New Pictures
#31
03-28-2008 | 12:14 AM
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RE: New Pictures
Regarding the wobble you're referring to, it's the nature of the 21" stock HD Dunlop. If you go with a 90/90 21" tire you should drastically see the wobble disappear. I swapped out my front tire for the 90/90 along with some custom wheels and the stock rakeand the wobble is gone.
ORIGINAL: capttawes
Looks killer. Planning on some raked trees myself (wideglide for me though) so I'm assumming you kept the stock length tubes so now with the rake your bike should be about 2.5" lower in the front than it was. You said you felt the handling was the same so I guess you get no wobble at all at 50 mph on up even with the 5 deg. and what I imagine works out to 2" or less of trail? Hard to believe the steering would not feel heavy on the turns.
I'm torn between 3-5 deg. since I dont want any unpredictable cornering or wobble.
Looks killer. Planning on some raked trees myself (wideglide for me though) so I'm assumming you kept the stock length tubes so now with the rake your bike should be about 2.5" lower in the front than it was. You said you felt the handling was the same so I guess you get no wobble at all at 50 mph on up even with the 5 deg. and what I imagine works out to 2" or less of trail? Hard to believe the steering would not feel heavy on the turns.
I'm torn between 3-5 deg. since I dont want any unpredictable cornering or wobble.
#33
03-28-2008 | 08:59 AM
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