DWG rake?
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DWG rake?
Has anyone modified their 2006+ DWG rake? I unner-stand that there's a couple of degrees of rake designed into the stock tree in addition to that which they added to the frame in '06.Do "they" make a 0-degree tree (no frame mods, plz), or can the fork tubes be raised past the top of the tree (which would only drop the front a bit)? Or am Ispouting sacreledge here and just askin' for someone to open up a can of W-A? 
Your thoughts, tempered and free-wheeling, please.
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RE: DWG rake?
No problem, really. This is my first Harley (moving WAY up from a 750 Vulcan) and I was just wondering if it would present a noticeably less "out-there" feel to the front wheel. My only Dyna experience before nabbing mine last month on ebay, was a short spin on younger bro's '04 DWG. I think it's just Vulcan withdrawals; it had been by far the most comfortable riding position bike of any I've owned, and the Dyna definitely reaches out there a ways further. I'm comfortable on the road, and the low C-G makes low-speed maneuvering pretty easy, but what a noticeable increase in turning radius. Again, prob'ly just withdrawals.
The fork tube question was an idea of a way to let me raise my quick-release windshield an inch or two, to [maybe] cut down on some of the "buffeting". As it is, the windshield mounting height is limited by the top trip-tree. IfI could slide the fork tubes an inch above the top surface of the tree, I could lock the upper windshield clamps to the top of the fork tubes ABOVE the top tree...should be able to gain an inch or two, I'd think.
Quiet night here at work, and my mind was just toying with some "what-if's".
The fork tube question was an idea of a way to let me raise my quick-release windshield an inch or two, to [maybe] cut down on some of the "buffeting". As it is, the windshield mounting height is limited by the top trip-tree. IfI could slide the fork tubes an inch above the top surface of the tree, I could lock the upper windshield clamps to the top of the fork tubes ABOVE the top tree...should be able to gain an inch or two, I'd think.
Quiet night here at work, and my mind was just toying with some "what-if's".
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