Can that extension piece be taken out and be placed on another luggage rack? Is it impossible to take that out or is it only being held together only with a nut?
That is an addition... for???
I have one here someplace, completely disassembled... No Holes that I recall!!!
Turn it over... you will see how it is assembled...
WM435, what you have pictured there is a component that attaches to the frame-mounted buddy seat passenger handrail. Set up looks like this (pic from my 84 FLH)...
When you flip the rack over you will see that the bar actually goes through the rod on the luggage rack. Comes apart quite easily though, lock washers and nuts on each end of the rails is all that keeps it together
WM435, what you have pictured there is a component that attaches to the frame-mounted buddy seat passenger handrail. Set up looks like this (pic from my 84 FLH)...
When you flip the rack over you will see that the bar actually goes through the rod on the luggage rack. Comes apart quite easily though, lock washers and nuts on each end of the rails is all that keeps it together
The luggage rack that I showed you is a okay rack; however the one I have on my bike is a really nice set. The only reason why I bought this other rack is for the hopes of being able to disassemble that piece and drilling a hole on my luggage rack on my bike and placing it on there. I just hope it should all work. By what you make it sound like it should be easy
It will all work but you will need to drill a hole in the center rail of your new rack (if it does not have one) for the bolt. No biggie, use the old one as a guide.
PS I found just the seat mounting block on the Bay, they are out there, NOS in a bag.
Well let me tell you it worked I was able to change my factory original comfort flex seat to the original factory frame mounted seat. All in all I spent 500 for the seat, 65 for the buddy rest, 60 for the luggage rack that I shown in the first picture..I ended up taking apart the extra luggage rack and took the metal bar and the mounting block in the middle with the hole already drilled and put it on my other nicer luggage rack..I of course cleaned up the middle metal bar first until it was nice and shiney...I had to also move the luggage rack one slot back which was easy, however I had to manufacture my own spacers because my local hardware store didn't have the spacer size I needed. I simply took some spacers from my comfort flex seat and shortened it until I got the spacers I needed.
05-07-2018, 11:08 PM
