After installing Tour Pak Quick Release???
After installing Tour Pak Quick Release???
I installed a Tour Pak Quick release and a seat from a Street Glide on my '09 EG Classic. Now I want to get a small backrest/sissybar to put on. What do I look for as far as mounting, do I still need to get a mounting kit for it?
Also what options are there for mounting the license plate differently than the kit, like below the tail light?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Also what options are there for mounting the license plate differently than the kit, like below the tail light?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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There are a few aftermarket license plate relocation kits. I'm in the process of installing a detachable tour-pak setup on my '09 Ultra Classic myself. I just returned from a visit to my nearest Harley dealership and noticed that the 2010 Road King has a tail light and turn signal light bar with a license plate mounted below the tail light. Even thought I had already bought an after market license plate relocation mount, I have ordered the HD parts that look and very likely will mount and fit better. There are a few parts that make up the assembly for a Harley Davidson brand license plate bracket but I don't have the part numbers. If you look at page 5 & 6 of 53246-09A, you will see a picture and list of parts that make up the Detachable Tour-Pak Kit license plate mounting bracket service parts. This is the only other option I know of.
Last edited by shortride; Apr 10, 2010 at 05:58 PM.
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I'm not sure on the 09's cause everything changed back there from my 08, but I'm pretty sure you need one kit for the TP and one for the backrest/luggage rack style combo. The TP hardware was far easier to install than the detach backrest hardware, on my bike. Maybe the newer bikes are easier? I say easier, because the instructions are pure junk.
I agree that the instructions are junk, lol. Do manufacturers actually try to install or put something together following their own instructions?
So do I need any other mounting kit on the bike side, or just the backrest side? Can I still mount a angled brake light?
So do I need any other mounting kit on the bike side, or just the backrest side? Can I still mount a angled brake light?
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I would check the parts books, but I'm pretty sure you need another kit to change from a TP to a regular backrest. The backrest mounts are closer in than the TP mounts, on my bike. If I was to have kept my backrest and used it for when TP was not on, I would have had to leave the docking kit on for it, and add the TP kit as well. Like I said the 09's are a different animal, but I foresee a need for more mounting points in your future. I don't see why an angled light would be a problem, but I don't have one so I'm not going to tell you one way or another. If you look at the rear of my bike in the pic below, an angled brake light wouldn't have been a problem.
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docking points
If you installed the four point docking hardware kit, then you're good to go on the passenger backrest it will snap right on there. The tail light is another deal altogether...if you wantd the street glide look " the laydown light over the tag that would be simple" however you will have the holes from the previous mounting to deal with.
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+1 on the 4 point docking hardware, just snap the sissy bar on.
For plates mounts if your running a 2-1 pipe move it under the left bag.
Available here:
http://intermountaincycleproducts.com/Parts.php
For plates mounts if your running a 2-1 pipe move it under the left bag.
Available here:
http://intermountaincycleproducts.com/Parts.php
Last edited by hog-doc; Apr 10, 2010 at 11:09 PM.
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+1 on the 4 point docking hardware, just snap the sissy bar on.
For plates mounts if your running a 2-1 pipe move it under the left bag.
Available here:
http://intermountaincycleproducts.com/Parts.php
For plates mounts if your running a 2-1 pipe move it under the left bag.
Available here:
http://intermountaincycleproducts.com/Parts.php
Thanks!
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Hog Doc, went to the site and was looking for the the bullets you have, after taking off the grab bar. Where did you get those? Also a question on the wiring for the lights when remounting the plate under the bag. Is it a plug in for the plate light or do you have to splice in?
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I visited the nearest Harley dealer and found a 2009/10 Road King Standard on the floor that has a rear turn signal/ license plate setup that may serve as a relocation option for a 2009 Ultra Classic. I don't see why this setup will not mount onto an '09.
Has anyone mounted the rear turn signal/license plate for a 2010 Road King Standard onto an '09 Electra Glide, Street Glide or an Ultra Classic?
Has anyone mounted the rear turn signal/license plate for a 2010 Road King Standard onto an '09 Electra Glide, Street Glide or an Ultra Classic?
Last edited by shortride; Sep 17, 2010 at 04:18 PM.