Ultra Front Shock Cartridge
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Ultra Front Shock Cartridge
Why does the front left shock have a cartridge that is not in the right side? Have not been able to find a reason for this. And finally, is there a mod to improve front shocks?
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From: St. Bonifacius, MN
RE: Ultra Front Shock Cartridge
Good question! My take on it is HD wanted to improve the handling on the Bat wing bikes, but in thetrue company -do it cheep- way they only did the left side.
For low $ improvement you can try switching to a heavier oil or change outthe springs. For more $ you can change the left cartridge to the damper as on the right side and then add the gold valves, or do what I did and add the cartridge to the right side. The cartridge uses a different fork tube so if you go this route you will need to change out the righttube as well as the internals. The same will apply if you change over to the damper style as you will need to change the left tube.
I went one step further and made a fork brace that runs inside the fender to reduce flexing.
For low $ improvement you can try switching to a heavier oil or change outthe springs. For more $ you can change the left cartridge to the damper as on the right side and then add the gold valves, or do what I did and add the cartridge to the right side. The cartridge uses a different fork tube so if you go this route you will need to change out the righttube as well as the internals. The same will apply if you change over to the damper style as you will need to change the left tube.
I went one step further and made a fork brace that runs inside the fender to reduce flexing.
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