Dyna shocks on a Bagger?
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Dyna shocks on a Bagger?
Maybe this is a better question in the Touring area,however I know you guys better here and know that a number of you have a lot of wisdom beyond the Evo's!
I would like to put the shocks from my 96 Wideglide on my 05 bagger. (The stock air shocks make it ride like a lumber wagon!) If it wont work,please let me know why. I know a bagger is heavier than the dyna,but it has to be better than what I have.
I just got laid off so I cant go out and buy a set........
I would like to put the shocks from my 96 Wideglide on my 05 bagger. (The stock air shocks make it ride like a lumber wagon!) If it wont work,please let me know why. I know a bagger is heavier than the dyna,but it has to be better than what I have.
I just got laid off so I cant go out and buy a set........
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Yes, the will bolt right on but the reverse of what you expect will happen. They will ride like bricks. Dyna's have a much higher spring rate than baggers. That can be shown by looking at the placement of the shocks. On a Dyna, the shocks are under the rider and at a steeper angle, on a bagger they are much farther back and under the passenger. Thats why when people try to run bagger air shocks on a Dyna, they bottom out horribly the minute you put a passenger on. Its all about where the leverage occurs.
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Brett,
We have family not so very far from you, in Spring Valley!
You have nothing to lose here, with everything in front of you. I have my doubts, as bikerlaw suggests, but there is no substitute for trying it out!
We have family not so very far from you, in Spring Valley!
You have nothing to lose here, with everything in front of you. I have my doubts, as bikerlaw suggests, but there is no substitute for trying it out!
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My wife and I have friends that live in Spring Valley and were there recently! Bikerlaw is probably right-make sense to me. I still am thinking about trying it-I have more time than money!
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You can push forwards the frontiers of Harley suspension with your 'research' into shocks interchangeability. Goodonya!
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