Just got back from a Harley open house and another rider and I were talking about the Electra Glide being a little top heavy and he said that he put on the Street Glide air shocks and front springs on his and it made a world of difference. Has anyone done this to their bike?

 

Front springs are the same on Street Glide and Electra glide, it's the rear shocks that are lower. At 5'7" my '10 Ultra Classic was a little high for me, I did the street Glide rear shocks, had Mean City Cycles lower/rework my seat, and replaced the stock floorboards with street glide pegs (so I could back the bike up without the backs of my legs hitting the boards). Made a world of difference. Most people will tell you the stock air shocks are junk, maybe they're right but as long as I keep the air adjusted correctly for load/passenger they've been fine for me.

 

Has the ride of the Ultra been degraded b/c of the use of SG shocks? I have a 2010 also and have been thinking about changing out shocks, but with 1 inch less travel, I am worried about the ride not being as good.

Cale

 

the ride is more---"jarring" might be the word.
SG shocks give up 30% of the travel.

I use SG shocks in town and switch back to stock shocks when touring. ( the 09 and later SG shocks are said to be better- take offs from SG riders maybe $130, new at zanottis about $225)

it's 20 minutes to swap the shocks, if that.

air pressure is really important on these and I get a reasonably comfortable SG ride in town and like the Ultra "Cadillac" ride on long trips.

- I also use a SG or solo seat in town, lower windscreen.
Touring it's Ultra seat and higher windscreen
and with tourpak and traveling gear about 130 pounds of load is probably added

lowered bikes loose lean angle and cornering ability- most riders are fine with that- but the extremes are less fun. banging framerails on speedbumps, whacking your front fender on the bottom of the triple tree, scraping jiffystand on lefts, and rear tire chewing up the rear lighting wiring can result.



mike

 

09 and up have the wire out of the fender so your safe there. Get a pump and keep air in the shocks , the new shocks are better thand older ones like every thing else. As for lean angle , it all falls into how you ride . if you lower you adjust your style. I have a set of 1" brackets $40 shipped . Its cheaper than shocks if you still question if you want to lower it. pm if interested

 

i had MeanCity Cycle narrow the nose and lower my 2008 FLHRC seat 2.5" they did a great job. i would like to find some reasnable used street glide shocks or have bitch'n baggers lower my stock shocks and maybe progressive 1"lowering springs for front forks.

 

I wanted to lower my 2010 RK so I changed the seat and added the HD Low Profile Touring Shocks. I don't notice any difference in ride quality, but I probably weigh less than most riders and I only ride solo.

 

If you want to lower it and improve the handling go with the Progressive Monotube at 1or 2 lower and a set of Progressive 940 (will lower you 1 " in the rear with stock travel) Total cost about or a little less than $1000.

The gas charged Monotubes are a lot better that the stock oil bath damping system on the front and the 940 are a lot better IMO than the HD shocks. For a littl more Id go Ohlins on the rear

 

I really don't have anything to compare them to since I only put a couple hundred miles on the bike before changing them, but at 180lb body weight running around 15lb in the shocks they've been fine for me, 40lb with the passenger. I'm sure you can buy better shocks....but not for $225.

 

Anybody know the stock shock travel of Street glide and electra glide?