I have a 2009 FLHTCU Santa gave me a pair of: Profile® Low Touring Shocks 54635-09

Lower the seat height of your Touring model without compromising the ride. The Profile® Low Touring Shocks have been revalved for a comfortable ride while lowering the seat height by up to 3/4". The kit maintains the air adjustability feature of the stock shocks.


QUESTION / CONCERN: "Comes Stock on FLHX, FLTRX"

Would I be correct: 1.) These shocks are not valved for a Heavier FLHTCU ?
2.) These shocks will bottom out all over the place when riding 2 up
fully loaded for a 3 day trip ?

I could use some real world feed back.

Thanks

 

I got a set of the low profile for my bagger (EG) after trying several air ride systems and being dissatisfied with them all. I found that the lower shocks do not ride nearly as smooth as the regular height 13" shocks. I am in the process of changing the oil in the different versions of the stock shocks (although Harley says it can't be done) and testing them. Once I have completed testing on the oil change in the shocks I'll post up my results.

 

They are for all touring models. However, you probably will experience bottoming out as several do with the streetglide as it is now.

 

I posted on another thread about how they do tend to bottom, especially in the city over hard expansion joints or cut up pavement. They do well over larger flowing bumps, however you do lose some of the ride quality. Note, my tourpak is off on my 09 Ultra and i weigh 165lbs and have not had the wife on with the profile shocks. I also run about 35 to 40 psi of air because i like a firmer ride. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks everybody, Great input !

E Goodies, after reading your responce:

I called up my local MX race suspension LE:
http://www.le-suspension.com/services/shocks.html , he said he does this all the time with BMW and HD, drains the stock HD oil and replaces it with 30wt. to 50 wt. oil depending on the size of the rider of the bike..

Look forward to what you find....

 

I tried low profile on my 09 EGC two up and hated them.Bottom out to easy.

 

Air shocks and heavier oil. Heavy oil = more stiction (a form of friction). What you are doing is slowing the action down and making your ride worse for more of the time. The size of the orifice determines how quickly the oil gets sucked in and expelled out. Using heavier oil also does the same thing but with many other unwanted results. Buy a product in the beginning that works well. If HD could make these 12" air shocks work any better they would as they have excess to a lot of different oil. This is how your air shock works.
* There is no air valve, just air adjustable spring pre-load
* The silver damper
*sucks the oil in on compression stroke slower than the shock shaft is trying to move (slowing it down)
*expels the oil out on rebound slower than the shock is trying to expand.

 

BUT...Harley Suspension is made by: SHOWA.... ??????

Showa 99% of all Metric bikes in the world use them so maybe the heveier weight oil works ?

 

FastHarley, on your web site, you have Ohlins for Harley

QUESTION: Ohlins shows Only the follow shocks that they make for Harley ???
are you making them to spec. or ??

I ask this as LE can not get any Ohlins for my 2009 FLHTCU Harley. Yes he is number 1 Ohlins distributor for USA....
LE: http://www.le-suspension.com/

http://www.ohlins.com/Product-search/?query=harley

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trackadaptor you making them to spec. or ??
<<< We developed own products with Ohlins USA.

We developed the Penske shock for the Dyna & FL. I do not think it was too much of a stretch when Ohlins asked me to develop the HD market. For your information Ohlins USA is the biggest Ohlins distributor in the USA, That is the only people I work with except for the engineers in Sweden when developing new products. I do what I do and do not involved myself what others do. Maybe that is why what you see on my site you can not find any other place. In the near future we will have the Ohlins replacement XR1200 forks finished, I think about by the end of the week. I am pretty sure that you will not find that in that shop what you think is the number 1 Ohlins distributor for USA. It is a real big world out there.