by Mikes » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:06 pm
The Sportster seat was sourced from Italy with different brackets and a spacer between the seat and fender. Dave Hennessey gave me the name of a dealer in Ohio that had a stock of Sprint seats and I bought two, one for my ‘66XLCH and another for my friend’s ‘67XLCH. The seats came in white but had black covers in the box. To use the Sprint seat you have to remove the trim, cover, and foam so you can cut off the brackets and weld or braze on the correct brackets for the Sportster. I made jigs to bend the brackets and position them correctly on the seat bottom. You also have to position the fastener for the hard rubber spacer and buy or make the spacer. I bought hard rubber from MSC, cut it to size on my table saw (very dangerous), made a jig, and shaped it over the jig using a heat gun. Once this is all done the foam, cover, and trim need to be reinstalled. I have photos of this but am clueless as to how to attach them here. If someone would send me a PM with an email address maybe that person could attach the photos. I also have the jigs and extra bracket material that I would love to get off my bench for the cost of shipping if someone wants them. Not sure that make sense to NZ but I could send photos of the jig to an email address. It would be very difficult to accurately position the side brackets if you didn’t have the jig attached to the front bracket. There will be notes saying that the rubber spacer rubs paint off the rear fender. Probably true, but that is the way it came from the factory. When my bike finally goes together I plan on using clear plastic between the spacer and the fender.