I've had no problems as of yet with it bottoming out...it rides a bit stiff but it rode stiff right off the showroom floor...but the ride is good though

 

I lowered mine 2.5 in back and 2" in front it all about the look and its kool and I like throwing out sparks when I scarp the ground now thats fun.

 

I lowered mine to close up the gap between the tire and rear fender. I've never liked a lot of air in there. Once I did it I found that I liked the look of it parked better as well. The ride is a bit rougher, but still way better than a rigid.

 

Looks Cool ,, But I SCRAP my Pipes , U get used to the Scrapin

 

lowered bikes handle a lil beeter...lower center of gravity, but can bottom out...i'm not a big fan of lowering more than 1"

 

You're welcome.. lol


With the Heartland kit comes a new bump stop that's quite a bit smaller to allow good travel when the bike is lowered... If you go with Progressive shocks or something similar in order to lower it you can still achieve a ride similar to OEM when you install the new stop.. I installed the 422's before I did the heartland kit and didn't change the stop.. Lowered 2" the swingarm was sitting on the stock stop.. Talk about a flashback to my old rigid.. Got back home and isntantly pulled the new Heartland stop out and tore the backend apart in order to change the stop.. lol

 

Everything I ride and drive is lowered. It's a sickness.

 

WOW!! That black springer front end is amazing...nice.

 

I lowered my 07 Softail Custom 2 inches in the back. Looks great, rides FIRM.

 

See for yourself,

before:



after:



which looks better