Well it's been a while since I posted anything on my VN800 , so here is where I am at. I didn't really want to cut and paste all the wiring if I didn't have to. So I removed all the wiring along the back bone up to the handlebar controls and also from under the seat from their mounts and laid it out and unraveled all the tape. I then started separating some of the wiring to reroute it. I figured out that I could relocate the Junction (fuse) box and flasher unit to the tool box compartment after cutting an opening in the tool box.I then ran the wires over the coil into the fuse box and now can reinstall all the original wiring back into the left side cover. I then ran the rest of the wiring over to the right side cover and installed the Igniter box in the right side cover and a small loop of wiring will sit under the new seat.
I have removed the rear fender and fender struts and have made a rigid bar to replace the shock which also lowers the ass end by 3.5'', I welded some sissy bar mounts on the rear of the swing arm and used this after market sissy bar I had laying around and mounted the fender I got for Christmas. I also cut down all the old fuse & igniter box tabs and removed the fender tab from the battery box + the seat support so that I could use either of my seats. One is a HD Badlander Softail seat I bought on Craigslist or my Mustang brand Universal Cobra seat for rigid frames that I ran on my Triumph.
My idea is that I can run the Badlander seat locally, change over to the Cobra in about 5 minutes when we go into the city 42 miles away with the kids or reinstall the stock rear fender / fender struts, shock, seat and gas tank in a bout 30-40 minutes for longer trips. Any ways here are some pics.
1st pic Xmas Gift
Rigid Strut in place
Rigid Strut design
With HD BL seat
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by FRISCO67 on 10 Oct 2009, 00:21 
