SGS suspension
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Michigan
Howard -
Thank you for posting this info. I've told several people on here NOT to slide the tubes up in the trees because of interference issues & had the guy recommend doing this tell me I was full of $hit. Some people are just too dense to understand without drawing them a picture!
Thank you for posting this info. I've told several people on here NOT to slide the tubes up in the trees because of interference issues & had the guy recommend doing this tell me I was full of $hit. Some people are just too dense to understand without drawing them a picture!
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 187
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From: Charleston, SC
Try a Danny Gray Seat.. They will put you down about an inch into the bike, they also help if you don't have a long inseam. Just a suggestion before you dump a ton of money into suspension.
Not that replacing the HD shocks is a "bad" idea. (Yanking them shitty shocks was one of the first things I did)! lol!
Not that replacing the HD shocks is a "bad" idea. (Yanking them shitty shocks was one of the first things I did)! lol!
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Davie, FL
2009~2014 forks
Thanks for all the info on the trees! I don't think I'll be going that route. Txcobra, do you bottom out? I had sent burley an email asking about their shocks. Their reply was the street glide has 11 1/2" shock and I'd be lowering it to 10" and I'd bottom out and rub the tire.
http://76.162.23.159/images/Swing%20...20x%20449).jpg
http://76.162.23.159/images/Swing%20...20x%20449).jpg
Doesn't anyone measure anything anymore? I love these chat sites and those in the business who do not know what they are talking about. Go to Harbor freight and buy a caliper and measure the thing yourself!
GlidingJoe is 100% correct. In place of betting your money would not be a smart thing, betting your X-wife would be a good thing as you would loose her. My business is suspension and there is no place for the poor performing suspension many are buying. If you ever know how to ride a bike than ride good suspension, you would than never ride anything without great suspension.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 380
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From: New Mexico
The dealer and other travels through the internet have all stated that too low of a suspension can lead to the tire making contact with the wire harness. Too much of this and the harness is toast. Granted, none of them stated years this risk existed on.
And as far as suspension goes, bottoming out to me is reaching the mechanical travel limits of the suspension parts. Not the tire or parts rubbing the body work. My experience with racing off-road cars tells me that if you're bottoming out shocks or arms consistently, you're not properly set up. For you motorcycle experts, it's as bad a thing on bikes too, right?
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Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 222
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From: Erie
I love how those that have not done...talk about how it is. I put air on the rear and the tire did not rub. Dropped all the way down. Lowered the front by sliding the forks up in the trees...didn't hit or damage anything...installed 2 inch lowering springs in forks....1000 miles later, handles great, no contact. Not even close.
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Road Captain
Joined: May 2010
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From: WV
Fast harley, if you read my first post, I did measure it for myself. Although I didn't use a caliper, I used exactly what was in your pics you posted, a tape measure. I was asking advice to make sure there wasn't something weird I had to measure to get the 11 1/2" that the dealers and burley had stated to me. But thanks for your input.
Now I know that I can use a lower seat or shocks or a combination of the two it get where I want to be.
Custom96, which seat did you go with to get lower?
Now I know that I can use a lower seat or shocks or a combination of the two it get where I want to be.
Custom96, which seat did you go with to get lower?