Two questions: Is there a rake difference in the FL and FX front ends on a Softail? Also, How much longer are the fork tubes in the FX front end? Thank you in advance.

 

I can't anwer your questions, but I can say for sure that the fx softail front ends are wider than the fl front ends. The only reason I know that is because I put a fatboy front wheel on my night train and I assumed the spacers from a fatboy would work. No luck. I had a huge gap in there and had to get some custom spacers cut.

 

On Softails, the rake on both FL and FX bikes is 32 degrees. FL's have a 5.8" trail. FX's have a 5.0" trail. Here's a link to an article about rake and trail.

http://www.jpcycles.com/tech/articles/techtalk6.htm

 

Is that .8" difference in trail due to the shorter fork tubes? Also, Grimm, do you have any pics of your bike?

 

yes. I'm out of town right now, but I'll try to get them up when I get back on monday.