23" Agitator Install
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The Pickard trees are worth every penny. Not a single issue. Without a lowering kit in the front the 23" raises the bike 1". The ride is a little stiffer than stock as I'm running 30 weight oil in the front end. For me I like it as I can get through the corners and if need be tap the brakes without getting any front end dive.
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My 26" Agitator has been ordered.
Native fender has shipped.
6" deep bags and matching fender have been ordered.
Lids and neck kit are next up to be ordered.
Have to order a pipe also... just to cut up.
Native fender has shipped.
6" deep bags and matching fender have been ordered.
Lids and neck kit are next up to be ordered.
Have to order a pipe also... just to cut up.
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The Pickard trees are worth every penny. Not a single issue. Without a lowering kit in the front the 23" raises the bike 1". The ride is a little stiffer than stock as I'm running 30 weight oil in the front end. For me I like it as I can get through the corners and if need be tap the brakes without getting any front end dive.
Did you lower the front? if so what kit did you use?
Why 30 wt.? To avoid bottoming out? did you add the lowering pieces inside the shocks?
THANKS
~Joe
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Did you lower the front?
Yes I did, 1"
if so what kit did you use?
Burly spring kit
Why 30 wt.?
With the weight of the wheel and fender combined with the 1" lowering kit it just seems to work the best at preventing front end dive as well as providing the best overall ride.
To avoid bottoming out?
I can still hit the limiters on a real hard bump.
did you add the lowering pieces inside the shocks?
I added the travel limiters in the front forks to keep from driving the fender into the lower tree.
Yes I did, 1"
if so what kit did you use?
Burly spring kit
Why 30 wt.?
With the weight of the wheel and fender combined with the 1" lowering kit it just seems to work the best at preventing front end dive as well as providing the best overall ride.
To avoid bottoming out?
I can still hit the limiters on a real hard bump.
did you add the lowering pieces inside the shocks?
I added the travel limiters in the front forks to keep from driving the fender into the lower tree.
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Did you lower the front?
Yes I did, 1"
if so what kit did you use?
Burly spring kit
Why 30 wt.?
With the weight of the wheel and fender combined with the 1" lowering kit it just seems to work the best at preventing front end dive as well as providing the best overall ride.
To avoid bottoming out?
I can still hit the limiters on a real hard bump.
did you add the lowering pieces inside the shocks?
I added the travel limiters in the front forks to keep from driving the fender into the lower tree.
Yes I did, 1"
if so what kit did you use?
Burly spring kit
Why 30 wt.?
With the weight of the wheel and fender combined with the 1" lowering kit it just seems to work the best at preventing front end dive as well as providing the best overall ride.
To avoid bottoming out?
I can still hit the limiters on a real hard bump.
did you add the lowering pieces inside the shocks?
I added the travel limiters in the front forks to keep from driving the fender into the lower tree.
~Joe
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That is something I hear often and I assume it just comes from the uniformed or misinformed. Ask the guys I run with if they can outrun me through the corners on their stock bikes... even the sport bike guys are in awe. I'm only limited by the stock lean angle. Either one can ride or they can't!!! Wheel size isn't limiting anyone that can ride.
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That's a good idea because then you are going to wish you had gone 26" and that's a myth as well smh.
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Confused, are you saying a 26 is good or not??
When I say I ride a avg of 1K a month, I am talking long distance rides, where comfort is a concern. Corner carving is not my thing.
I'm asking serious questions, no need to get offended/pissy/arrogant, etc. I outgrew the "mine is bigger than yours" comparisons about 20 years ago....I'm an old dude.
I ride ALOT....some of the big wheel bieks I see are ridden off the trailer and back on. If I have to stiffen the forks up to where it rides like a tank or take literally all the travel out of the front suspension to make it work, and then bounce off the limiters at damn near every stop it would be nice to know beforehand, as I am not willing to give up the ride for a look.
~Joe
When I say I ride a avg of 1K a month, I am talking long distance rides, where comfort is a concern. Corner carving is not my thing.
I'm asking serious questions, no need to get offended/pissy/arrogant, etc. I outgrew the "mine is bigger than yours" comparisons about 20 years ago....I'm an old dude.
I ride ALOT....some of the big wheel bieks I see are ridden off the trailer and back on. If I have to stiffen the forks up to where it rides like a tank or take literally all the travel out of the front suspension to make it work, and then bounce off the limiters at damn near every stop it would be nice to know beforehand, as I am not willing to give up the ride for a look.
~Joe
Last edited by traveler; Nov 28, 2013 at 09:37 PM.