ANOTHER Rubber Mount Softail Thread...
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From: Haslet Texas
OK, I can't any answers there. I'm working a build that looks old school Knuckle but with new technology. (too old for a hard tail) I love the softail look but sure would like to soft mount a motor to it. Just can't find anyone who has had success trying. I'd be interested to know why you prefer the hard mount.
I like the vibration that I do get.
It tells me if everything is running good or if something is starting to go out.
I have ridden a rubber mount motor and didn't like it at all!!!!!!!!
At highway speeds it was like sitting on a cloud and not on a motorcycle.
I felt completely disconnected from the bike and the road.
I'll keep my softail just the way it is.
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Road Captain
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Cowboy, thanks for the info. Every line of thought adds to the basket of available options. Any idea what it is that prevents the softail frame from accepting that Dyna style EVO tranny?
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Doesn't the Dyna tranny have a bottom drain for its fluid?
The rear shocks of the softail would get in the way of that.
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The reason they don't and can't rubber mount Softies is because the swingarm isn't mounted to the tranny and so it would eat belts due to the tranny and motor assy constantly changing alignment as it bounces about on the rubbers.
You want no vibes? get a Dyna, you want the Softail look? Put up with the vibes....its as simple as that and there ain't no way around it.
You can get the crank balanced to put the vibes somewhere else, but they will always be there.
Its like women...you can have looks or comfort...not both....
You want no vibes? get a Dyna, you want the Softail look? Put up with the vibes....its as simple as that and there ain't no way around it.
You can get the crank balanced to put the vibes somewhere else, but they will always be there.
Its like women...you can have looks or comfort...not both....
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Yep. Thats the word I get. I'm lookin at Ronnie's HD parts finder site checking frame pics for specifics but it's hard to tell. I've got a friend that runs a little shop in Alamogordo. After the holiday dust settles, I'll go down and chew on his ear. Maybe he'll have some ideas.
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Also the swingarm mounts would get in the way of the frame if you put a Dyna tranny in a Softie.
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From: Haslet Texas
The reason they don't and can't rubber mount Softies is because the swingarm isn't mounted to the tranny and so it would eat belts due to the tranny and motor assy constantly changing alignment as it bounces about on the rubbers.
You want no vibes? get a Dyna, you want the Softail look? Put up with the vibes....its as simple as that and there ain't no way around it.
You can get the crank balanced to put the vibes somewhere else, but they will always be there.
Its like women...you can have looks or comfort...not both....
You want no vibes? get a Dyna, you want the Softail look? Put up with the vibes....its as simple as that and there ain't no way around it.
You can get the crank balanced to put the vibes somewhere else, but they will always be there.
Its like women...you can have looks or comfort...not both....
Would that stand up any better than a belt?
I'm only asking cause it is an interesting problem.
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OK, I think that sinks it. I've got the dyna and love it but am hankerin' for the EVO. Was gonna sell the one to build the other. Guess I'll have to keep both. The wife will be ecstatic. She's got the looks but there goes the comfort.