I'm not immediately aware of the exact differences between the newer and older harnesses, aside from price. I do not believe there is any way to interchange them though. I believe the biggest differences occur where the fairing interconnect harness connects to the main harness on the bike that is already installed. It may be a difference of connector type and the amount of connectors too. My buddy ordered his new from Kutter a few months back, but there are take offs out there. He didn't want to have to worry about the harness being faulty, so he went new.

Also, one thing you'll need for the harness is the headlight splitter harness. I don't know why, but Harley includes only 1 connector for the headlight, even on the FLTR interconnect harness. You'll need to use the following harness to split the single headlight plug into two:

70423-98 HARNESS dual headlamp adapter

Or, you could just make your own. I ended up doing that for my buddy on his 06, when we installed his Daymakers.

I'm guessing you never rode a Road Glide? When I did my conversion, I found it to be more cost effective to convert than trade. I already had my bike where I wanted it in terms of function, like a matching TourPak, etc. Swapping fairings is easy - off with the old, on with the new. It's the little details, like bars, etc that can hang you up.

For me, my visual tastes pushed me towards a Road Glide, but having ridden one and now having several thousand miles on my covert, I truly enjoy the ride more than with my SG front end. I enjoyed my bike before I converted, but now I REALLY enjoy my bike. I caught the Road Glide bug pretty hard, and I knew I had to have one. So, I just made my own.

And as for the new Road Glide - I like it, and I've ridden it. There are some great improvements, but I don't see myself rushing out to buy one. At this point, I don't see a need to replace my current bike with the same model, but newer. I know, I know, there are big changes.

My 2010 FLHXSE convert will always be mine. I don't see that changing. I'll add to the collection when the time is right, but I'm content with what I got.

BTW, even with new parts, converting my SG to a RG was still cheaper than trading/buying new. And I'm not concerned with resale - I've had offers, but it's not for sale....

 

When I was shopping for my interconnect harness I noticed the same thing you did with pricing. I really don't know what or if there are differences, but to be safe I bought the '08 harness for my '08 and everything fit perfectly.

RedBeard, you hit the nail on the head with your response too the question " why"! Couldn't agree more!!!

 

Figured I would post an update. I'm getting closer, scored some more parts off of eBay and RG forums. All that's left for me to source is a set of turn signals, speedo/tach housing (nacelle), wind shield and a wiring harness. So far my total is @ $600.00.

My guess is I will need to get a new housing and wire harness. Surdyke will most likely be my source to order from, as new castle is in my home state, and the shipping and tax really hurts the total. I called to ask I I could pick up the parts to save shipping, and they said no. That's where new castle gets you, their shipping seems pretty steep.

Seeing that I have found some good scores, I will probably buy a a yaffe headlight scoowl to give her a more menacing look.

*****QUESTIONS*****

Is there any way for me to use the front turn signals from my batwing? Seems like the 02 and older models used the same lollipop signals as my batwing, I dot have the outer yet to play with fittment.

Have all of you that did the conversion changed the interconnect harness? It would seam the only obvious thing that would need extended are the speedo, tach, trip button, and possibly the aux switch. If I could do that, it would save me a bunch of $

What other scowl/ evil eyes headlight housings are out there? Many options that don't affect how much light shines out?

 

Don't the road glides use the standard turn signals that are on most of the Harley's? If so I think I may have a set of both black and chrome. You can have a set them if they will work.

 

Rear turn signals are all the same, front are completely different.

 

grabbed some popcorn and watching this thread to see how it turns out.... looks like a great project

 

Regarding the interconnect harness. I have a 2010 interconnect, and a 2007 main harness. If you have a touring bike parts manual, you can study the parts list for the different harnesses, which will tell you which connector is used in each location. It's been a while since I sourced my parts, but I spent several hours poring over the service and parts manuals. Most of my fairing is from a 2010 Road Glide, my bike is a 2007 Road King Police. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I swapped my main harness over to the correct civilian main harness for a fairing bike. You want to have the correct interconnect for your application, there's not a lot of room inside the Road Glide fairing. Having terminal connections that go right where they're needed is a big plus.

Next time I go back inside my fairing, I'm going to switch out the air temp gauge for an air pressure guage for my air ride suspension, and swap gas gauges. My gas gauge is wildly incorrect (even for a Harley). You need to match the sending unit and the gas gauge, because Harley used different sending units, calibrated to a different scale, for different applications.

 

Anyone have a photo showing how the fairing bracket attaches to the frame. Does it bolt around the frame or do you drill thru the frame?


Thanks

 

All touring frames have the holes punched in the frame for the fairing mounted frame bracket. They are plugged with little black plastic caps.

If you have a newer bike with ABS, the lower hole on the right (brake) side of the bike is used to secure the ABS line routing bracket - this bracket will be removed for the conversion and replaced with the same bracket designed to fit a Road Glide. On the batwing model, there is a well nut that must be drilled out, as this well nut is used to secure the ABS line routing bracket to the frame. On the Road Glides, the bracket is attached using the same bolt that attaches the fairing bracket to the frame.

 

Thank you for the reply, didn't see them, I'll look closer.