Hello all riders. Anyone here has lowered their road king front end? Any pros and cons? Regrets?


Im planning on lowering my front end too to get more more flat footed. I have already using a pair of 12" rear shock and lowered seat. They help but I want more.


Thanks for sharing

 

slightly reduced lean angle.
depending on the parts you use a little harsher ride.

No biggie, plenty of riders lower the front end.

if you look around, you'll spot bikes with lowered front ends- in the pic, the bike on the left is lowered1", the bike on the right is stock. See where the bottom edge on the fork covers sit compared to the fender? ( mine's the stock one- I like more suspension travel)



mike

 

FWIW I would not lower the front without also lowering the back.

You can lower the back without any adverse handling conditions, but not the front.

 

he's already gone to 12's.

but yes OP, you can't swap back to 13's if you lower the front.

the rake and trail would be off.

mike

 

Saw that, should have been more specific in my post.

You are absolutely correct.

 

Lowered mine in front w/ kit from Burly Bros. yrs. ago also went w/ HD low profile shocks in rear. never an issue, very satisfied.

 

I bought the Progressive Drop In Kit. You can go anywhere from 1-2inches. I went 1 1/4 inch and added heavy fork oil. Looking back, I would have gone with a blend of half standard and half heavyweight oil, but I wanted to never have a bottoming out problem. I am very pleased with the fork drop in conjunction with the one inch drop in the rear.

 

PO of my 09 RK lowered front and back 1". I am 6'4" but don't mind the height except when putting the kickstand down, I have to lean bike to the right sometimes more than others depending on the angle on the parking spot. If anybody has a fix for this i'm listening.

 

I lowered the front of my RK with Burly drop in springs. It was okay, it clanked a lot and going over rough terrain made things interesting...

 

I went with the HD Profile Lows and a seat mod when I got my RK. The shocks dropped front and rear 1" from stock. Happy with the ride as I ride mostly solo. I'm flat footed now, but with stock shocks I'm tippy toed.

You have to remember, since you now have the rear lowered, lowering the front 1" will net you about another 1/4" maybe 1/2".