drop seat kit?
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Ruckersville, VA
I did my install myself with the help of my neighbor back in Honolulu. From start to finish it took us about 6.5 hours, including a beer run in the middle. BaggerWerx drop seat kit is ok, but I don't quite like how the fuse box doesn't sit right. Might be a crap install, ight not. Regardless I had to rig my fusebox up myself, and am now in the process of making a new one that fits everything more smoothly.
If I had the chance, I'd go even lower, but that damned fusebox issue really pissed me off. All that said, I wouldn't buy another touring bike without the conversion, no more than 12" shocks, and I have a 34" inseam.
If I had the chance, I'd go even lower, but that damned fusebox issue really pissed me off. All that said, I wouldn't buy another touring bike without the conversion, no more than 12" shocks, and I have a 34" inseam.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Md
a 34" inseam and you'd go even lower ? With a 27" inseam myself on a good day, I wish I had that problem, lol. Neither Fatbaggers nor Danny Gray will return my emails. I think it's important for their owners to know how both companies let me down so badly. I'm not playing the leg card, as a left leg BK amputee from a negligent cager who took me out in a MC accident. But, I NEEDED what they offered and sold to me to be ABLE to fit the SG I just bought, that is sitting in my dealers shop, frame on, and nothing to sit on at all. I checked and confirmed everything with them before I bought the bike, because they were such an integral part of things. I just don't get it, how can a company do what they just did and hope it goes away. And, to boot, Danny Gray seat maker can still make good on it. Maybe I'm just very naive and this is normal treatment of a customer, and a customer with special accommodation needs to still be able to enjoy the passion we all love. Danny Gray? Dean
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 222
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From: Ruckersville, VA
a 34" inseam and you'd go even lower ? With a 27" inseam myself on a good day, I wish I had that problem, lol. Neither Fatbaggers nor Danny Gray will return my emails. I think it's important for their owners to know how both companies let me down so badly. I'm not playing the leg card, as a left leg BK amputee from a negligent cager who took me out in a MC accident. But, I NEEDED what they offered and sold to me to be ABLE to fit the SG I just bought, that is sitting in my dealers shop, frame on, and nothing to sit on at all. I checked and confirmed everything with them before I bought the bike, because they were such an integral part of things. I just don't get it, how can a company do what they just did and hope it goes away. And, to boot, Danny Gray seat maker can still make good on it. Maybe I'm just very naive and this is normal treatment of a customer, and a customer with special accommodation needs to still be able to enjoy the passion we all love. Danny Gray? Dean
Where do you live? Depending on the situation, I might be willing to do a trade with ya. I'm looking at starting over again, since it's such an incredible pain to put cruise on a cop bike. My bike sits at 26" with no one in the seat.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Md
Not that I'll know anytime soon, but does replacing the bolt on subframe with the Fatbaggers or Baggerwerx drop seat kits "not" affect handling, as opposed to lowering the suspension, as they both advertise. Dean
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Road Captain
Joined: May 2012
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From: N.C.
Since you aren't altering any of the suspension components or geometry you're SG should not handle any differently than if you left it stock. It will give a different "feel" because you're sitting more "in" the bike, like a cockpit type of feel, but there is no change to handling characteristics of the bike.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 222
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From: Ruckersville, VA
That being said, I feel that by sitting deeper into the bike, I have better control over it than when I was simply sitting on it. With my body further into the middle of the bike's weight, I can better control it. I liken it to how a good knife is balanced. Most knives are generally decently balanced, but you can feel the difference when you pick up one that is near perfect. It makes the whole knife feel lighter. In that same way, my bike feels lighter when riding than it did before the midframe change.