im looking to upgrade my 1980 flt seat the problem is my wife and i feel smashed together on it. is there a way to modify it so that i can put a bigger seat from a newer electra glide and still keep my tour pac .

 

any seat post 2009 will not fit your frame.
there were minor frame changes from 1980 right up to 2008 version, so those year seats may fit, but if your seat pan is in good shape:

many of the Guys here have used mean city cycles to modify seats- and they always get good reviews.

try them.

welcome to the forums

Mike

 

Having your seat modified will not buy you anything...on the newer bikes the tour pac is mounted further back than on the older bikes. I am putting a newer seat on my 83 and it overhangs the tour pac mount a good 3 inches. I would think you would need a tour pac mount from an evo bike to make work.

 

Had the same problem with my '83,and my GF at that time was tiny! You need to move the tourpack back. I think you could gain an inch or two by drilling new holes.

 

Thats what i was thinking but i was hoping someone would know somthing else i could do. if your going to drill new holes and move your tour pac back would you please put some pics on here for me. i have to do somthing shes got to be comfortable to.

 

I have owned my 1990 bike from new, which is similar to yours, with an '87 tourpak and there is no spare room in the floor to move it rearwards IMHO. However by raising it a little, I've used a length of aluminium U channel stock, it is possible to move it rearwards a bit, using the threaded holes in the current rack, plus newly drilled holes in the U channel.