bolt on rake kits / fat tire kits
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Does anyone still think the fat tire thing looks good? Not to mention ruining the handling of the bike. Who really wants to wrestle with it EVERY time you need to turn? Then you throw in excessive rake and you have a real trailer queen. Why do you think bobbers have become so popular?
Road Warrior
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Rake and trail are tricky things to figure out but if in the event you want to rake your bike using trees, you can adjust the trail by changing the tire size. In short, there are calculators on line to help you. I wouldn't however, rake many HD models as they just look silly. If you want a raked bike, I would suggest using a new frame and creating an engineered rolling chassis.
As for wide tire kits. They are really well engineered for the most part and are great on many soft tail models. Keep in mind that your stocker motor will suffer trying to turn a fat tire so you may want to so motor upgrades...
As for wide tire kits. They are really well engineered for the most part and are great on many soft tail models. Keep in mind that your stocker motor will suffer trying to turn a fat tire so you may want to so motor upgrades...
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,372
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From: Central Coast of Cali
Does anyone still think the fat tire thing looks good? Not to mention ruining the handling of the bike. Who really wants to wrestle with it EVERY time you need to turn? Then you throw in excessive rake and you have a real trailer queen. Why do you think bobbers have become so popular?
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