I have the progressive drop in kit sitting in the garage and thinking if I want the full 2 inch drop or just the one?

So... If you have lowered your bike, a picture or two and how you did it, IE: shocks or those bolt on brackets for the rear, kit you used for the forks?

As always thanks.

 

I'm tuning in for responses too. Wondering how much to lower mine. Is swapping shocks or brackets the best way to go?

 

Here's my wife's lowered blue Ultra next to my red Ultra. We lowered it one inch by installing a Harley Davidson lowering spring kit in the front and putting 12" progressive shocks on the rear.

 

Remember, its fully adjustable from zero to two inches. Your not limited to 1 or 2 inches of front drop. For example, I cut my spacer to 3/4 inch and now have (what I consider a perfect) 1 1/4 inch drop. I was a bit worried about whacking my fender, so I also switched to heavy fork oil as well. I NOW don't think I needed heavy oil for the 1 1/4 inch drop and would have been better off with a mixture of 50/50 stock oil, heavy oil mix. I would only switch to heavy oil if you do a full two inch drop. Either way, I think a full two inch drop is too much as the likelihood of hitting the fender goes up exponentially, the lower you go. 1.5 drop would be my max, coupled with no more than a 1 inch lowering blocks in the rear. Stock air shocks are 12 3/4 inches. 1 inch blocks would be the most I would drop air shocks. Swapping to 12 inch Street Glide air shocks would give you 3/4 inches of rear drop, and Bitchen Baggers would set your stock air shocks to at ANY length you want. Upgrading to a better shock will give you a much better ride, but if your like me, and LOWERING THE BIKE, a premier suspension with a Cadillac ride just isn't in the cards. Without spending a small fortune, anyways.


You can get a pretty decent setup with 12 inch rear shocks, for a reasonable price. But much more than that and you just run out of travel.

 

Just an update I went with an Inch drop front and back, and heavy oil in the fork. I really like the way it rides. I'm 240 and scrapped the kick stand a few times going into the drive way, catching that little side walk edge. I wouldn't drop it any more then what I have.

 

What, no pictures?