Lowered my Fat Bob
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Louisiana
Oh right. I remember people saying the strut covers didnt come in chrome. That sucks. Kinda weird too since it seems like HD offeres everything in chrome. I'll keep my eye out for a set for you.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Albany, NY
Thanks man. I think it's because the WG has never come with chrome ones. All the color schemes they've come out with always have them in black. I might mock up some electrical tape on mine to see if I can stand the look of the black on silver. I just don't think it'll look right.
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Joined: May 2011
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From: Salem, OR
Beautiful bike, how does it change or affect the feel of the ride with it lowered like that? With the stock suspension mine feels like it bottoms out sometimes on really rough road. Does your suspension handle it better with I am assuming stiffer and better quality suspension or???? Just one of those things I have been curious about on lowered bikes.
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From: England via the US
Yeah but my biggest issue is the color of the fender struts. I need mine to stay chrome. The WG struts are only available in black. Having the black ones chromed is gonna add 300 or so bucks to the price of it all. Unless I can get someone to swap rear ends with me, the price is gonna be huge. And even that is next to impossible because whoever wanted to do a swap would just do it with one of the million guys on here that already has a black Fat Bob. I just gotta get to a point where I can just pull the trigger and not look back. Kinda like dropping around 8 bills to swap out my bars last year, and that was doing all the labor myself.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Louisiana
Beautiful bike, how does it change or affect the feel of the ride with it lowered like that? With the stock suspension mine feels like it bottoms out sometimes on really rough road. Does your suspension handle it better with I am assuming stiffer and better quality suspension or???? Just one of those things I have been curious about on lowered bikes.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Albany, NY
Really!? I thought of that but I thought they wouldn't work because of the WG and FB having fatter rear ends. Do you know how I could find a part number for them? I might pull the trigger on this mod before summer if this is true!
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Road Master
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Albany, NY
I called my local dealer and got the part numbers. Turns out they are actually cheaper than the wide glide black ones haha. Chrome gets no love anymore. Can anyone confirm absolutely that they will fit?
