Ok so hear is my issue i have been thinking of building a bike for years but due to budget it has never happened. Well now i have a 1988 sporty 883 and i love it but it gets no attention. So hear is my question i have been thinking of doing a rigid bike for years and now i have my other half has begun to ride with me. So im trying to figure out if i wanna build a really cool chopper/bobber or should i just put struts on my bike so when she rides i can switch back to the coils? Any ideas

 

Get her a bike of her own. As soon as my wife started riding I bought solo seats for everyone of mine.

 

My wife enjoys ridding with me every chance she gets,So any changes that spoil or endanger her ride... are just not on ,i'm looking at doing a second bike... Bobber style,one of these days.

 

See i thought that to but she wants to ride with someone and she dont wanna ride alone. Thats why i thought of strutting the bike so i could change it if she wants to ride with me but i can still slam the bike for myself. IDK what to do and i dont have another like 6 or 7k to build my own "yes i cheap i make all of my stuff"

 

I make my own stuff too...like my struts.

A couple possible issue I see with swapping back and forth changing the ride height is (1) the bike will feel different when she gets on it already. Toss in a height change and that may add to your awkwardness since the bike will feel different and (2) if you make a significant ride height change your drive belt will either become very tight or rather loose possibly shortening the life of the belt (the belt is expensive and I don't see you making one of those) and (3) it's not a 2 min swap. It doesn't take a real long time but long enough for her to possibly lose interest in riding at all.

I think that I'd just leave the suspension on it or come up with a quick detach passenger spring mounted pillion pad.