Air shocks?
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Air shocks?
I know a lot of the guys on the sporty forum switch out the rear shocks for OEM air shocks. Has anyone done the swap on a Wide Glide? Was thinking about it. What say ye?
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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada
To be honest, I didn't ride enough since I put them on, winter we know 
I bought the shocks for the look, love the old school rubber boots matching my front. Another reason is riding 2up, my girl friend has Scoliosis and carry a rod on her back, every pothole I hit does impact her lol, I am hoping air shocks are gonna help. Go for it, significant ride improvement.
I bought the shocks for the look, love the old school rubber boots matching my front. Another reason is riding 2up, my girl friend has Scoliosis and carry a rod on her back, every pothole I hit does impact her lol, I am hoping air shocks are gonna help. Go for it, significant ride improvement.
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i put them on my 11 wide glide and ride was night and day AFTER i changed the oil out to 10wt, the 5 wt that comes in touring shocks just isnt heavy enough for
a better ride due to shock angle ( at least this is what i was told) and it gave me a very squishy ride that would bottom out on heavy bumps no matter how much air i put in.
once i went to the 10 weight all i needed was 9lbs of air for my 160lbs and 15lbs with my 130lb wife on the back.. the ride was a dream and i pulled them off when i traded it in last month with intentions to put them on my new FLD but so far im diggin the
stock FLD suspension...
this link
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...nd-length.html
gives you all you need to know for HD factory shocks, i ended up with a set of 54635-09 12"
off of the site here for $90 shipped which were a perfect replacement for the stock shocks
a better ride due to shock angle ( at least this is what i was told) and it gave me a very squishy ride that would bottom out on heavy bumps no matter how much air i put in.
once i went to the 10 weight all i needed was 9lbs of air for my 160lbs and 15lbs with my 130lb wife on the back.. the ride was a dream and i pulled them off when i traded it in last month with intentions to put them on my new FLD but so far im diggin the
stock FLD suspension...
this link
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...nd-length.html
gives you all you need to know for HD factory shocks, i ended up with a set of 54635-09 12"
off of the site here for $90 shipped which were a perfect replacement for the stock shocks
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