This leaves questions. Just from a visual inspection of the pics I'm left with the impression that the mounting tab could be cut off the earlier frame, two mounting holes could be drilled and the newer master cylinder could be mounted on the older frame. I'd want to have the newer cylinder in hand to even begin to sort it out though. Would love to have that cylinder in hand with a bent sacrificial earlier frame to cut the tab off. But that's not likely to happen.
I'd be terribly disinclined to just mount everything on the older bike and use the earlier master cylinder. Volumes and pressures, even if only minimally, would be different. Harley itself had enough problems early on getting the programming for the ABS system ironed out I'd not want to introduce variables the system was never told how to handle.
So, bother, it was a fun idea to bounce around for a few days. Sometime may score a cheap 2008 master cylinder and pedal assembly to could make sure of fitment and mounting on an older frame. But, at least for now, it's a no-go after all.
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Topic: older bike ABS conversion -- am I missing anything? (Read 4069 times)