18" rear wheel and lowering
#21
06-02-2013, 05:38 PM
That is correct but the small increase in height the OP is talking about should not be noticeable when he's sitting on the bike if equipped with aftermarket shocks. If he's running stock HD air shocks, more then likely their not budging from their eye to eye length and he may feel the difference which if I'm reading the tread correctly, he is.........Plus there's no pre-load adjustment on HD stock air shocks.....Their Junk!!!!
#22
06-02-2013, 05:41 PM
I think you mean go down, not up????? Pre-Load gives you sag which I believe should be set at 1/3 of the total stroke of the shock your using....I guess you could set the pre-load high so the shocks don't give at all but they would not perform properly and the ride would suffer greatly. I guess we are both partly right in this conversation.
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06-02-2013, 05:43 PM
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06-02-2013, 07:34 PM
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I think you mean go down, not up????? Pre-Load gives you sag which I believe should be set at 1/3 of the total stroke of the shock your using....I guess you could set the pre-load high so the shocks don't give at all but they would not perform properly and the ride would suffer greatly. I guess we are both partly right in this conversation.
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06-03-2013, 08:45 AM
#26
06-03-2013, 09:47 AM
No need to lower the rear with an 18" wheel. Personally I see no need to be flat footed on any bike as I am not holding up the 950 lbs with my legs, it is balanced. Lowering with an 18" wheel on teh rear is not necessary in my opinion. My RG has 13" shocks and an 18" wheel and I can still practically falt foot it. I want ground clearance, not flat footedness. But then again, I am different than most people.
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