Hello All, I have a simple question for you sportie techs. I am purchasing a new set from a niebor and what I wanna know is can I take the bolt that hold the original seat in the middle by the front of the rear fender and not have any effects on the new seat? The new seat has no hole for that bolt. The sportster is an 05 1200 custom. Any and all info is very helpfull.

Thanks memo

 

Uhh..... What?

 

Explination for you, if you remove the stock seat you can see a bolt that attatches to the seat located on the rear fender for the seat, can I remove that bolt and have no issues, I will try and find you a picture of what im talking about,

 

What's going to anchor your seat if you remove that bolt?

John

 

there will have to be a bolt holding the seat on... are you talking about the torx bit bolt? it holds the front of the fender on.

 

To answer your question directly, YES, you can remove that bolt. You then have one of two options. You can REINSTALL the bolt, and go ride, OR, you can throw the bolt away, go ride, and see how long you can keep the seat on. You know, like riding a mechanical bull.....

 

And you, we need fender pictures!

 

If you're talking about the stud that fits into the keyhole slot in the metal plate on the bottom of the seat, then yes, you can remove the stud. Most aftermarket seats don't use the stud anyway.

 

I guess the obvious question is, what are trying to accomplish? Weight savings? A trivia question?

"you can see a bolt that attaches to the seat located on the rear fender for the seat" Translation please.

Another confusing post with unclear description of the issue.

John

 

Well this wasn't simple at all, I feel I've been terribly misled.