FXDC vs FXDL trees
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FXDC vs FXDL trees
I'm waiting for a few parts before I can finish my motor, so I spent the weekend swapping trees on my '09 Super Glide Custom. I picked up a set of '15 Low Rider trees off a forum member here. My intention was to move the front wheel out a small amount, and also lower the front end slightly. Knowing the FXDL trees have 1.5 deg of rake in them, I figured this would be perfect, and shouldn't have too big of an impact on the handling. I'm running 2" over stock tubes.
What I wasn't expecting was that the FXDL trees have the top fork mount further back, closer to the tank.
FXDL trees on bottom, FXDC trees on top
FXDL top tree sitting on top of FXDC top tree. Stem and riser mount holes are lined up, you can see the difference where the fork tubes mount.
Bottom trees, FXDL bottom, FXDC top.
After mounting them up, and based on my rather imprecise measurements, the wheelbase didn't change at all. I didn't think to measure the front of the frame to ground measurement before the swap, but I'd guess its slightly lower now.
Knowing all that...I probably wouldn't have bothered. Oh well. It was a pretty easy job, the worst part was fishing the wiring out from under the neck to disconnect the wiring to the bars, and I had to go buy a 1 1/2" socket.
What I wasn't expecting was that the FXDL trees have the top fork mount further back, closer to the tank.
FXDL trees on bottom, FXDC trees on top
FXDL top tree sitting on top of FXDC top tree. Stem and riser mount holes are lined up, you can see the difference where the fork tubes mount.
Bottom trees, FXDL bottom, FXDC top.
After mounting them up, and based on my rather imprecise measurements, the wheelbase didn't change at all. I didn't think to measure the front of the frame to ground measurement before the swap, but I'd guess its slightly lower now.
Knowing all that...I probably wouldn't have bothered. Oh well. It was a pretty easy job, the worst part was fishing the wiring out from under the neck to disconnect the wiring to the bars, and I had to go buy a 1 1/2" socket.
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