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Jul 13, 2012 | 08:35 PM

#11

SuperFastGlide

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awesome bike

Jul 13, 2012 | 09:35 PM

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JT-FXDL

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Looks great! Nice job correcting that one. Love the chromed front end with chrome wheels.

Feb 8, 2014 | 11:58 PM

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Reindeer

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From: Suburban Mpls, Minnesota

Just ordered the parts to do this. +2" tubes, chrome HD sliders, and Ricor Intiminators.

Feb 9, 2014 | 12:45 AM

#14

fxdlx

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From: north of the south pole

Reindeer,
You have a different front end than he does. I think his tubes were shorter than yours. Although at 2 inches I don't think it will ruin your handling. Looks like the bike in your sig would do better with just taller shocks.

Feb 9, 2014 | 06:05 AM

#15

Jeff's 1st Harley

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From: Coweta, Oklahoma

Those fork caps look awesome too, much easier to reinstall i'll bet.

Feb 9, 2014 | 06:26 AM

#16

fxwoody

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Looks cool! I hope you took tubes with "hard chrome" ! I extended my front end with a set of +4" and +3dg trees and ended higher +1.25". Didn't try yet but looks bad ***

Still work in progress lol

Feb 9, 2014 | 11:30 AM

#17

FXD2003Rider

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JVDeuce

Mission accomplished! The +2" Fork/Slider rebuild went very smooth in < 2 hours. It handles no differently that I can tell. However, the clearance and cornering are greatly improved.

I guess you put in extended springs as well?

Feb 13, 2014 | 10:04 AM

#18

Reindeer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fxwoody

Looks cool! I hope you took tubes with "hard chrome" ! I extended my front end with a set of +4" and +3dg trees and ended higher +1.25". Didn't try yet but looks bad ***

That looks awesome so far. I'm excited to see that done.

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Feb 13, 2014 | 02:16 PM

#19

AllenW

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From: Mpls, MN

Quote:

Originally Posted by fxwoody

Looks cool! I hope you took tubes with "hard chrome" ! I extended my front end with a set of +4" and +3dg trees and ended higher +1.25". Didn't try yet but looks bad ***

Still work in progress lol

Looks good.
Not familiar with all the rake angles, was the stock rake angle please?

I'm thinking of going 4" over, have 1" longer rear shocks on a wide glide but would rather not get the front end much higher than level.

Al

Nevermind, I just woke up and see you have a wide glide..

Last edited by AllenW; Feb 15, 2014 at 07:47 AM.