Who let you in here? Some folks like a little shimmy.

 

I'm with you, some decent shocks makes a huge difference

Unfortunately us Dyna riders wouldn't have to experience nearly as much shimmy if we didnt have to spend so much of our time zig-zagging around those Softails riding like their driving Miss Daisy



lol

 

LOL yeah! Teach them Softail owners not to hijack Dyna threads to talk about their bikes!!

 

Funny you should mention that. The last time I was out riding most of us Softail riders were having to go around the Dyna riders. Especially in the curves. You know, because of that rear shimmy problem. My most recent bike before my current Softail was a Dyna so I do have a clue as to the capabilities of a Dyna. Mine also had the rear shimmy issue because of the rubber mounted drivetrain. I don't have a problem with the Dyna family I just prefer a Softail.

 

I remember your Dyna, I thought is was pretty bas ***. I guess you just got tired of having to fab your own stuff for your Dyna, so you went to a softail so you could just buy a bunch of bolt on stuff, lol.

 

Ok...here is a question...why would you need a true track if you bought a 2012 with the "new and improved" frame that was suppose to take all the wobble out of the thing?...Just a silly observation. I have an 08, installed the bagger brace because the frame NEEDED it...and have never had a wobble, installs was 30 min by myself on the side stand...hummm.

 

Ahhh, one of my favorite topics about my beloved raised and non stock suspended Dyna series HD.
I positively love tight and twisty roads !


My Fat Bob has no True Track, and it will handle/perform on tight, curvy roads in a most un-Harley like fashion.

Notice I wrote, tight twisty roads. My beast literally becomes "un-hinged" if I lean her over and attempt to rail on high speed sweeping curves. My beast, at speeds above about 50 mph becomes a handful if I try to bend it over on those sweepers, particularly if there are any imperfections in the road surface. The back end begins to wander, oscillating to and fro, the frame begins to flex uncomfortably and the forks up front (I've Superbraced them) begin to do their own thing as well.
The enormous twisting, turning forces generated by my way portly Harley I think begin to possibly overwhelm the capabilities of the frame-suspension-tire interface which come on for my bike as I said at attempted speeds over about 50mph. A true-track might help the back end stay better aligned at those higher speeds, but it would do nothing to alleviate the huge forces on the frame and suspension.

To re-iterate, my beast is fabulous with no True-Track in any twisties at less than 50mph.

 

You hit the nail on the head with this topic. The bike does handle great at low speeds in tight corners. However, with my daily ride to work I hit a lot of long sweeping high speed corners and this is where I think the True-Track will be noticed. If my daily ride consisted of nothing but tight twisties like those on the dragon then I would have nothing to complain about. So when I get around to ordering this and installing i, I'll get to find out how much it really does help.

 

Love the picture of the hard left! What did you do to raise the bike besides the rear shocks? Did you leave the front fork alone?

 

Road King 12 1/2 inch shocks, progressive springs up front with slightly heavier racing oil in the forks, triple trees raised to flush at the top of fork tubes.