Bought them lowering bolts off ebay middle of winter and just now got around to putting them in. Quite a challenge considering I don't have a press and don't have a bench vice. Ingenuity wins the day though.

Don't forget to hole-saw a hole through the 2x4s so the shock eyelet has somewhere to sit and not bind when you hit it with the jack.



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The bike sits and rides incredible! (man, did that Heritage sit high!) Set it up as low as it would go. Bike has lower center of gravity that's really noticible. Best mod yet. (at least it will hold me until a set of Shotgun shocks come along)


And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0INoPeN4Mk

Went out for about a half hour over all types of roads and the ride was great.

Side note: Jack doesn't slide under the bike now, lol.

 

Just roll the bike up on a 2x6. Jack problem solved.

 

Did you buy them from a seller on ebay? If so, who?

Been looking to do the same thing.

 

I agree! Bought the cheapest kit I could find on eBay and couldn't be happier with it. Funny thing is, my buddy bought one of the $100 "kits" and got the same exact bolts and photocopied instruction sheet I got for $18!

 

Another one here for the cheep 16 buck ones. Its only stupidity of the masses that allows the MC to charge over a 100 for those two lowering bolts.

 

Nice, I bought the ones off ebay also... great quality and love the look and feel of the stiff ride. They will also hold my over till I can buy the Shotgun Shocks aswell.. I used a drill press to take mine apart, couldnt be happier.

 

Nice job Benway! I originally ordered those too and they were great quality and the same everyone pays big money for. Great idea on the press.

 

I rode mine around lowered for a few years. On a whim I put it back to stock, took it for a ride and realized I made a mistake lowering it.

 

Cool. How's the ride quality compare?

 

I can't notice a difference really. Same shock, not compressed, just lowered. The only realistic thing you could notice would be bottoming out sooner, but haven't noticed that yet.

So, I'm going to argue against the ride being stiffer. Same shock and it's not compressed, so I don't know where that comes from. Sure it will bottom out sooner, that's a given, but my god that thing was sitting high, so there's plenty of room to play.
Just search ebay for harley softail lowering bolts. They'll be under $20.