Question about Progressive 422's
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Tourer
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Question about Progressive 422's
I am thinking about getting a set of progressive shocks for my night train and I was wondering how hard it is to change the ride height. The reason I ask is because my girl freind rarely goes on my bike but when she does I would want to raise it back up so that it doesent bottom out all the time.
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Changing the height can be a pain since you'll need to put the bike on stands and then put a jack under the rear tire in order to align the swingarm in order to pull them and then reisntall... On the other hand, you don't need to keep changing the height... Set them for the desired height and then adjust the pre-load for ride comfort.. Unless your girl weighs 200# you won't really notice a difference in ride even if you slam it the full 2".. In fact mine rides better with a passenger considering where I have my pre-load set...
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I have them on a Fat Boy and you can adjust the hieght with the bike on its kickstand.
Is it easier on a lift? Hells yea, but not impossible.....even if you just rode it onto some 2x4's it'd be easier. I assume all softails are similar? No need to pull the shocks out at all the adjust ride height.
Is it easier on a lift? Hells yea, but not impossible.....even if you just rode it onto some 2x4's it'd be easier. I assume all softails are similar? No need to pull the shocks out at all the adjust ride height.
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From: Good Old "New England"
You do know progressive wound springs are a lot stiffer, hence the name "Progressive"
they are wound tight at the ends and more spaced, or" lose wound" in the center.
Look at a dirt bike mono shock to see what I mean.
The center makes the shock squishier “active”.
But when compressed the ends of the spring take the load and are stiff because of the progressive windings.
It is sometimes required to go progressive wound when lowering in order not to bottom out.
But keep in mind if you are a light person or your girl rides your bike it will be very stiff my friend has progressive wound shocks on her sporty and she is 135 lbs. it feels like she is riding a hard tail, however when I ride it I am 205 lbs I am heavy enough to make the springs work.
If I double ride her (never happens but we tried it in order to make the springs move) it works better
A heavier bike will also make a difference depending on spring gauge
they are wound tight at the ends and more spaced, or" lose wound" in the center.
Look at a dirt bike mono shock to see what I mean.
The center makes the shock squishier “active”.
But when compressed the ends of the spring take the load and are stiff because of the progressive windings.
It is sometimes required to go progressive wound when lowering in order not to bottom out.
But keep in mind if you are a light person or your girl rides your bike it will be very stiff my friend has progressive wound shocks on her sporty and she is 135 lbs. it feels like she is riding a hard tail, however when I ride it I am 205 lbs I am heavy enough to make the springs work.
If I double ride her (never happens but we tried it in order to make the springs move) it works better
A heavier bike will also make a difference depending on spring gauge
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