your thoughts about 11in progressive shocks
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From: canada
your bikes are all looking awesome with 11in shocks, I decided to bought them, it's gonna be one of the winter projects.
JaronB I really like the setup you got there with thoses apes, I'm looking forward to get some bonzana's or road 6 custom, just cant make up my mind how tall I want them, I'm only 5'9 and I would like them to be like at shoulder's height.
JaronB I really like the setup you got there with thoses apes, I'm looking forward to get some bonzana's or road 6 custom, just cant make up my mind how tall I want them, I'm only 5'9 and I would like them to be like at shoulder's height.
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your bikes are all looking awesome with 11in shocks, I decided to bought them, it's gonna be one of the winter projects.
JaronB I really like the setup you got there with thoses apes, I'm looking forward to get some bonzana's or road 6 custom, just cant make up my mind how tall I want them, I'm only 5'9 and I would like them to be like at shoulder's height.
JaronB I really like the setup you got there with thoses apes, I'm looking forward to get some bonzana's or road 6 custom, just cant make up my mind how tall I want them, I'm only 5'9 and I would like them to be like at shoulder's height.
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jmeiers all black street bob
Last year I purchases a 2011 street bob stock. I'd like to black it out like yours. What have you done to yours? and what kind of cost am I looking at? I'm thinking of possible putting a fatter tire on the front, kind of like the 48 but I'm not entirely sure what that would entail and at what cost?
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I like mine. Don't get the Heavy Duty's though unless you weigh like 300lbs. I swapped for the standards. Mine feels smooth until the bigger bumps. They don't absorb as well just because of travel, but I like the ride. I did the front lowering drop ins with a 2 inch spacer and amsoil shock therapy and that was the biggest and best difference in my lowering process.
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I'm 150 pounds with gear, and For my '13 street bob the lowest setting on the standard progressives feel fine, but any higher preload than that takes a passenger to mellow out the hit from even medium sized bumps. All that said, still better than stock, looks and feel.
Last edited by Motoman9790; Mar 29, 2015 at 10:45 AM.
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From: American by Birth, SOUTHERN by the Grace of GOD!
I have owned 2 Wide Glides and lowered both with 11 inch shocks. Ride and handling was perfect and the bumps in the road wasn't very noticeable and I turned up the preload a notch or so to stiffen up the ride to handle those bumps and for My woman when she rides with me! I will say that the bike being lowered slightly made it handle and ride better than those stock 12.5 inch shocks did and I'm 5'10" and my legs should of been about 1 1/2 inch longer to ride with stock length shocks! 
. But go ahead and get those 11 inch shocks and crank the preload up a notch and get ready foe a better handling bike!
. But go ahead and get those 11 inch shocks and crank the preload up a notch and get ready foe a better handling bike!