that means you'll need some kind of cover and your rear fender will always be "X" amount of inches above the tire for clearance. I didn't move my ecm because of the seat. I moved it for tire clearance.
If there is a kit that lets you leave the ecm where it is that means you'll need some kind of cover and your rear fender will always be "X" amount of inches above the tire for clearance. I didn't move my ecm because of the seat. I moved it for tire clearance.
??? I guess I'll have to see it. I don't see how the ecm is in the way with the spring seat in the first place...but as far as 1slo6 goes, he has the same fender mods as me and buying a solo kit that uses the gimick of leaving the ecm where it is will be pointless.
Now, if he sells one for the Irons & Nightsters that is just the seat kit then I think it will have a market.
Now, if he sells one for the Irons & Nightsters that is just the seat kit then I think it will have a market.
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??? I guess I'll have to see it. I don't see how the ecm is in the way with the spring seat in the first place...but as far as 1slo6 goes, he has the same fender mods as me and buying a solo kit that uses the gimick of leaving the ecm where it is will be pointless.
Now, if he sells one for the Irons & Nightsters that is just the seat kit then I think it will have a market.
Now, if he sells one for the Irons & Nightsters that is just the seat kit then I think it will have a market.
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I would be interested to see if the new kit would work on my 1200c with a 4.5 gallon tank. I know when i got my mustang seat there was a separate part # for each tank size. I think a kit that doesn't require moving the ecm would be a very popular item.