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Old Jan 18, 2020 | 03:22 PM
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Would an M8 motor / drivetrain fit in an 09 touring frame

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Old Jan 18, 2020 | 07:25 PM
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No way, no how, with out a whole lot of cutting and welding.
 
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You can go to Ronnies and put in the year and model and see the frame part numbers are different.

http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/ronnies/showmodel.asp?make=hdmchttp://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/ronnies/showmodel.asp?make=hdmc
 
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Would an M8 motor / drivetrain fit in an 09 touring frame

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That's an interesting question! Why do you ask?
 
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You can go to Ronnies and put in the year and model and see the frame part numbers are different.

http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/ronnies/showmodel.asp?make=hdmchttp://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/ronnies/showmodel.asp?make=hdmc
Yes I use Ronnies a lot but if there was just one tab change on the frame it would be a different part number
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That's an interesting question! Why do you ask?
Winter Questions

This year i'll turn over 100,000 on the bike and have been thinking what I want future wise

Build my motor into a nice 107 --$4000 or so

Trade in for new ---$16-20,000 diference

Or drop in a new 131 M8 ----$8-10,000

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Winter Questions

This year i'll turn over 100,000 on the bike and have been thinking what I want future wise

Build my motor into a nice 107 --$4000 or so

Trade in for new ---$16-20,000 diference

Or drop in a new 131 M8 ----$8-10,000

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Yeah, the M8 isn't fitting.

Either build yourself a 107 or, you could build yourself a 131" from an S&S block. Gonna run you close to 10-13K when you're done though.

Just get a new bike for 16-20K if you can swing it. 11 years newer, my man.
 
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I personally would not hop on the "no way train" until I researched a little further. I have put many of parts from the 17 & 18 models on my 08 model that fit without a issue even though they carried totally different part numbers. One thing about the MoCo they are more interested in adding more lipstick than any other thing. I would bet the frames on the new bikes are the same frame they came out with in 09. I have not heard of any "new" frames since the induction of the M-8 and something tells me you would have heard about a major change such as this.
 
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I replaced my motor with a S&S t111. Great crate motor for $5800
 
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Not from the horse's mouth, but it was always my understanding that the frame was changed in 2017 to accommodate the M8 engine. Also not from the horses mouth, look a posts 7 & 8 here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/new-r...me-update.html

 
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