I went with a set of V-Twin 10.5's back in 08 and had no problem. They are on my sig bike.

 

I was thinking about lowering the shocks but I'm 215lbs and I ride 2up a lot. I was also wondering If you would be able to separate the stock HD shocks and cut 1" off the coil and reassemble? Any thoughts on that?

 

I am SERIOUSLY considering the lowering blocks...as the price is definately right. I just don't know a lot about them. It seems as though they would change the shock angle of the stock shocks. This may not be an issue at all......just don't know. Anyone got any thoughts?

 

A shorter shock has less travel. Lowering the longer shock does not eliminate all of the travel. It changes it a little due to the geometry change though. I bottomed out a couple of times 2 up. Once was because i forgot to change the preload when I first lowered it. I left it on 3 instead of moving it to 5. 3 is the setting for solo average size guy. I'm 275lbs. And my rider was North of 150 plus had some gear. I shredded the taillight wires. Once I set it to 5, I only bottomed out once. It was loaded the same and hitting a bad bump in a turn. The left shock was loaded on the turn. I rerouted my wires to the side of the tire instead of over the top also. Never had problems with them again. The reason I took the blocks off is because I am embracing the handling of the FXDX more now. I also ride a lot more 2 up with gear. The wide and I do some longer trips and form lost out to function. It doesn't look as good, but I can tear up the mountain roads better.

 

not anything bad. Just the possibility of bottoming out easier when loaded. If you like the ride of your stick shocks, that will remain, you just need to keep the preload on the max setting or one down when you ride solo. Check out Tamarack machine works. That is where I got mine from. There are specs listed for the different models and some faq's.

 

Payment sent....thanks all for your help. I will post some pics when I get them mounted up.

 

Here's what a set of lowering blocks looks like mounted up. Mine were just the 1" Tamarack blocks, but the principle is the same. They do lower the bike but as mentioned, you need to remember to add some preload to the springs to avoid bottoming out. I eventually had to switch to shorter shocks because the result of moving the bottom of the shock rear wards meant that in order to run saddlebags I had to either mover them way back or mount then away from the fender to clear the shocks. If you have throw overs, its a non issue as you can just bend out the brackets a bit, but if you have hard mounted bags, the blocks might be a bit of an issue.

 

I bought a set of used FXDB 10.5 eye to eye shocks for $90 and they are perfect.

Just like these

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HARLEY-DAVID...item2a155c8980

 

I put Progressive 11" 412 i love the ride, it's bit stiffer than stock but look nothing tragic, i've tried lowering block and they didn't work for me, set of 412-$200. money well spent

 

13 inch shocks with 1 3/4 lowering blocks
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