Dyna Wide Glide Rake
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RE: Dyna Wide Glide Rake
Depends on how well you want it to handle.
Mine has a +5 deg raked triple. The slow speed (parkinglot speed) handling sucks. And if it has any high speed wobble now, it will likely be tripled if you rake the triple tree without addressing the trail by some other means.
Mine has a +5 deg raked triple. The slow speed (parkinglot speed) handling sucks. And if it has any high speed wobble now, it will likely be tripled if you rake the triple tree without addressing the trail by some other means.
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RE: Dyna Wide Glide Rake
I have a Dyna Super Glide year 1998 with a Wide Glide Triple Tree +5º Degree Rake. My HDin high speed (more 140km/h) wooble very much !I try change front whell to 19" for 21" and the result was very bad. I don´t know how I solve this. Some body can help me ?
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RE: Dyna Wide Glide Rake
biff - if you don't know what you are doing, I'd stay away from getting too radical. There are a lot of physics involved and as the post from andreguina indicates, you can really **** your ride.
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Thats what seems to be the answers that i am getting from everyone, thrillseeker! I think that i will stick with what i have for now so i will be able to at least ride! Hey would anyone happen to know a good site to get extended cable and lines for putting 18" apes on my bike?
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RE: Dyna Wide Glide Rake
go on eBaymotors and do a search for raked bearing cups. Get the set for Dyna's. Raked bearing cups with raked trees will give you back your trail, and make it easier to handle
If I would have used just my 3 degree raked forks on my superglide my trail would have been around 1.7 inches.....with the raked bearing cups it will be at 3.5 inches....MUCH better!
Joe
If I would have used just my 3 degree raked forks on my superglide my trail would have been around 1.7 inches.....with the raked bearing cups it will be at 3.5 inches....MUCH better!
Joe
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Thanks for the heads up traveler! Just trying to figure out everything that I want to do to my bike before I get home from Iraq!
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I have a set of 5 degree triple trees on my 97 wide glide and ALSO have it lowered 2 inches in the rear, this seems to level the bike out and I have 0 wobble, even at 100 plus. I also have a buddy who has a 2003 softtail who just put a set of 5 degree trees on his and he has a terrible wobble, but he doesnt have the *** end lowered yet. He is doing that as we speak. The 5 degrees will drop your front about an inch and a half, you need to drop the rear to compensate for it.
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RE: Dyna Wide Glide Rake
lowering the rear end has the affect of effecting the rake.....it "adds" rake to the frame, making it more stable with the raked trees. Raked bearing cups are just one way to keep from chopping on your frame. If you ever have your bike completely dissambled, it would be the best time imaginable to have the neck tube raked, so that the entire frame can be powdercoated, IMHO...
PERSONALLY, If I ever have Susie all the way down, I will rake the neck to 40 degrees, and clip off the rear fender bracket "horns".....but I doubt I'll ever have her completely torn down, so this is my compromise...
Joe
PERSONALLY, If I ever have Susie all the way down, I will rake the neck to 40 degrees, and clip off the rear fender bracket "horns".....but I doubt I'll ever have her completely torn down, so this is my compromise...
Joe