Lowering a Road King Custom
Tourer
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From: Bothell, WA
I lowered the wife's RK Custom's front 1 1/4" a couple years ago. Bringing the front down makes a huge difference, she's 5'2" and she's almost flat-footed although she also has a custom seat. She just has to be a little more careful around the corners. It's really not too bad, she just rides that thing like a sport bike.
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Road Master
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From: Oklahoma City
One of the first mods I did to my RK Custom was a set of Progressive 412 series 11.5" rear shocks. They bottomed out too often. I have since gone to the Arnott Air Systems "Aldan" System. It drops to 9.5" for ease of parking/backing without a very harsh ride when aired up to 12" I haven't had any issue dragging floorboards and I haven't touched my extended saddlebags. Naturally when I'm scootin around dropped an inch or two, I'll scrape the boards in a mild turn. I also went 1" under RK Custom stock in front with HD's "Profile Low" front end lowering kit.
Also, I was checking their website and was wondering what was the difference, besides price, in the system you chose and the Bilstein system and why you chose one over the other.
I will be checking with the site for all the info but would also like to hear some feedback from someone at the consumer end as well.
I appreciate any info you could pass on to me.
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Road Master
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From: Oklahoma City
I lowered the wife's RK Custom's front 1 1/4" a couple years ago. Bringing the front down makes a huge difference, she's 5'2" and she's almost flat-footed although she also has a custom seat. She just has to be a little more careful around the corners. It's really not too bad, she just rides that thing like a sport bike.
Mark
Mark
There have been a couple of responses from people who have done this but I'm thinking it might not be a look that I'm going for.
But I may consider doing both front and rear 1" each.
Thanks again.
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Joined: Apr 2007
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I'm in the process of installing the Burly Slammer Kit on mine. I added the rear shocks yesterday and will be installing the front forks today.
Rears look amazing. Shocks are 10.5 inches. The front should drop 2 inches according to the kit specs.
Rears look amazing. Shocks are 10.5 inches. The front should drop 2 inches according to the kit specs.
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Road Master
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From: Oklahoma City
Would also like to hear how the ride is.
Thanks.
Road Master
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From: Florida
Thanks for the reply. This looks like something I might be interested in. Did you do the install yourself or have someone install it for you? If you did yourself can you tell me of any problems you ran into etc..
Also, I was checking their website and was wondering what was the difference, besides price, in the system you chose and the Bilstein system and why you chose one over the other.
I will be checking with the site for all the info but would also like to hear some feedback from someone at the consumer end as well.
I appreciate any info you could pass on to me.
Also, I was checking their website and was wondering what was the difference, besides price, in the system you chose and the Bilstein system and why you chose one over the other.
I will be checking with the site for all the info but would also like to hear some feedback from someone at the consumer end as well.
I appreciate any info you could pass on to me.
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Joined: Apr 2007
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I'll take some pics over the weekend. Got the front springs on last night. It looks really good. I'm in the process of having my bike painted and adding a completly new Intake and Exhaust system. I plan on firing it up for the first time in 3 months this weekend.
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Sac Town
I lowered my 07 standard Road King with the harley 1" lowering kit in the front and the 2 1/2" lowing bracket that bolts on the shock that changes the angle of the shock. the only problem i had was i took out almost the whole wiring Harness in the rear fender. from bottoming out on the fender because it was to low. but i reran the wiring harness to the side of the fender not the top. The 07 comes with air shocks to stiffen up the ride. All I do is put 12 pounds air in the shocks and it doesnt bottom out any more even with the old lady on the back. It rides really smooth now.
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Road Master
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Oklahoma City
I lowered my 07 standard Road King with the harley 1" lowering kit in the front and the 2 1/2" lowing bracket that bolts on the shock that changes the angle of the shock. the only problem i had was i took out almost the whole wiring Harness in the rear fender. from bottoming out on the fender because it was to low. but i reran the wiring harness to the side of the fender not the top. The 07 comes with air shocks to stiffen up the ride. All I do is put 12 pounds air in the shocks and it doesnt bottom out any more even with the old lady on the back. It rides really smooth now.
also, I apprciate the heads up on the wiring harness.
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Puyallup, WA
I used a Progressive 1" lower springs in the front and Progressive 411's 11.5" in the rear. I think the stock shock height of the Custom is already 12' so it would not give you much clearance. I just called progressive and they asked a bunch of questions like how much I weight, how often do I ride 2-up, do I do alot of touring. Then they recommended the shock type. Real good people as far as my experience.