We're machining some solid struts at the shop for my nightster...I've never really ridden a rigid before...a couple of big dogs around the shop but nothing for an extended period of time..

i KNOW its going to be WAY stiff...but i guess my question is...how different from the sh*tty shocks is a rigid sportster... i mean..my nighty is stiff as it is..

 

this is not a mod I would do.....

btu if you want to it's cool, plan on reducing your ride time, even though the stock shocks are shizz going with out, well let me know when you start to **** blood....

 

Jut curious, why would you do this as opposed to geting some more comfortable ones?

 

I was planning on going with a plusher shock to begin with. but that was when i was doing a lot of 2 up riding...now i'm not.

i like the super-low look you can acheive with struts...

 

i like the look of struts on a nightster bc it give it that old school retro nostalgic look that a nightster has anyway, been thinkin about them myself, just gotta talk myself into that hard a$$ ride lol

 

This is one of those mods I'll never understand, but whatever floats your boat go for it! Sure, it may look cool, but why suffer? I'm getting too old I guess...

 

I am 51 yrs old and I have struts on my bike. I was concerned about how bad the ride would be, but I found out it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Sure, it feels different, sort of a "raw" feel to it. But definitly not back breaking stuff. But having longer front forks does make the ride better than yours would be with stock lenght forks. Although some places, on pot holes and such that you aren't expecting can jar you quite a bit.
I like it this way now, and will probably keep them on.

 

I have seen this Blue Bike on here before..Very Nice!!! wouldn't mind it myself. Ride Safe! (Brisbane Australia).

 

**A lot say it will be so uncomfortable..plus do damage to bike rear. I have Struts here & have hesitated to put them on..Yet wouldn't mind testing with Struts On & if don't like them will put the Shocks back On..Can only try it out..Let us know how it went ok!

 

My friend, the great Pat Leahy of High Gear Machine in Long Beach, Ca. made a pair of struts for me to use on my 2007 XL883. I rode it like that with the struts mounted for about 9 months or so and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Yes, a pot hole is not a good thing to hit, but most of the time the road is normally smooth so it was not too much of a problem. I have now changed the struts out and put the stock shocks back on as I was getting pressure from my passengers to make the bike more comfortable for them to ride on. I have been thinking of just going ahead and buying a rigid frame for a Sportster and doing it right by building a chopper myself. I think that it is really the only way to go. With Winter about to set in and the economy in the dumper and prices dropping for everything, I think that I can pick up a used donor/parts bike for cheap and start out to make the bike of my dreams!