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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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Longer HD Shocks, Shorter Lean Friendly MOTO Pegs, High Clearance exhaust, and Properly setup forks. Next in line for grindage will be the Primary.....
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Longer HD Shocks, Shorter Lean Friendly MOTO Pegs, High Clearance exhaust, and Properly setup forks. Next in line for grindage will be the Primary.....
been there done that. no bueno!
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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You may just want to punt and buy a Hayabusa.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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You may just want to punt and buy a Hayabusa.
yeah... then you have a poor cornering sportbike instead
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by odd_child4life@hotmail.com
yeah... then you have a poor cornering sportbike instead
Yup.....
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Starting in 2010 HD put 1" shorter shocks on them. Get some 13" Ohlins and you will have the best cornering and handling Street Bob in your area.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by odd_child4life@hotmail.com
yeah... then you have a poor cornering sport bike instead
Sure there is a better cornering sport bike out there. Not trying to be a troll. Just trying to get a point across that if you are pushing a bike that far to that edge is a disaster waiting to happen. Harley's have slightly different lean angles on each side of the bike. Good sport bikes don't. Lets say you get a couple more degrees. Just like words. Trying to judge that is crazy in a real world of doing it unless you are on a race track. Love MOM
 
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When I was a young man in the Army I had section chief who was also into bikes. I went to his house one day and in his garage was a Harley a GSX-R750R and a Honda CR250.

Any time I hear someone talking about getting more lean out of a Harley or touring on a sport bike or making a Sportster into a dual sport I remember Sgt. DeLong.
 
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Originally Posted by parts eeter
Longer HD Shocks, Shorter Lean Friendly MOTO Pegs, High Clearance exhaust, and Properly setup forks. Next in line for grindage will be the Primary.....
I just put 13" shocks (Hagon Nitros) on my Fat Bob, coupled with a nicely tucked up D&D Bobcat exhaust it seems to ride and lean better. It's still not a sports bike and never will be.

But the extra 1" on the rear certainly makes a positive difference. Now I need to decide what I want to do with the front end.
 
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I put 1" longer Progressive 440's on the rear and Progressive springs in the front on my FXDL. Scraping problems solved and gained a much smoother ride.
 
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