Custom Cycle Engineering rear motor mount?
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From: FLA
Alignment, when you move the engine left or right with the CCE front mount even as little as 1/8'' it changes your top mount. the rear wheel will tilt, or wont be 0 degrees. So remove top mount first then align rear wheel to front with the bike level, adjust top mount to get rear wheel at 0 degrees. Recheck rear to front. Road test in all gears, mine got even better after i put a 1000 miles on new mounts.
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Check the alignment and go for a ride, The whole install took about 30 minutes.
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From: New Hampsha
When you install the Predator it sort of assumes the engine is in the right place and adjusts itself to that position. When I did mine, I replaced the rear first. My front mount was completely collapsed and the engine was about 1/4" back from where it belonged.* Had I done the front first, I would have locked the Predator down in the wrong position and then the rear mount wouldn't have lined up correctly.
Don't know if I would have been smart enough to go back and correct it...
*This is why shimming the front mount is so tempting, and why it is just lipstick on a bulldog.
Don't know if I would have been smart enough to go back and correct it...
*This is why shimming the front mount is so tempting, and why it is just lipstick on a bulldog.
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From: poway
What. Only 1300 miles and 20 years?
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From: Belle River Ontario
It doesnt really, not in the true sense that a stablalzer would, I think its just like stock but on steroids, much stronger material...at least thats what it looks like.
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Found this thread interesting and there is no question installing the Predator Front Motor Mount was a Vast Improvement and Money well spent .. But at this time my 05 FXD is taking curves with the same speed and comfort my FXR4 did, so not sure I want to fix anything that's not broke ..
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From: poway
Was doing something like this before CCE came out with theirs. Mine controlled side play with plastic shims. Side plates were steel. I was using polyurethane for the islator but it wasn't holding together. Might revive it but go to a different bushing design.
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