Harley Springer 4.5 Deg Rake Kit
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Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Newcastle upon Tyne UK
brettnbama: No difference to handling or any wobble at all speeds...
This is really the measurement that matters...
The Trail is the distance between where the steering axis hits the ground and where a vertical line down from the center of the front axle hits the ground.
You want to keep it between 4" and about 6". If you get less than 4" it will handle great at slow speeds but death wobble at freeway speeds. If you get more than 6" you will have trouble balancing it at slow speeds and it will handle sluggish at freeway speeds.
The Trail is the distance between where the steering axis hits the ground and where a vertical line down from the center of the front axle hits the ground.
You want to keep it between 4" and about 6". If you get less than 4" it will handle great at slow speeds but death wobble at freeway speeds. If you get more than 6" you will have trouble balancing it at slow speeds and it will handle sluggish at freeway speeds.
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Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Hawaii
This is really the measurement that matters...
The Trail is the distance between where the steering axis hits the ground and where a vertical line down from the center of the front axle hits the ground.
You want to keep it between 4" and about 6". If you get less than 4" it will handle great at slow speeds but death wobble at freeway speeds. If you get more than 6" you will have trouble balancing it at slow speeds and it will handle sluggish at freeway speeds.
The Trail is the distance between where the steering axis hits the ground and where a vertical line down from the center of the front axle hits the ground.
You want to keep it between 4" and about 6". If you get less than 4" it will handle great at slow speeds but death wobble at freeway speeds. If you get more than 6" you will have trouble balancing it at slow speeds and it will handle sluggish at freeway speeds.
I have an FXSTS 04 and have the same rake kit you have and my trail came out to about 1.5". What is the trail on your CB? I don't get the speed wobbles but when in a turn at highway speed, if there are bumps on the freeway my fork flops. The higher the speed the worse it gets. Are you experiencing this at all? I think I'm going back to factory rake unless I figure out why it's doing it. I'm pretty sure it's because of the lesser trail.
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 19
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From: Newcastle upon Tyne UK
I have an FXSTS 04 and have the same rake kit you have and my trail came out to about 1.5". What is the trail on your CB? I don't get the speed wobbles but when in a turn at highway speed, if there are bumps on the freeway my fork flops. The higher the speed the worse it gets. Are you experiencing this at all? I think I'm going back to factory rake unless I figure out why it's doing it. I'm pretty sure it's because of the lesser trail.
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