Pretty new to harleys here. I bought a 03 night train(midlife crisis quick buy) and am now reallizing that theres alot of aftermarket parts on the thing I didnt know. My question is this. I got a set of lowering rear shocks with the bike when i got it. I put them in and it dropped the rear 2in. How can I tell without ripping apart the front If I have a lowering kit in there? I already purchased the drop in kit. Any info would be great thanks all. Btw thanks for the info was scared to do it myself but think i will now. Guessing you left the forks in the lower triple?

 

Nice job,now you need the 422's to go with them,did you have to change the k stand?

 

just undo one of the caps and look in ,if you see a white spacer.it has been,or measure the space between the fork boot and the triple trees,from the pic its hard to tell,look at my front end ,its lowered 2 inches

 

Pretty well set in the rear. Got a shotgun shock keeping things comfy. I got the hd short stand for piece of mind. 1" shorter than stock.


Drew, I wasn't looking for handling improvement, but I noticed a measurable difference.

 

Thats not exactly true... The FX frontend and the FL is almost the same minus the tins... you still gotta drop the tubes down to access the springs.

 

Ok, I've got a drop in kit that I'm about to finally put in before I finish installing my apes, but the instructions say the spacer for a fx is 4.5...is that for 1" or what? how long of a spacer equals 1", how much does it change cutting .25 off the spacer?

 

i really struggled with this. I cut mine to 3" b/c that was what the instructions said for an FL bike. The 3" = 2" drop. I assume the reccomended lengths are for a 2" drop, so you increase or decrease based on your desired height. A longer spacer = less drop.

 

Thanks story. i was under the impression that you could just pop the cap on the FX forks and drop the springs in. this whole drop in marketing ploy by progressive has my head spinning. It seems that there is nothing drop in about these springs.

Drew

 

Yeah it's kinda funny the only ones that will drop in without at the very least dropping the tubes are Dyna's and Sporty's since they go all the way through the trees. So us with the FX's feel your pain to brah... lol

 

They should be called "Drop In - after removing a bunch of crap and popping open the fork tubes". The add reads that its a 30 minute job. No for me!