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Apr 24, 2016 | 09:24 PM

#11

bklynbob

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I have the black short skirt,1 1/2" forward

Apr 25, 2016 | 05:39 AM

#12

Rustrtal

Road Warrior

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From: New York

Anyone have any problems with the down and/or out? My SG is raised 1-1/4" in the back with Ohlins and I am still scraping them occasionally. Not sure I want down or out??

Apr 25, 2016 | 05:47 AM

#13

Rockboyz

Cruiser

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From: WPA

I went with http://www.tallboyscycles.com/ also added http://www.vtwingoodies.com/
Love the set-up! Scraped once or twice till I got the feel. Very comfortable.

Apr 25, 2016 | 02:58 PM

#14

lefty33

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From: Ontario, Canada

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockboyz

I went with http://www.tallboyscycles.com/ also added http://www.vtwingoodies.com/
Love the set-up! Scraped once or twice till I got the feel. Very comfortable.

Exact same set up here. Scraped once...looked after that with the following mod...real easy to do

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rustrtal

Anyone have any problems with the down and/or out? My SG is raised 1-1/4" in the back with Ohlins and I am still scraping them occasionally. Not sure I want down or out??

As mentioned, I scraped once. Had a look and found the following issue. All credit to member nevada72 for coming up with this fix.

Update on the Tall Boys lowering kit. The other day I bottomed out for the 1st time turning left. It was on a bumpy street so my guess is when the suspension compressed in the turn, I scraped. When I was working on the bike the other day I saw where I touched down. It's a very square part of the mount and I reasoned that if cut at an angle, there would be more clearance and still be strong. So I broke out the band saw and went to work. Here's the results.

the offending chunk of metal -

http://s4.postimg.org/bbl6ubr4t/20140802_100141.jpg

The modified part -

http://s16.postimg.org/89q2xfac5/20140802_100127.jpg

Not sure if these links will work. If not, go to post # 119 in the following thread. It's a long one but full of good info for the taller rider.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-above-12.html

Ride Safe!

Apr 25, 2016 | 08:09 PM

#15

BKSinAZ

Tourer

Joined: Jan 2012

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From: Tucson

Moving the floorboards seem like a mute point to me if you can not move the controls (Clutch and brake) forward also. JayBrake fwds are wicked expensive any other forward control options other than JayBrake fwds?

Last edited by BKSinAZ; Apr 25, 2016 at 08:12 PM.

Apr 26, 2016 | 05:17 AM

#16

Rustrtal

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From: New York

You use extended controls as well...

My issue with the extended shifters is that I like to use both toe and heel shifters. If you move the boards forward you really only want to toe extended but they come in pairs (from HD)