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Indeed!

 

FlaHeritage,

Thanks for sharing your experiences w/ us as well. I always change the suspension on my bikes. Be it, crotch rockets, motocross bikes, or the Harleys. All three are for different reasons. The Rockets and the Dirt Bikes are for function. The Harley is strictly for the looks. Although I have yet to have a problem w/ any of the Harleys, I still appreciate and retainall of the experiences you all have to offer. I do ridemybikes hard...very hard. Right now my Springer has 1,700 miles on it, and I would venture to say that a 1/4 of them were spent sideways and/orcounter steering!

Thanks again for all the info guys!

 

DaveJ.. I like the stance you got there... did you use the burnout cycle lowering kit? And do you ever ride 2 up like that? any issues?

 

My concern is that I am 230 lbs. (All muscle of course). Only ride 2 up about 5% of the time and never for very long.

 

I used the progressive suspension lowering kits for both the front and back. They were about $100 each. But unlike the Burnout kit, the kit for the back entailed taking the shocks apart. It was really pretty easy IMO.

As far as 2-up riding goes, the short answer is no.

The long answer is that I purchased a second bike for the wife to ride, so I now have full artistic license over my bike. I lowered it, put on a solo seat, took off the passenger pegs, and welded the 2-up seat hole shut. So now she couldn't ride on the back if she wanted to.[sm=shades.gif]

 

I wasn't sure if I was going to like the ride after I lowered mine. That is why I bought a cheap kit. I figured if I didn't like it, I wouldn't be out that much money. You may want to try the burnout kit; if you don't have to dismantle the shocks to put them on, the backout plan would be easy, too.

If it turns out you don't think the ride is that terrible after all and want to keep it lowered, you always have the option to spend the big bucks on progressive shocks or air-ride or something to improve the ride.

Just an idea.

 

If You use the burnout kit, as I did, get a "15/16 offset box end wrench, and grind a notch out of it big enough to get the wrench past the shock stud, this makes a great adjustment tool

 

Thanks for the heads up Mayfair. I have been debating on lowering mine as well. Will definately take your experiences into consideration. Sorry to hear about your buddy!

Very nice scoot by the way....

2004 Fatboy
Lava Red
V&H Sideshots

 

hdfatboy, nice bike. go low, it'll look even nicer! BTW, the sideshots look good. dont see too many of those pipes for some reason. I went with 422s and White Bros up front. The ride is fine.

 

I also went with the lowest setting. Its now lost some paint off of the frame because of speedbumps...