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Feb 5, 2014 | 09:37 AM

#11

CB024

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From: Surprise, AZ

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Originally Posted by Dragon354

I had thought about that. I think for now I am going to lower the front as I have already lowered the rear. Then I will have that bad *** slammed look.

Yeah slammed looks badass but I don't want to give up anymore lean angle. I drag parts as it is so lowering it would just make it worse.

Feb 5, 2014 | 09:51 AM

#12

Dragon354

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From: birmingham, al

So far I have only drug my pegs. I have the kuryakin switch blade iso pegs. I only drag them when I have the heel rest down.

Feb 5, 2014 | 10:23 AM

#13

streetboy80

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From: spain

I got a Street Bob with the Wide Glide triple tree and the tree have 0". The rake comes from the neck not from the tree that was the only reason why I bought the wide glide tree in order to have still a good trail value on my Bob with the 23" front wheel

Feb 5, 2014 | 11:10 AM

#14

CB024

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Originally Posted by streetboy80

WG trees are raked. They are either 2° or 3° depending on the year they came from. If they weren't raked then the bikes would come from the factory with bad trail numbers. Either way you have safe trail numbers using a 23" front wheel in your application. At 2° of rake in the trees you are running 4.18 which is really good. At 0° rake you would be running 5.49 which is still acceptable. If you were using the stock front rim and tire with WG trees you would have horrible trail numbers. Your saving grace is your 23" rim.

Edit: Actually since I don't know for a fact that all WG trees are raked I should retract that statement. 2010+ WG trees are raked. Maybe you got a different year that wasn't.

Last edited by CB024; Feb 5, 2014 at 11:21 AM.

Feb 6, 2014 | 04:10 AM

#15

streetboy80

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Well my triple trees are from a 2007 WG coz I needed a kit with the 1" axle. I'm pretty sure that these trees are not raked. on 80mph I can still just hold my ape hanger with just only one hand and I don't have any kinds of wobbling or something similar. Driving or taking curves (we have tons of hills and curves here in the mountain of Castellon / Valencia) I keep sticking to their butts of my Biker friends (most of them driving sportsters) without any issues.
I'm riding my Bike really hard in corners(lots of shredding with my footboards..hehehe)...

But it could be possible that the newer WG probably have rake on their trees + neck.

saludos

Feb 6, 2014 | 05:27 AM

#16

Warp Factor

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From: Detroit

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Originally Posted by CB024

Then you would both have bad trail figures. Wide glide front end on a street bob lowers the trail numbers below 4" which will result in a dangerously twitchy front end.

Probably not. Sportbikes often have trail under 4".
And bikes with a lot more trail can handle well and aren't hard to ride either. It just takes a slightly different riding style... more of a "countersteering" input to initiate and hold a turn at higher speeds. It's slightly more work, but is easy once you learn it.

Feb 6, 2014 | 08:01 AM

#17

CB024

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Originally Posted by streetboy80

Hey if it handles good for you who am I to argue.

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Originally Posted by Warp Factor

Probably not. Sportbikes often have trail under 4".
And bikes with a lot more trail can handle well and aren't hard to ride either. It just takes a slightly different riding style... more of a "countersteering" input to initiate and hold a turn at higher speeds. It's slightly more work, but is easy once you learn it.

Apples and Oranges.