Diff from FXD and FXDX?
Road Master
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speaking of brakes, my levers are "soft". both front and rear,meaning they go almost all the way to the throttle. they stop the bike o.k. but I brought it to my indie anyway. he said that those non floating calipers are hit or miss. tried to shim to take up some slack but that didnt work. any comments or ideas ? pads were good,fluid was good.
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The dual front discs are tougher to bleed; don't know why floating or not would affect where your brake lever ends up before the brakes haul you down...the stock FXDX/T rear shocks are adjustable for pre-load and re-bound dampening...front forks adjust for pre-load, rebound and compression dampening...they're really nice bikes but like the FXR's there are not enough buyers.
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Road Captain
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The dual front discs are tougher to bleed; don't know why floating or not would affect where your brake lever ends up before the brakes haul you down...the stock FXDX/T rear shocks are adjustable for pre-load and re-bound dampening...front forks adjust for pre-load, rebound and compression dampening...they're really nice bikes but like the FXR's there are not enough buyers.
Quick, someone convince me not to buy this
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2678692956.html
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Punkroxxx - there's no need to have spongy brakes on an FXDX. I like mine set up to "hit" early on the front discs and about central on the rear. You could try new fluid and bleeding the existing set up or you might want to renew the hoses and put braided lines on as the original hoses might be "ballooning" under pressure. I put braided on once my original hoses were 5 years old and the difference is brilliant. In fact I now think the original hoses seem to run out of life after about 3 years as my '08 RKC feels like it needs the braided treatment now.
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I'm a buyer! The fxd super glide just doesn't compare
Quick, someone convince me not to buy this
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2678692956.html
Quick, someone convince me not to buy this
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2678692956.html
Road Master
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I'm a buyer! The fxd super glide just doesn't compare
Quick, someone convince me not to buy this
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2678692956.html
Quick, someone convince me not to buy this
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2678692956.html
Road Warrior
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did anyone ever answer his original question?
Just in case it's a no here's a few differences.
blacked out engine and drivetrain
dual disc front brakes
Adjustable front and rear suspension
Yeah you "could" buy a fxd and do all of those things to it, but the cost would be a factor..especially breaking the entire motor and drive down for powdercoating. The DX's were/are a niche bike for riders that weren't all that into the usual chrome and polish treatment. Up to you in the end and your budget...speaking of budget the one in my sig is for sale fyi..but it's not cheap
Just in case it's a no here's a few differences.
blacked out engine and drivetrain
dual disc front brakes
Adjustable front and rear suspension
Yeah you "could" buy a fxd and do all of those things to it, but the cost would be a factor..especially breaking the entire motor and drive down for powdercoating. The DX's were/are a niche bike for riders that weren't all that into the usual chrome and polish treatment. Up to you in the end and your budget...speaking of budget the one in my sig is for sale fyi..but it's not cheap
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From: Genova, Italy
I've tried both.
FXD it's ok, but FXDX it's different: it's a good sport\touring bike, in european (italian) way (120\130 km\h on highway).
It's confortable, handles well (try Metz Marathon), very good brakes (try SBS pads...), looks though, and has very little surface to polish (more times on the road!)
FXD it's ok, but FXDX it's different: it's a good sport\touring bike, in european (italian) way (120\130 km\h on highway).
It's confortable, handles well (try Metz Marathon), very good brakes (try SBS pads...), looks though, and has very little surface to polish (more times on the road!)
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From: NY shitty
[quote=sharkey;9013123]The dual front discs are tougher to bleed; don't know why floating or not would affect where your brake lever ends up before the brakes haul you down..
recently bled the dual disc on my STURGIS(that is 4 sale)took a little more time,not that much harder. the reason was explained that the calipers have that much more space to travel before making contact so the shim would take up that extra travel. I also figured that if it were an issue of bleeding I would'nt have any brakes at all. but I will bleed the systemand I might as well go ahead with the braided lines as well, thanks. also one other small extra the FXDX has is the tach,and aestheticly I think the tank looks nicer.
recently bled the dual disc on my STURGIS(that is 4 sale)took a little more time,not that much harder. the reason was explained that the calipers have that much more space to travel before making contact so the shim would take up that extra travel. I also figured that if it were an issue of bleeding I would'nt have any brakes at all. but I will bleed the systemand I might as well go ahead with the braided lines as well, thanks. also one other small extra the FXDX has is the tach,and aestheticly I think the tank looks nicer.