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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 08:30 AM
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fixing to order a wideglide front end...wanting to go 4"over on length and 3 degrees rake..i know stock wideglides have 3 degrees in tree,,,does the lowrider also...wanting to kick fron end out a little and wonder if 3 or 5 would work better.. 5 degrees puts my trail at 2.47 and with 3 its 3.98
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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5 is way too much IMO. Low speed handling will really suck.
 
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Low Riders have 1.5 trees. So if you go with Wide Glide trees you'll pick up a little rake. Plenty of guys run 5 degree trees and don't die, but your loosing quite a bit of trial when you do it. I myself would go with 3 degree trees and 4 over tubes like you mentioned.
 
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cool that what i needed to know gonna order today from demons cycle..just gotta cal ask about my internal fork lock and the new front end ?
 
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