I just thought of something. Stay back 200 ft. lol

Seriously though. We have rubber-mounted engines, right? That is supposed to keep the vibes down a bit, right?

So if the motor is rubber mounted as opposed to rigid mounted like on a softy, the motor will have some play.

So, in essence, we buying rubber-mounted motors and then slapping (true track) something on there to make it act closer to a rigid mount.

Seems silly.

 

Sort of. The True-Track limits the direction it moves. Without it, the mounts can move 360°, with the TT, the mounts can only move up/down, eliminating the side to side movement that causes the rear end to shift.

 

I understand the science behind TT. I guess the setup just isn't appealing to the eye. Why not do something directly with the motor mounts themselves for a cleaner setup instead of having that hunk of stuff on the lower frame? Just thinkin out loud.

 

If you used solid motor mounts (like with a car when you want all the power to go to the wheels) the vibration would be so bad the engine would have to have internal balancers...i.e softail 96B