Nightster w/ Road King shocks
#11
10-09-2008, 04:36 PM
its a fitting like on a tire, but is threaded to go into air tanks and what-not. ace hardware carries them for a few bucks apiece. if you don't expect to change the height, you really don't need them. according to what a claimed suspension expert says, the air just sets the preload and doesn't adjust the ride quality at all.
you could just compress the shock and cap the holes with plugs (a pair of plugs came with my shocks, most likely to keep the oil in).
with the long shocks, you may never need to put air in them because there is A LOT of travel available. for those who ride two-up on a nightster (or any other sportster) and have bags, do yourself a favor and get the 13 inchers. you wont see the difference anyway... BUT, if you are really short and need all the lowering you can get, don't get the 13 inchers you might have problems flat-footing at a light.
ps: the rake/trail changes when you raise the rear. i'm pretty sure this is the same frame and geometry of the xr. man, i want that inverted fork so bad
you could just compress the shock and cap the holes with plugs (a pair of plugs came with my shocks, most likely to keep the oil in).
with the long shocks, you may never need to put air in them because there is A LOT of travel available. for those who ride two-up on a nightster (or any other sportster) and have bags, do yourself a favor and get the 13 inchers. you wont see the difference anyway... BUT, if you are really short and need all the lowering you can get, don't get the 13 inchers you might have problems flat-footing at a light.
ps: the rake/trail changes when you raise the rear. i'm pretty sure this is the same frame and geometry of the xr. man, i want that inverted fork so bad
#12
10-09-2008, 05:20 PM
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01-13-2009, 08:14 AM
I guess I am really confused...or my butt is really forgiving...but I dont think the Nightster is that uncomfortable. I have had mine for about 4 weeks or so...put about 1500 miles on so far - 200 on last Saturday. It was rough at first - but I adjusted my pre-load up one and its fine now. And I am a big guy - 6'1 and 250 lbs. My last two bikes were way less comfortable than this bike. I was going to keep my Suzuki so I had a comfortable bike a a bar hopper but the Suzi went on Craigslist yesterday.
That being said I applaud anyone for ingenuity and would love to see what it looks like.
That being said I applaud anyone for ingenuity and would love to see what it looks like.
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01-13-2009, 06:53 PM
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[QUOTE=67ray;3972763]That bag is a Licks Solo bag I believe. I have one and it looks good but it don't hold much.
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Question.... I just bought a set of shocks on EBAY .. The link is Here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
Now, I didnt notice until i recieved the shocks. The box was soaked in oil. I noticed that one of the shocks do not have the proper cap on them.
Well here goes my question. Does HD sell replacement caps for those shocks? It seems like the cap he replaced it with has the right threading. It didnt look turned in all the way when i recieved them.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
Now, I didnt notice until i recieved the shocks. The box was soaked in oil. I noticed that one of the shocks do not have the proper cap on them.
Well here goes my question. Does HD sell replacement caps for those shocks? It seems like the cap he replaced it with has the right threading. It didnt look turned in all the way when i recieved them.