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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 08:00 PM
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Default Lowering 1 and 1/2 inch

Need to lower a 2009 ultra about 1 and 1/2 inches. What are the good and bad of lowering blocks other than less road clearance and lean angles?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 08:50 PM
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if you bottom out the tire can shred any wiring inside the fender.

the tire can be damaged by hardware such as the seat bolt

tire rubbing can burn up the paint


it's a calculated risk which only you can figure the sums...how heavy are you? passenger? luggage? leftover crap in saddlebags? smooth roads where you live or frost heaves and potholes...


a lowered front end can have the fender smack the triple tree on a pothole...

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-2" no problem

 
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