I have done the same with a 13 limited black and blue. My tail light is stock. What do I need to get the license plate lowered? I spoke with a guy that has a Road King light bar for sale but when I look at the pics of a Road King on the Harley site it looks similar to my Limited light bar.Mike

 

I plan on doing the same thing to EGC this year....
Adding 12.5 Chubbies and 8.5 werks.

 

The light bar is off the 09 and up Road King with the painted hard bags.Not the Road King Classic with the leather covered bags.The light bar is approx 1.5 inches narrower and has the LED light in it for the plate.The part # is, Directional Bar 68742-09

 

Thanks Dansflhti. That is the same lite bar I used. BTW, That's a nice looking ride you have there too!

 

Thanks HD58

 

Thanks for shaing Bro.........

 

i love 2 bikes in 1, nice mod

 

I like what HD58 did and I am in the middle of doing something similar with my 110th Anniv FLHTK. I had the tour pak detach kit put on by the dealer and bought a Drag single seat as part of the deal purchasing the bike...if I had to do over I would have installed the tour pak detach myself like HD58 did to avoid the following problems with the “kit”.

- Antennas and mounts are not attractive on such a great looking bike.
- DT connectors for the wiring harnesses are very close to the tour pak making it hard to disconnect.
- Location of kit DT connectors on tour pak wiring harnesses also leave long wiring harnesses running down and covering chrome on rear fender. Even if you cut the retaining straps holding the harnesses to the frame and fender, the wiring harness are still difficult to stuff under the seat to give the rear of the bike a clean look.
- Passenger communications wiring harness routing looks awful and covers the chrome on the left rear fender.
- License plate location after detach kit is installed looks like a billboard above the taillight. Also, the detach kit comes with unsightly nuts holding the rear detach points…this is so the license plate bracket can be installed.

Summary of things I did to clean up the rear of my 110th Anniv FLHTK with tour pak detach kit:

- Removed passenger seat strap and right side seat strap bracket.
- Installed DT connectors under seat for wiring harnesses leading to tour pak. This eliminates the wiring harnesses covering the chrome on rear fender. Needed DT connectors 18AWG 2ea 6 pin, 1ea 3 pin, and 1ea 2 pin. Got them off eBay from prowireusa for about $8 each including pins...about $32 vs Harley wanting about $120. You also MUST buy a crimper...got one from Amazon (Closed Barrel Contact 4-indent Crimper..AWG 12-20 for $31)
- Rerouted the passenger communications harness so mostly hidden down left side between rear wheel and saddle bag. Moved chrome retainer for communications wiring harness to left side passenger strap bracket. Allows harness end to move up and down for easy access. This was free!
- Hid both stock antennas using the technique in this youtube video , rerouted and hid antenna wiring harnesses off chrome using 3M Command clear cable holders, removed antenna mounts on frame installed as part of detach kit, removed antenna wiring harness from tour pak, covered antenna nubs on tour pak with auto vacuum hose ends. This was free!
- Replaced the tour pak mount docking brackets with the unsightly nuts holding the license plate bracket with the standard brackets that have chrome welded pins on the rear points (HD Part# 54208-09 & 54309-09). Got off eBay for $99. But you need two screws HD Part#94592-98 and two washers HD Part# 6339 from Harley all for about $12 to replace the rear bracket screws and remove the ugly nuts.
- Relocated license plate to below tail light by:
- Replacing the rear signal light bar with one for a FLHR Road King (HD Part# 68742-09). Got off eBay for $60.
- As other posts suggested I tried to use the Road King/Street Glide's license plate bracket HD Part#69380-09BHP. In researching this part I found the Road King has HD Part #69380-09BHP which all who did this recommend...it is a metal bracket for $51. The exact same bracket is in plastic on the 2010 Street Glide HD Part# 73255-10 for $9.50...only difference is plastic vs metal and $40. Anyway either bracket bottom edge is too low for my taste and ends up covering part of the rear bumper light. I tried cutting the bracket off on the bottom and drilling new holes to raise the plate but there is not enough bracket surface at the top for the top license bolts. So I used the bracket as a model and fabricated a new bracket with more surface at the top out of sheet aluminum from Home Depot for $8...took a little trial and error (tools required: grinder, file, hack saw, and drill). I bought a $5 chrome license plate frame at AutoZone as well. During the fabrication I realized I could easily bend both the bracket and $5 frame to make it a curved license plate assembly which gave me the exact look I wanted to match the curvature of the rear bumper light assembly. I bolted it to the turn signal bar using two 1/4-20x1/2" Hex Screws from Home Depot (Harley screws are chrome and $12 each) and a 1/2" spacer between the light bar and the fabricated plate. This fabrication may be too much for some so you may rather want to buy the Softbrake relocation bracket...although I did not try the Softbrake solution it looks like it would work.
- I will install a red taillight without clear window that I got off of eBay for $15.

 

gardnermc-- props to you for posting such detailed info and pics; means nothing to me and my bike, but I appreciate your time and effort to help others.

Carl

 

Thanks Carl...will post some pics when I am completely done. It really cleans the bike up and gives me two bikes in one. I think the antenna rerouting youtube video that I got from another thread off this blog is ingenious. If everyone saw this video riders would neither leave the stock antennas the way they are nor pay anyone for hidden antennas. All the best, Mark