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I put the legends on my wife's deluxe paired with 2" lowering progressive monotube cartridge shocks in the forks. Never had a leak in the air ride, handlebar mount is just right. The rear is a little "soft" for my taste, but the bike handles great and the air shock in the back works exactly as advertised.
Thanks jtodd. Am I correct in thinking that the Legend system is designed mainly to be ridden at stockish height and then lowered for low speed manouverablity and parking?
I am leaning abit toward the Shotgun shock as you can ride it in a lowered position by firming up the rebound so you still have lots of air pressure in the shock....
You can ride it quite low. My wife rides it dropped down pretty low. It has separate rebound control, so it will keep it from hitting the stop, unless you go all the way down and weigh more than it can handle. I think you can ride it at any height the geometry of your bike will allow (front forks, etc.). She also still has the stock kickstand. It scares me to look at it, because the bike looks upright, but as others have said, no issues at all with the bars properly turned to the left. Just makes my heart skip a beat to look at it is all.
I was lost the name of the brand and website but just found it back.... this was the one I liked, the compressor is more or less hidden in a black box.
Platinum Air Suspension
The only thing that "worries" me is that as the header on their website speaks of "Softail 2018 to 2020" and then under the photo's they say ,
Our Softail Eight Mono Shock Kit is Perfect for:
FXD Dyna Super Glide
FXDB Dyna Street Bob
FXDG Dyna Glide/Sturgis
FXDL Dyna Low Rider
etc........
All older types of Softails, not very professional if you put that incorrectly on your website.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I have done some research and received some great help from members here.
I want to be able to ride in a lowered position and after speaking to the support team at Legend have decided to go with the Shotgun shock. Most of the other systems seem to be set up to be adjusted to your weight (sweetspot) then ridden at that height with a little variance up or down. Then you have the abiilty to lower for manouevering in parking lots, etc.... But the lower you go, the softer the ride (due to less air in the system).
The Shotgun's selling feature for me is the ability to lower it a couple of inches then add more air to keep the ride firm (no bottoming out).
Cheers.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I have done some research and received some great help from members here.
I want to be able to ride in a lowered position and after speaking to the support team at Legend have decided to go with the Shotgun shock. Most of the other systems seem to be set up to be adjusted to your weight (sweetspot) then ridden at that height with a little variance up or down. Then you have the abiilty to lower for manouevering in parking lots, etc.... But the lower you go, the softer the ride (due to less air in the system).
The Shotgun's selling feature for me is the ability to lower it a couple of inches then add more air to keep the ride firm (no bottoming out).
Cheers.
Best I can tell from the literature online that "shock" is an air spring with no damping at all.
I've watched lots of demos and you can make the ride as soft or firm as you like using the Rebound switch (removing or adding air). It is the ability to add air at lowered heights that seems to be the big difference with it. If improving the ride quality regardless of ride height was main my goal I would definitely go with Legend as it looks like a great product.
I've watched lots of demos and you can make the ride as soft or firm as you like using the Rebound switch (removing or adding air). It is the ability to add air at lowered heights that seems to be the big difference with it. If improving the ride quality regardless of ride height was main my goal I would definitely go with Legend as it looks like a great product.
Changing ride height with an air system like that from Arnott does not make it significantly softer or firmer. That is controlled by the volume of trapped air forming the air spring. There is very little air pressure change required to change ride height as there is no coil spring assist, just the air. Give them a call. The system has a real shock absorber in it made by Fox. I don't own the system, just commenting based on the design.
If I put it on my bike this winter it will probably also be the Arnott because it is readily available in Europe, everything else I have to import and I hate paying for imports and high shipping costs.
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