hardtail my softail
Road Master
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From: Houston, TX
I read your post and if I understand it right you want to modify your softail so you can see if a rigid is the way to go on bike #2.. Is that correct? If so, buy a rocker bump stop and then drop your bike 2" til it's on the stop then start riding.. What the others said about watching the road is so true.. I had a rigid at one time and road to Sturgis from ATL with a group of guys.. I was in tears by the time we hit StL.. lol.. Needless to say I rented a trailer to bring it home.. LOL
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22 is the purfect age fur a Rigid.......... had one back in the Good Old Days ,, If I was gunna make a Rigid though I would start with a Frame
Road Captain
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I say go for it. I have had this idea as well and was wondering what would be the safest, and sturdiest. Struts are not the answer. Check out The Horse Back Street Choppers issue #96 March 2010, Fabricator Kevin takes a Softail and welds on a rigid rear section. After all said and done it shaved 113 lbs off the bike and utilizes the stock drive components. I am sure a local indy shop could do the same. Check it out
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From: Farmington ,MS
never ridden a rigid but i am saving up for bike number 2. i was wondering if anyone sells
rigid struts to replace the shocks on my softail. also if there are concerns to frame geometry
when ridin like this i understand this may be an unpopular subject on this forum, but please
spare me the: why would you want to do that b.s.
rigid struts to replace the shocks on my softail. also if there are concerns to frame geometry
when ridin like this i understand this may be an unpopular subject on this forum, but please
spare me the: why would you want to do that b.s.
Road Master
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From: Just south of Chicago, Illinois
I say go for it. I have had this idea as well and was wondering what would be the safest, and sturdiest. Struts are not the answer. Check out The Horse Back Street Choppers issue #96 March 2010, Fabricator Kevin takes a Softail and welds on a rigid rear section. After all said and done it shaved 113 lbs off the bike and utilizes the stock drive components. I am sure a local indy shop could do the same. Check it out