Softail bottoms out.

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Apr 9, 2013 | 03:31 PM

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Spanners39

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Originally Posted by ChickinOnaChain

My bike is new, for whatever that's worth but sometimes, I feel like we bottom out. Maybe it's just how it feels but it's not smooth GOING into a dip. More of a thud feeling. And we weigh 315 TOTAL.

Yup, that's Softails for ya. Bugger all suspension travel.

Apr 9, 2013 | 04:45 PM

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jimbo285

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Originally Posted by Spanners39

Yup, that's Softails for ya. Bugger all suspension travel.

But they look so damn cool...right? For me its a frame size thing. Got good reach to bars and footboards. Feel cramped on Touring frame. I'm 6'4".

Apr 9, 2013 | 04:51 PM

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RANGER73

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From: Beyond Fucital

Without air adjustable shocks, the softail is a PITA to keep adjusting for solo and 2-up riding. You have to adjust the preload to a firmer setting for the extra weight.

Apr 9, 2013 | 07:43 PM

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Uncle G.

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Originally Posted by Spanners39

Yup, that's Softails for ya. Bugger all suspension travel.

I hear that. The lower limit of travel is two rubber bumpers on the frame, and that's a fixed point. If you lower the bike, you're losing the amount of suspension travel equal to how much you're lowering the bike, as the end point of the travel doesn't change.

But I love 'em, though.