Air ride...modification to set frame on ground
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Tourer
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From: England
Met a guy in Daytona while in daytona. He had a road glide and had to squares welded to the bottom of the frame. Bike had air up front and on the back. No kickstand. You had to bleed both front and back to get the bike to stand up by itself. Looked bad *** just sitting there next to all the other bikes. I have a pic on my old phone. I'll try to get it posted.
Im working on mine right now. Have shotgun rear and using air pistons for the front from Misfit Industries. Front should lay no problem from what ive measured, but the rear is gonna be close. I have a low profile rear tire on its way and once that's on ill see how far away i am from the frame. Has anyone removed the bump stop? Curious if you get any lower without it. I have a machinist friend making me some standoffs to go on the bottom of the frame since the shotgun hangs a little bit lower than the frame. Ill post pics once i tear into it this week or next
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Thanks for chiming in here.
Cruiser
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From: South Carolina
I live near the mountains and have a lot of rolling hills in the area. Not ever parking on a slope would be next to impossible for me. You must be a flatlander that doesn't have to worry about such things. That's cool. But keep in mind that it also limits where you could travel on your bike. Then again, if you just beat around town and know your local terrain is all flat, then it's not an issue. I don't know you or where you ride. Some of us ride where there are at least some elevation changes, and some of us actually put a fair amount of miles traveling to different areas. I apologize if that doesn't apply to you and I offended you.
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From: San Diego
I live near the mountains and have a lot of rolling hills in the area. Not ever parking on a slope would be next to impossible for me. You must be a flatlander that doesn't have to worry about such things. That's cool. But keep in mind that it also limits where you could travel on your bike. Then again, if you just beat around town and know your local terrain is all flat, then it's not an issue. I don't know you or where you ride. Some of us ride where there are at least some elevation changes, and some of us actually put a fair amount of miles traveling to different areas. I apologize if that doesn't apply to you and I offended you.
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From: San Diego
Even looks a bunch better as well.
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Im working on mine right now. Have shotgun rear and using air pistons for the front from Misfit Industries. Front should lay no problem from what ive measured, but the rear is gonna be close. I have a low profile rear tire on its way and once that's on ill see how far away i am from the frame. Has anyone removed the bump stop? Curious if you get any lower without it. I have a machinist friend making me some standoffs to go on the bottom of the frame since the shotgun hangs a little bit lower than the frame. Ill post pics once i tear into it this week or next
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From: Columbus, OH
Like this idea and following the thread
Besides the issues already mentioned, one of the concerns I would have about removing the bump stops would be topping out the the cylinder of the Shotgun Shock, I wouldn't want the weight of my bike being held by the piston topping out against the housing of the shock. Maybe shave the bump stop to get a little more but removing it altogether doesn't sound like a good idea. Just my 2 cents
Besides the issues already mentioned, one of the concerns I would have about removing the bump stops would be topping out the the cylinder of the Shotgun Shock, I wouldn't want the weight of my bike being held by the piston topping out against the housing of the shock. Maybe shave the bump stop to get a little more but removing it altogether doesn't sound like a good idea. Just my 2 cents
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Tourer
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From: England
I live near the mountains and have a lot of rolling hills in the area. Not ever parking on a slope would be next to impossible for me. You must be a flatlander that doesn't have to worry about such things. That's cool. But keep in mind that it also limits where you could travel on your bike. Then again, if you just beat around town and know your local terrain is all flat, then it's not an issue. I don't know you or where you ride. Some of us ride where there are at least some elevation changes, and some of us actually put a fair amount of miles traveling to different areas. I apologize if that doesn't apply to you and I offended you.
As for the bumostops, I'm hesitant messing with those. I'd hate to bottom out and bend or break something. The roads here in England can be pretty rough in some places.
Road Warrior
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From: Buffalo
Bako & 24v: I'd recommend not removing the bumpstops. If you hit a big enough bump and bottom the suspension the swingarm could puncture your oil tank. There was a thread here where a guy shaved the bumpstops down but still left enough protection from bottoming . If I were to try to get my bike lower, that's the route I'd take. I'll try to find the thread and post the link here.
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