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Old Jan 6, 2019 | 02:54 PM
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Hey guys,

My 2004 night train is lowered front and back (progressive drop in kit in front 2.25" and lowering bolts from ebay on the rear, no idea how much it actually dropped since it had harley 1" lower bolts to start) as pictured. I was wondering, besides going to air ride in the rear, what shock or bolt options are out there that will give more then a 2" rear end drop? My bolts claimed 2", but then I look at other trains on the board apparently using bolts and their bikes seem way lower. Will progressives do it? I do ride 2 up pretty often, but a little lower couldnt hurt



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Don’t look like it’s lowered at all. Are you sure you got bolts in there?
 
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Don’t look like it’s lowered at all. Are you sure you got bolts in there?
Positive...they were only slightly lower then the harley 1" lowering bolts though, which makes me think its maybe lowered an inch at most, even though they were advertised to be up to 2" drop.
 
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