2018+ Springer front end?
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2018+ Springer front end?
Does anyone make a springer for a new softball yet? I am guessing because of a new frame and ABS it would be different.
Last edited by Sixgunjr; Jun 16, 2021 at 08:14 PM.
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The ones I have been looking at only go up to 2017. I'm sure you can probably have one made special but your looking at big dollars. I always thought my wife's Standard would look cool with a springer front end. Post up if you find anything that would fit..... Good luck on your search.
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I have a 2020 Heritage project bike. Salvage from a front end wreck. I really wanted to put a springer front on it but I talked with a custom fork builder and he advised against it. He asked if I was building it to ride or building it to look at. Said I would never get close to the handling/suspension/braking of the Heritage OM forks. I bought the OM forks for around $900. Good luck to you.
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This is an old thread, but Siouxicide Choppers makes a springer assembly that uses the stock triple trees, so it'll work on a 2018+ bike. From reading about it, it will shorten your trail, so you may have to adjust the rear shocks to compensate to get back to stock geometry.
https://www.siouxicidechoppers.com/store
https://www.siouxicidechoppers.com/store
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This is an old thread, but Siouxicide Choppers makes a springer assembly that uses the stock triple trees, so it'll work on a 2018+ bike. From reading about it, it will shorten your trail, so you may have to adjust the rear shocks to compensate to get back to stock geometry.
https://www.siouxicidechoppers.com/store
https://www.siouxicidechoppers.com/store
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One of the Harley dealers did it in one of the dealer build challengers found this on the painters site . https://qmpp.com.au/springer-m8-flsl-softail-slim/
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Also- avoid the DNA / TC Bros springers, I have found a few people who had them snap at welds after relatively short mileage. They are made in China and Taiwan and the quality control doesn't seem to be there, which explains the price.
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I have been trying to read all over, but have not come up with very much good info at all for running springers on modern bikes. I think I first came across Souixicide on the Chopcult forums. As far as I can tell, they are the only out of the box option right now for 2018+ softails, because when the new frame came out the steering neck was increased from 7" to 7.5". So all the springers made for older softails, like Paughco, are going to be a half inch too short.
Also- avoid the DNA / TC Bros springers, I have found a few people who had them snap at welds after relatively short mileage. They are made in China and Taiwan and the quality control doesn't seem to be there, which explains the price.
Also- avoid the DNA / TC Bros springers, I have found a few people who had them snap at welds after relatively short mileage. They are made in China and Taiwan and the quality control doesn't seem to be there, which explains the price.
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