Night Train/Wide Glide Front end drop. Comparison Pics!!
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He-He and you doubted me.Did you use the RaceTech emulator or stay with the stock one Chaz? G.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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How quickly the fine folks here at HDF.com will foprget my failed attemp at doing some type of night train beach cruiser board track racer!
That was 8 hours of my life I'll never get back...Ever!
Yikes! That just didnt work out as planned.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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From: Colorado Springs
Stockers. Couldnt get a deal going on them derned valves. Figgered it would be 135.00 thrown into the wind as the bike will most certainly be a springer this time next year. My thought is when it springer time I will get the trees powdercoated and sell this entire pre-lowered front end in the classified section to a fellow train rider or something....I would never recoup the additional cost of those valves.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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From: Colorado Springs
Cheap and easy. The only special tool required was me with a 12 pack of cheap *** brew and a pack of smokes!
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Chaz
do you have the drop-in progressive kit with the PVC pipe that you cut to adjust ride height? If so do you remember the final length of it?
Also did you scrape anymore than you did before, or did you even scrrape before this.
Thanks, the bike looks killer
do you have the drop-in progressive kit with the PVC pipe that you cut to adjust ride height? If so do you remember the final length of it?
Also did you scrape anymore than you did before, or did you even scrrape before this.
Thanks, the bike looks killer
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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From: Colorado Springs
Ya' know I havent had any real scraping issues unless i was going crazy deep in a corner. One of the reason behind my Rinehart pipe is that is has mad clearence compared to the plethora of 2-1 pipes on the market.
The 3" extensions on the controls essentially make scraping the pegs impossible.
The only thing I can really scrape on mine is somewhere on the frame and thats a rarity.
No issues with the lowered front end whatsoever. Lots of clearence and I cant emphasis how much better the bike handles now that those Uber long flexi-Flyer forks are shortened up a bit.
I take that back...My only issue is with my foot clutch cable. It actually kept me from going a tad lower as any more would cause it to hit my clutch cable which has to be routed in a certain way to stay smooth.
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Looks good man.
My train had that same hunkered-down look when I bought it and brought it home strapped down in a trailer.
I really liked it, but at 280 lbs, my ride is lowered enough when I sit my fat butt on the seat.
My train had that same hunkered-down look when I bought it and brought it home strapped down in a trailer.
I really liked it, but at 280 lbs, my ride is lowered enough when I sit my fat butt on the seat.
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R.I.P. BROTHER
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From: Colorado Springs
Hence you get to enjoy the savings of not having to dick around with the thang!!
You know its funny. If you go to the HD.com website and look up the 2009 model night train and go to the 360 degree viewer deal??
Well here see for yourself:http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/C...S#/model/fxstb
Now thats either photoshopped to the max or Moco went and fabbed up a set of shorty tubes for the bike in the marketing photos Cuz' Brother that thing is straight slammed!!
