Front suspension suggestions?
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On bumpy roads when the bouncing sets in my LRS will wag it's bars exiting bends. It's not terrible by any means and never threatens to get badly out of shape. But I sense that it would if the front brake was applied. Fortunately I've been riding long enough not to fall into the panic-braking trap and I ride out the wagging or trail-brake with the rear, but from my experience on other bikes my thinking was that better damping plus reduced trail form raising the rear and lowering the front would quell this tendency.
As I say though, I'm a newcomer to the chassis geometry of cruisers so I may be barking up the wrong tree. But then, the learning curve is all part of the fun.
Last edited by Gimlet; Aug 27, 2023 at 05:14 AM.
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Cant go wrong with GP. Get them set up for your weight and riding style and theyll be incredible, especially compared to stock. Stock Harley springs as soft as hell.
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
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Cant go wrong with GP. Get them set up for your weight and riding style and theyll be incredible, especially compared to stock. Stock Harley springs as soft as hell.
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
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Cant go wrong with GP. Get them set up for your weight and riding style and theyll be incredible, especially compared to stock. Stock Harley springs as soft as hell.
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
Ohlins also makes a great product. They will likely be more comfortable than GP since the GP cartridges were designed for actual track racing while everything else is for a cruiser riding.
avoid legends like the plague . Absolutely horrible feel suspension and they also dont back up their products, which Ive come to learn recently through my friends who have had their stuff break
The preload adjustor is at the BACK of the bike... not the front. So you cant really adjust it very well without pulling off the seat support bracket across the top.
Which is... "But... why?"
It's a very weird design choice that makes adjusting preload if you're about to take a passenger a pain in the *** to work with.
Luckily they have a pin spanner adjustment ring which is way better than the FOX Monoshock.
Wilbers Road640 has the preload ring with the jam ring at the front end of the shock.
But of al the shocks I think Screamin Eagle's Monoshock is the only one that has Preload, Rebound AND Compression adjustment all in one shock and easily accessible.
Because I have to replace my FOX shock due to the lack of ease of adjustability, I'm going to swap to a Screamin Eagle Monoshock for my bike.
It also looks like the SE shock might have a small amount of height adjustment too looking at it's design.
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If you wanna pay the SE tax, go for it. Ohlins cartridges are fine without the tacked on Harley branding
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While I dont entirely share the opinion of Legends here, I will point out that Legend made a REALLY REALLY odd if not kind of dumb choice with their rear shock for the m8 softails.
The preload adjustor is at the BACK of the bike... not the front. So you cant really adjust it very well without pulling off the seat support bracket across the top.
Which is... "But... why?"
It's a very weird design choice that makes adjusting preload if you're about to take a passenger a pain in the *** to work with.
Luckily they have a pin spanner adjustment ring which is way better than the FOX Monoshock.
Wilbers Road640 has the preload ring with the jam ring at the front end of the shock.
But of al the shocks I think Screamin Eagle's Monoshock is the only one that has Preload, Rebound AND Compression adjustment all in one shock and easily accessible.
Because I have to replace my FOX shock due to the lack of ease of adjustability, I'm going to swap to a Screamin Eagle Monoshock for my bike.
It also looks like the SE shock might have a small amount of height adjustment too looking at it's design.
The preload adjustor is at the BACK of the bike... not the front. So you cant really adjust it very well without pulling off the seat support bracket across the top.
Which is... "But... why?"
It's a very weird design choice that makes adjusting preload if you're about to take a passenger a pain in the *** to work with.
Luckily they have a pin spanner adjustment ring which is way better than the FOX Monoshock.
Wilbers Road640 has the preload ring with the jam ring at the front end of the shock.
But of al the shocks I think Screamin Eagle's Monoshock is the only one that has Preload, Rebound AND Compression adjustment all in one shock and easily accessible.
Because I have to replace my FOX shock due to the lack of ease of adjustability, I'm going to swap to a Screamin Eagle Monoshock for my bike.
It also looks like the SE shock might have a small amount of height adjustment too looking at it's design.
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