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Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savage?
05/15/08 at 06:17:14

I read whatever threads I could find on the Harley Sportster seat swap. I went to eBay and bought a seat from a 2005 Sportster (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=ST...) but it won't fit and appears to need some of the bottom cut out to follow the lines of the frame.

What did I do wrong?

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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #1 - 05/15/08 at 06:31:14 Nothing. The seat is NOT a direct swap. It will require some fabricating to make it fit the Savage. You either need to come up with a support that will hold it up off of the frame, or you need to shave the seat. You're about to find out that nothing we do to customize the Savage is 'plug and play'.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #2 - 05/15/08 at 07:15:42 toddlamp8 wrote on 05/15/08 at 06:17:14: What did I do wrong? It's the right seat, so it must be your perception. It fits like oj's glove after a fight. You have to work at it to get it on.
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Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag
Reply #3 - 05/15/08 at 07:28:25

haha, ok thanks guys. I knew that it was not a direct swap but I thought it would go on easier than it looks like it's going to be. I do a good amount of fab work on my car so I know what i'm going to have to do now.

When I am looking at the pictures in the install writeup there is a hole for the back of the seat to attach to. On my 86 there is a bar. How are people getting it to fit?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #4 - 05/15/08 at 08:16:46 My '96 has the same bar, I used one of the brackets and just hook it for the rear attachment. I think others have either cut it off or bent it down. But I don't think it would interfere if you left it. I was going to slot the seat pan and hook it that way but it doesn't fit that tightly.
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #5 - 05/15/08 at 08:59:52 I had to cut out some of the bottom material on my sportster seat. After that, it sat down pretty tightly on the frame. As for the rear mount. My bike is a 2005 and the rear bracket lined up nicely with the hole that the brakelight wires go through. I also relocated the brakelight.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #6 - 05/15/08 at 09:26:33 I was wondering could you take the sportster seat off the base and put it on a s40 base or is it way to long.The 455003 seat at dennis kirk is 27 1/4 long
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Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag
Reply #7 - 05/15/08 at 11:09:53

verslagen1 wrote on 05/15/08 at 08:16:46:

My '96 has the same bar, I used one of the brackets and just hook it for the rear attachment. I think others have either cut it off or bent it down. But I don't think it would interfere if you left it. I was going to slot the seat pan and hook it that way but it doesn't fit that tightly.

How exactly do you have your seat connected to the bike? I was going to hook the front (same as the stock seat) and hook the rear bracket on the Harley seat to the bar that is there but I couldn't figure out a way to get it on and off.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #8 - 05/15/08 at 11:21:06 Mine hooks on the rear and rests on the front then speed pinned on both sides.
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toddlamp8 Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 241 Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #9 - 05/15/08 at 12:53:08 verslagen1 wrote on 05/15/08 at 11:21:06: Mine hooks on the rear and rests on the front then speed pinned on both sides. Ok, I think i've seen your pics. You had to attach a custom bracket on the bottom that lined up with the original holes right?
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Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag
Reply #10 - 05/15/08 at 14:12:53

Sportster seat will almost fit perfectly to 07 S40 in length.
There is rear tab that screw goes through and I had to move that one
more inside. Screw is now almost covered with the fabric of the seat.
It also comes bit more under sissy bar then original seat but it is fine.
In the middle it will be bit high but simple metal bracket worked for me.

bill67 wrote on 05/15/08 at 09:26:33:

I was wondering could you take the sportster seat off the base and put it on a s40 base or is it way to long.The 455003 seat at dennis kirk is 27 1/4 long

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Does the Harley Sportster seat fit an 86 Savag Reply #11 - 05/15/08 at 15:03:16 How long is a regular sportster seat?And i guess the s40 seat has more of a dip in it
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