Turn a Classic into a classic
#1023
I have received lots of questions about my seat. It is a stock "Air ride" police seat. I have used them for years (3rd bike) and they can be had for around 100.00 on ebay. (I got my last one brand new for 65.00 shipped to my door!!!) The rail is from the J&P cycles vintage catalog. It is around 80.00. The bracket that mounts it to the seat can be purchased there also for an additional 70.00. It needs to be slightly modified because it doesn't quite work in the stock configuration but 2 drilled holes on the bracket fix that.
I did see this past weekend, a guy who had a '95 EG with the seat rail attached to a frame mounted seat. Apparently Corbin-Gentry only made it for one or two years for mid '90's. See attached pic, I like the way it mounts, especially with the old school three channel luggage rack.
I'm slightly confused as to why that seat wouldn't fit later FLH frames up until at least 2008. I thought all FLH frames from 1980-2007 were essentially the same.
And yes, this seat rail is ALMOST the same as the one you can buy from J&P, a little smaller and narrower.
#1024
The ultimate Seat Rail post;
Funny the differences in the Bubba's seat/rail kit and the Legend's kit. Mmmm. Notice the differences in the rail first off, price is a joke honestly. Seat rail runs about $80 out of J&P, a good leather solo is about $300, so where's the other $200-300 coming from???
Also, V-Twin makes a solo seat mounting kit, which allegedly can have a Buddy seat mounted to it also, I'm kind of interested to see how that would look on a newer FLH.
Corbin, also makes a seat rail.
And now we're seeing the police seat conversions with the rail, pretty bad ***.
Lastly, there is a guy that was/is on this forum that makes a pretty decent rail. I emailed him a few months back, he said he was making a few more sets and would email me when ready...there are pics of it, some many odd pages back.
http://legendsmotorcycles.com/my-sto...category_id=25
http://www.legendsmotorcycles.com/xc...cat=252&page=1
http://www.retrocycle.com/catalog_pdfs/vtwin/1184.pdf
Funny the differences in the Bubba's seat/rail kit and the Legend's kit. Mmmm. Notice the differences in the rail first off, price is a joke honestly. Seat rail runs about $80 out of J&P, a good leather solo is about $300, so where's the other $200-300 coming from???
Also, V-Twin makes a solo seat mounting kit, which allegedly can have a Buddy seat mounted to it also, I'm kind of interested to see how that would look on a newer FLH.
Corbin, also makes a seat rail.
And now we're seeing the police seat conversions with the rail, pretty bad ***.
Lastly, there is a guy that was/is on this forum that makes a pretty decent rail. I emailed him a few months back, he said he was making a few more sets and would email me when ready...there are pics of it, some many odd pages back.
http://legendsmotorcycles.com/my-sto...category_id=25
http://www.legendsmotorcycles.com/xc...cat=252&page=1
http://www.retrocycle.com/catalog_pdfs/vtwin/1184.pdf
#1025
Navy gunner, Do you have any pics with the passenger seat installed?
I just bought a police seat on ebay, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT. How difficult will this be to install? I'm not too mechanically inclined, but not afraid to try. The seat appears to float. Does it sit on springs?
Last edited by wildcat465; 11-27-2010 at 10:38 AM.
#1026
checkbook
When you figure that out, the getting her to let loose of the checkbook part, I'll pay cash money for that secret!
47Norton:
Thanks for your great comments. I know exactly what you mean by the seat rail...there's a guy on this forum who makes these and I've got my eyes set on one sometime down the road. Here's his e-bay link that you might want to hold onto. Now how do I tell the wife to let loose of the check book?
Ride safe.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SOLO-...spagenameZWDVW
Thanks for your great comments. I know exactly what you mean by the seat rail...there's a guy on this forum who makes these and I've got my eyes set on one sometime down the road. Here's his e-bay link that you might want to hold onto. Now how do I tell the wife to let loose of the check book?
Ride safe.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SOLO-...spagenameZWDVW
#1027
Hey now, just picked up a police air-ride solo seat for my 2005 HD FLHRCI for $100 from local bike shop down town and I also ordered the seat rail from J&P Cycles for $90 , the luggage rack for the rear fender from Dennis Kirk for $50. Now all I need to get is the rear matching textured seat from Dennis Kirk for $178 and I'll be set. Thank you all for your post and picture of your bikes they all look great and trying to get my classic to be a classic. Will post picture as soon as I get everything together. Thanks.
#1028
Hey now, just picked up a police air-ride solo seat for my 2005 HD FLHRCI for $100 from local bike shop down town and I also ordered the seat rail from J&P Cycles for $90 , the luggage rack for the rear fender from Dennis Kirk for $50. Now all I need to get is the rear matching textured seat from Dennis Kirk for $178 and I'll be set. Thank you all for your post and picture of your bikes they all look great and trying to get my classic to be a classic. Will post picture as soon as I get everything together. Thanks.
#1029
Hey now, just picked up a police air-ride solo seat for my 2005 HD FLHRCI for $100 from local bike shop down town and I also ordered the seat rail from J&P Cycles for $90 , the luggage rack for the rear fender from Dennis Kirk for $50. Now all I need to get is the rear matching textured seat from Dennis Kirk for $178 and I'll be set. Thank you all for your post and picture of your bikes they all look great and trying to get my classic to be a classic. Will post picture as soon as I get everything together. Thanks.
#1030
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Last edited by ajp170; 12-02-2010 at 04:08 PM.