My Road King is getting a bit to hard for me to handle for parking and slow maneuvering. I have balance problems with my ears. I have been driving a 16 Slim and it is so much easier to handle in slow maneuvering and much easier to back up. The only 2 things that I don't like is no cruse control, but I can buy cruse to take care of that, The other problem is I scrape the floor boards way to easy. On my King I can take the curves pretty hard with no problem. When I drive his Slim on the same curves I have to go slower or she scrapes. This problem don't look to be so easy to fix. I can get a great deal on this bike and I want to buy it, but the scraping so easy is holding me back.
I wish I could get a riser kit, a half inch would help a lot but I cant find any so far. Anyone make a riser kit ?? I welcome any advice.

 

I put some narrower boards on my fat boy....I think they are off a deluxe...

 

 

Well I don't like the answers, I hate to change how I ride after 35 years on bikes and differently don't want narrow boards. But I do appreciate your input, thanks.

 

if you haven't bought anything yet I think the new slims with the mono shock sit higher an have better ground clearance.

 

With a softail you don't have a lot of choices and any will be a compromise of some kind or cost $$$$. To actually solve the issue the suspension needs upgrading, better damping for the front and improved shocks for the rear. Sloptails have always been soft in the *** and the bike sits low bone stock.

I understand where your heads at but on the slim you do have to adjust your riding style the RK spoiled you.

 

Yes your right I loved my King so much. I'm buying my sons 2016 Slim. I have well over 300 miles on it, at least with the Slim I can keep from tipping over when parking on uneven ground. I got to get use to the buzzing feeling on the freeway speeds, my King was smooth as butter at them speeds. Looks like I have a lot of adjusting to do. No bike will ever make me as happy as the King did, I know this and I will deal with it, I'm happy I will still be on a Harley and 2 wheels.

 

Rode the same shovelhead since 1982, tweaked it out till I had the best machine for my riding style. 2017 I bought a M8 Road King, fast forward 2 years riding my beloved shovel for any length of time feels like I did a few rounds playing Mike Tyson's punching dummy,

Yeah, they spoil you

 

 

OP

I know of at least one newer Twin Cam Softail that came from the factory with the shocks set at zero preload. Get in your manual and review how to increase the preload with the special HD wrench. That will increase ride height and reduce early scraping. That said, it's a Softail so some of that is inherent to the breed. That doesn't mean they can't be ridden briskly, one member here I ride with can do it very well, but there are compromises to be made.