CHOPPER / RIGID / HARDTAIL seat spring kit

Complete kit for mounting a solo seat with springs to your chopper

SEAT HARDWARE for mounting solo seats with springs

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A Front bracket, can go over frame tube, can drill thru frame tube if u want to
B Front bracket, T
C Kit for rear
D Kit for front and rear
E Kit for front and rear(can be used for softails)
F Bolt on rear spring mounts
G Weld on rear spring mounts
H Rear bracket(can be used on ironhead sportsters)
I Front bracket, goes over frame tube

Sparto Tailight

These are used on a lot of custom bikes, they are very retro.

removable pillion pad

This pillion pad attachs to your fender with suction cups so u dont have to drill into your fender, and it doesn't harm your paint.

La Rosa LEATHER solo seat !!!

High Quality seat.

Changes from stock on my bike

Vintage Ford Tailight for Custom bikes

Are these cool or what? These are used on many famous builder's bikes, in programmes like 'Biker Build-Off', in biker magazines, and so on. They are styled off old Ford truck tailights. A really deluxe item to put on your bike.

Rear Lowering Kits for Sportsters

These are basically brackets that fit onto the end of your swingarm and onto your existing bottom shock mount. They move the bottom mount of your shock back a certain distance, which thereby lowers your bike. They have the advantages of:
(i) you keep your existing rear shocks
(ii) which means you preserve your riding comfort (shorter heavy duty shocks are a harder ride)
(ii) they are cheaper than buying another set of shorter shocks
Above are just a couple of the kits that are available.

Bates style solo seats

Bates seats were used in the old days on choppers and racers. This is a Bates styled replica seat. It is 12"L x 9"W.

Lowering your Harley ("Slamming")

You can lower the rear by either:

(i) putting shorter shocks on. (The lowest rear shock you can put on a Sportster is 10 inches. I recommend 11 inches, it's plenty low enough).
The bike pictured had 13 1/2 inch shocks as stock, it now has 11 inch chrome covered heavy duty shocks.
You can also put on struts (thereby hardtailing it).
(ii) put a rear lowering kit on. This is way cheaper than buying shorter shocks, and makes use of your existing shocks. It moves the bottom of the shock further back, thereby lowering the bike.

You can lower the front by several different kits/methods: some change the springs, some change the dampers. Some are much quicker and simpler to do, some are cheaper than others, they all do the trick.

Harley Davidson and some suspension specialists recommend lowering the front and rear by about the same amount. This is debated somewhat - even Harley themselves made some Sportsters (the 'C' models) lower at the back but kept the same length forks at the front.

After lowering, you must put on a shorter kickstand (minus 1 inch type). Otherwise your bike would stand up too straight on it's stand and could fall over.

Layback Plate and Tailight Trim

The layback numberplate (aka laydown license plate) gives a way better look than the vertical stock one. The tailight trim wraps around the whole headlight and gives a look similar to the old Harley tailights from the 50's and 60's.

Headlight and Speedo

The chrome headlight eyebrow cover makes the eyebrow look way better. The extended chrome headlight bezel gives the whole bike a different look. The chrome speedo housing makes a change from the stock black one.

Solo seats with Springs, for Harleys

There are various methods using brackets and kits to mount a solo seat with springs to your Harley. The one pictured is a bolt on version for 82-03 Sportsters.

Large Solo Seat - 'tractor style' - early Sportster

16 " Long x 13" wide. Springs mount 6 1/2" apart. Modelled off the K model Harleys, and early Sportsters.

Harley Sportster Customizing

Lowered 2 " front and rear, spring seat kit, bates style seat, chrome covered heavy duty shocks, extended headlight bezel, chrome speedo housing, layback numberplate, chrome tailight trim...