?'s about lowering fxdc
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Road Warrior
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?'s about lowering fxdc
Well im ready to lower my super glide custom, i want it low low but i do ride 2 up half the time,what shocks do i want? How low? Should i lower the front too?
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If you plan on doing your own service on the bike, be careful. If you lower it too much you can't even get a jack under it. I know because I put 10.5 inch not shocks on mine and couldn't get it off the ground. Even at 11" you will drag your pegs in corners easily.
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Your SGC has 12-5/8" shocks from the factory. I personally, wouldn't go lower than 11.5" if I were you and if you ride 2-up more than 1/2 the time, I would go with a heavy duty shock. I put 11" Progressive shocks on my Streetbob, which comes from the factory with 12" shocks. That 1" made a big difference in things contacting the concrete in corners. 
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I put tamarack 1.75 inch lowering blocks on my stock superglide shocks about a year ago. My wife is glued to the back and we rarely (if ever) bottom out. I would say get the heavy duty 11" shocks from progressive. I scrape sometimes but I didn't lower the front. I assume that if I had lowered the front I'd scrape alot more. I do have a hard time getting my jack under the bike though.
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heavy duty
If you lower both front and rear you will need a new jiffy stand
the progressive front end feels better than the stock front .
the rear will absorb the small stuff much better than stock.
to jack the bike you will need to roll the rear tire up onto something to get the jack under easily.(I use 2 10 lb iron barbell weights)
heavy duty
If you lower both front and rear you will need a new jiffy stand
the progressive front end feels better than the stock front .
the rear will absorb the small stuff much better than stock.
to jack the bike you will need to roll the rear tire up onto something to get the jack under easily.(I use 2 10 lb iron barbell weights)
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I installed Progressive 440's 11.5 inch on my 2008 FXDC. Put just a little preload on the springs and have had no bottoming problems even with two up (and me and the gal aint exactly skinny). No adverse handling effects either.
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I just bought 11" for the low, have not arrived yet, but it is nice to hear that heavier guys can go two up and not have handling probs, cant wait
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Some of you guys who are scraping your pegs must doing some serious dipping! LOL! ....I just put 11" progs on my Bob ...lowered the front in the trees about 3/4 and i'm fine... jiffy stand isn't a problem, either