softail rear shocks
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I recently modified a brothers Deluxe. He complained that his Deluxe sat to low for the environment we ride in and want his bike raised if possible. I've never been asked to raise a bike before! As an experiment, I removed his Deluxe shocks and compared them to a spare set of Fatboy shocks. The Shocks in the attached photo marked (Rod) are off the Deluxe.
The Fatboy shocks measured 3/8th of an inch shorted. Due to the fact that the swingarm moves in an arc, the 3/8th shorter Fatboy shocks, once mounted, raised the bike an additional 1 inch from ground to frame. I was concerned that these Fatboy shocks would have a different spring rate and possible cause the bike to handle improperly but after a few test rides and tweaking the pre-load to 60% the bike rode and handled perfectly and the owner now has the ground clearance needed.
The deluxe was a 2008 and the Fatboy shocks were stock 2003.
The Fatboy shocks measured 3/8th of an inch shorted. Due to the fact that the swingarm moves in an arc, the 3/8th shorter Fatboy shocks, once mounted, raised the bike an additional 1 inch from ground to frame. I was concerned that these Fatboy shocks would have a different spring rate and possible cause the bike to handle improperly but after a few test rides and tweaking the pre-load to 60% the bike rode and handled perfectly and the owner now has the ground clearance needed.
The deluxe was a 2008 and the Fatboy shocks were stock 2003.
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