Some of them at least have a different head angle. Something to do with the 49mm forks?

 

The older frames had that as well, more rake in the wide glide....

 

I'm not positive, but I thought I saw someone here who did that at some point... Maybe bwoltz?

 

Mike, as one engineer to another, I owned an '03 FXDXT for several years, having bought it new. The one chassis mod I made that really improved that bike was a True-Track stabilizer kit. Heartily recommend it, as tightening up the handling a great deal. It prevents lateral movement of the rubber mounts, while still allowing the engine to shake in the vertical plane. It is possible to feel the improvement before getting into top gear the first time after installation! Great for weekend warriors, as well as the rest of us.....

 

I made a rear but it had polyurethane isolators... They didn't hold up and did a pretty crappy job of isolation.

 

They did increase trail a little. Only made the bike steer slower.

 

Hi grbrown.
I have always admired your FLHS it looks like a formidable piece of equipment. Thank you for the recommendation for the TrueTrack, As you have found the Dyna platform a ton of fun to play with, I found it so much fun I fell off the deep end...
A partial list of chassis mods are, new engine mounts, CCE adjustable front engine bracket (in the mail), Allan Sputhe Posi-Trac and a heim end link to replace the Harley rubber sleeved upper engine link, .312" factory offset removed from the chassis at the rear wheel (that was a lot of work), Works Performance adjustable ride height (13"-13 1/2") Pro Racer shocks and custom valved drop in cartridge kit for the forks, Speed Merchant preload adjusters, Fat Bob fork legs fitted with XR1200 Nissin calipers and master cylinder, Harley Sun Star rotors, Earls Speed Flex brake lines, GPR steering damper and billet upper triple clamp, every bearing in the chassis replaced with SKF or Timkin, and a bit of machine work to make it all fit. Next up after I recover from christmas is a new set of alloy laced wheels 18 X 5.5 with 180/55ZR18 rubber and 18 X 3.5 with 130/70ZR18 rubber
Some "in work" photos.








: Mike

 

This is way cool. Going to good alloy laced wheels are hard to beat for rigidity and weight unless you go to the fancy forged mags or the CF ones..

I use 2.50x19 front with bridgestone T30 110/80x19 and a 5.00x18 rear with Bridgestone 180/55x18 G850 rear tire.. 2000 FXDX..

If you want we can run down Palomar South Grade or Banner.. If your motor is built we can run up them..

 

I've dived in recently as well, with my ole 1990 Glide! After an early round of handling improvements with an '07 swingarm, True-Track kit and Ohlins shocks, I now have a Deuce rear wheel and Brembo brake. Up front I'm working on a CCE triple tree forks kit and Ohlins cartridges with 18" SG front wheel and Brembos. Difficult to avoid becoming an obsessive.......

 

Hi Bwoltz,
Sorry I took so long to get back to you, I pretty much have been living at work for the last 4 days.
Palomar sounds like a hoot, late December to early January I should be up and running.
I'm working the "list" on the bike, the only problem I have is every time I knock an item off I seem to add two.
How do you like the G850 Bridgestone, as the ZR Exedra's look like a great buy, probably the tires I will go for. What sold me on the Exedra's is the diameters, front 25.3 and the rear 25.8, with the 18 inch rims. I am hoping this will handle, as the rim/tire combo is inspired by the early 1980's AMA superbikes which were running fairly lazy roadster steering geometries.



: Mike