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Jul 17, 2006 | 03:56 PM

#11

CSI

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RE: FLH's

I have a 93 FLHS, and am having a biotch of a time finding an aftermarket two-up seat. If the FLHS, FLHT, FLHTC are all from the same family, will a seat for a 93 FLHT fit an FLHS? A couple of the seat manufacturers have said they dont make a seat for the FLHS, but I wonder if that means it is not made specifically for the FLHS, but that another seat may fit?

Jul 17, 2006 | 04:38 PM

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rwagon57

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RE: FLH's

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ORIGINAL: New2Harley

I have a 93 FLHS, and am having a biotch of a time finding an aftermarket two-up seat. If the FLHS, FLHT, FLHTC are all from the same family, will a seat for a 93 FLHT fit an FLHS? A couple of the seat manufacturers have said they dont make a seat for the FLHS, but I wonder if that means it is not made specifically for the FLHS, but that another seat may fit?

A seat for an early RK will fit, but you may need an extension cover for the dash console and you will lose the factory rack. I know because I did this on my '92 FLHS. The frame is the same from the '89 FLHS up through the '96 RK.

Jul 17, 2006 | 04:39 PM

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billnourse

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RE: FLH's

Don't know for sure, but I think the 94 and 95 Roadking seats will be the same as the FLHS. The Roadking is the bike that replaced the FLHS. '93 was the last year of the S and '94 was the first year of the R. I did sell a Mustang seat off of my '95 Roadking to a friend and he put it on an FLHS, but I'm not sure what year it was, and I dont recall wheather he had to do any modifications to get it to work.

The seats for the other touring models of that era will probably not fit, because the rear screw secured the seat to the rack for the tour pac rather than to the fender. If your seat secures to a rack on the back rathere than the fender, then I would guess that any FLH seat would work.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Bill

Jul 18, 2006 | 12:37 AM

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CSI

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RE: FLH's

A friend of mine had a Corbin Dual Tour that he took off of his 97 RK. It would fit (but would need an extension cover), BUT...the pan hits the tank on both sides, so would have to be trimmed back. He only wants $150 for the seat, so I think it's a good deal, even if I have to spend another hundred or so having the pan modified.

Jul 18, 2006 | 01:41 AM

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Devil Dog

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RE: FLH's

Nobody mentioned an FLHXI...........or did I miss it??

Jul 18, 2006 | 08:39 AM

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jsd245

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RE: FLH's

mustang lists a seat for a flhs on their website.

Jul 18, 2006 | 12:10 PM

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Cowracer

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RE: FLH's

I humbly disagree with BaggerDave.

The "F" is for the OVH big twin.

But the "L" indicates the big touring front forks. An "X" indicates the skinny wide-glide forks.

Everthing else is ok. examples

FLHRSi ~ big twin, fat fork road king custom injected.

FXST ~ big twin, skinny fork, soft tail

FLSTF ~ Big twin, fat fork, soft tail fatboy

Tim

ON EDIT: BTW, the "H" originally stood for 'hydro' on the early hydro-glides. They kept it when they changed the name to Electro-glide when they added the starter. Now its generally understood that the "H" stands for 'Highway' and indicates the touring family.

Aug 20, 2006 | 02:00 PM

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EVO TWIN

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RE: FLH's

Got a 93 FLHS. When I bought the bike it had a RK seat with wire cover on the tank looked ok. She didnt like the ride on the back, ended up buying a corbin for the 93 FLHT. Fit good but ended up having to fab a rear mount.