2011 Wide Glide Shock Setting
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2011 Wide Glide Shock Setting
Does anyone know where the shocks are set from the factory? I have a new Wide Glide, and it seems to be riding hard. I wonder if the shocks are set at the hardest point, or somewhere between. I weigh 165lbs and will never ride my wife on this bike. She has her own Softail Deluxe.
Last edited by retxpres; May 8, 2011 at 05:43 AM.
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Do you think they are all set on the bottom? I just read the manual and it tells you how to adjust. They do not say where they are set from the factory though......
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Does anyone know where the shocks are set from the factory? I have a new Wide Glide, and it seems to be riding hard. I wonder if the shocks are set at the hardest point, or somewhere between. I weigh 165lbs and will never ride my wife on this bike. She has her own Softail Deluxe.
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Like AK47Dennis, I hate to be a jerk about it but - did you even LOOK at the shock to see where they are set? And one more thing, what difference does it make where they are set from the factory? You apparently aren't comfortable with where they are set so adjust them softer. It's your bike not Harley-Davidson's anymore. At least that's the way I think Of my '10 Wide Glide.
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Like AK47Dennis, I hate to be a jerk about it but - did you even LOOK at the shock to see where they are set? And one more thing, what difference does it make where they are set from the factory? You apparently aren't comfortable with where they are set so adjust them softer. It's your bike not Harley-Davidson's anymore. At least that's the way I think Of my '10 Wide Glide.
Just my $0.02.
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Factory Settings
I'm pretty sure they all come on #1 from the factory and will bottom out on just about any pot hole.
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Thanks, that is all I wanted to know. I can not see where they are set......Duh!
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