Longer Shocks for 2011 Fat Bob
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I'm looking to get 14" shocks for my 2011 FXDF for ground clearance purposes, and I want to go with the best I can afford. After reading several threads, a common theme is that if you go mid-range you'll eventually be upgrading. The RacingBros Bazooka piggyback shocks are on sale right now in a few places, and are about as much as I would want to spend. By all accounts, money spent on good shocks is never regretted, so I'm willing to reach up a bit to something that good. What makes a piggyback shock so much better and more expensive than the next one down?
Basically these https://www.racingbros.com/en/products/detail/16 versus these https://www.racingbros.com/en/products/detail/17
I'm waiting to hear back from the company as to why that piggyback doesn't fit FXDF, though, and in the meantime was wondering if anyone here knows, or did a workaround. They fit all other dynas except FXDF, and I can't figure out why, as I mentioned here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...l#post17420082
The non-piggback doesn't list that exemption, so maybe it's the cannister itself that doesn't clear something?
Basically these https://www.racingbros.com/en/products/detail/16 versus these https://www.racingbros.com/en/products/detail/17
I'm waiting to hear back from the company as to why that piggyback doesn't fit FXDF, though, and in the meantime was wondering if anyone here knows, or did a workaround. They fit all other dynas except FXDF, and I can't figure out why, as I mentioned here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...l#post17420082
The non-piggback doesn't list that exemption, so maybe it's the cannister itself that doesn't clear something?
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IMO going to a 14" shock is way too much. I don't know what kind of boulders you are riding over or how much off roading you do. I went with a .6" over on my shocks and it took care of most of the scraping of parts that I had with the stockers. I could probably have gone to 1" longer, but I don't ride as aggressively as I did 50 years ago.
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