The blocks didn't concern me. They did what I wanted. I just got away from the factory shocks with the Ohlins.

 

944’s set my King down 1” and ride way better than the stock 13’s.

I’m using 13” Regular Duty.

Probably not on par with ohlins but I’m happy with them.

 

You keep right on believing that, been down this road as a mechanic and seen the results to many times including several broken mounts & swingarms due to lowering blocks. Dick with the geometry it matters....

 

Well I've done a little wrenching myself, and I don't buy it. The small angle difference is not going to be enough extra leverage to break or hurt things. The angle of the shocks is different from bike to bike. I have a Dyna sitting in my garage that has a different shock angle than the FLHXS sitting there and also my daughters sportster is different than both of the previous mentioned.

 

Please note in the last 3 picture the lowering blocks and this is just one of dozens of threads that been been posted in here alone, Isn't a myth bud, been dealing with those things since the Evo days when short chubby guys had to get their biker freak on and I've replaced swingarms or welded broken mounts on at least a dozen bikes myself. You do some reading you'll find all lowering block kits come with big disclaimers about voiding warranties on related parts.

Enjoy,

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...-swingarm.html

 

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That is truly broken, but it is also a totally different frame design than the newer touring bikes. That looks like a poor design just waiting to break.

 

Point is changing the geometry exponentially increases stress on the mounting points things weren't designed to take, lowering blocks are a cheap mans Rube Goldberg solution to something, they are never a good idea.

 

How do you feel about the ones that do not swing the shock back but straight down