For those of you that have done this (or lowered any bike), how much did it cost you in parts? labor if you paid someone? And how much different does it ride? I was thinking of lowering my heritage, but wanted to know what others thought and the approximate cost.. thanks in advance

 

if you do it yourself you can do it for about $170 easiley white bros front and ness rear is what i got

 

I had a local shop do mine when I had the front chromed, it was about 1 1/2" or 2" I think. Labor was free since it was already being worked on. I put some (manually) adjustable shocks on which I'm glad I did. My signature shows it at its low... I've since raised it about 1/2" and have a MUCH nicer ride now.

 

i raisedmyrear up to where it is now in the pic it was harsh when i slammed. i rides ten times better the white kit makes it feel like its on rails in the corners

 

How hard is it to do yourself? I'm pretty good with cars and dirt bikes, but have never worked on a street bike... I don't think it will be to difficult as long as I don't need any special tools.

 

you need a press for the rear shock other than that everything pretty explanitory I didnt do my front because i was home on leave and just wanted to get it done because sometimes i have a problem with making stuff alot harder that it is so i took it to a little shop up the road from my house and got it the next day. The mech said the front easier than the rear just takes longer to do make sure you got a torq wrench and a manual for you bike. And it looks like you want to becareful when unscrewwing the top of the forks. and make sure the front is lifted

 

May be a stupid question, but, here goes anyway. I test rode a heritge that was lowered. I definitely liked it. But, wouldn't it be much more likely to drag something in corners?

 

I'm actually thinking about taking my lowering kit off. I drag all kinds of stuff. My last trip through the mountains, I was draging pipes and engine guards. The pipes didn't bother me that much, but the engine guards are alot stiffer. Catch a chunk of asphault with one of those and you will definately get an upclose view of thepavement. Then again, maybe I should just slow down.[sm=lildevil.gif]

What really bothers me is thatI touched down the rear corner of my primary case. Not to mention my jiffy stand is almostworn down.

 

How much is yours lowered? I didn't think it would be that much of a problem. Then again I don't drive to crazy when im in the mountains so I might not have as big of a problem.

 

It's only been lowered an inch in the rear. I think my real problem is with the shock pre load. I'm breaking out the service manual and the spanner wrenchin the next week or so. When 2 up, I have problems bottoming out over hard bumps. Tire pressure is good, so it must be the shocks. If adjusting the shocks doesn't work I'll be pulling the lowering kit.