Can I Lower My Floorboards?
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Can I Lower My Floorboards?
Does HD or an aftermarket company make arms that would lower the rider floorboards? I'm not an aggressive rider in the turns, so scraping wouldn't be a concern. Just would like my knees off the tank.
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I'm not sure lowering them would be a good idea. You can extend your foot boards out about an 1" with HarleyGoodies or similar extensions. That will help move your knees outward and away from the tank. You can also move your foot boards forward with HD extended Foot board pans. I have both on mine and they do make a difference in comfort.
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There are plenty of floorboards that don't have the high riding rubber ISO matt that the factory boards use. Such as banana boards. I ran a cheap set of Ebay boards on my Softail as well. Eliminating the floating ISO gives you a solid inch lower. Doesn't sound like much, but it really is. You can easily test my theory by simply popping the off the factory ISO part, and take the bike for a ride. Huge difference in boot height. If you like it, search for low profile floorboards.
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I have a C&C Solo as well as the newer SG stock seats which are lower in the saddle. I'm 6'5", so any help to get my legs off the tank would help. Don't want anything drastic in lowering them, maybe a inch max. I'm guessing this part or pieces don't exist.
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I'm 6'-3" on an '07 FLHR and didn't like the way the font of the boards angle upward. My frame had 2-3 different holes for the front board arm and even at the lowest were still too high.
I took the front arm off and was able to cut an inch off the end of it and with a little re shaping was able to have it fit into the board. Had to drill a new bolt hole, and adjust the angle of the rear board arm as it was now low enough to be flat. I also took off the shaker inserts and replaced them with some cheap glue down inserts from JP Cycles.
This gave me a level board with about an extra 1-1/2" of room. No problem cornering, my long arm cruise mounts and the switchblade pegs will touch long before the boards will. The boards still fold up if they have to, a little time in the garage on a rainy day paid off big in legroom...
I took the front arm off and was able to cut an inch off the end of it and with a little re shaping was able to have it fit into the board. Had to drill a new bolt hole, and adjust the angle of the rear board arm as it was now low enough to be flat. I also took off the shaker inserts and replaced them with some cheap glue down inserts from JP Cycles.
This gave me a level board with about an extra 1-1/2" of room. No problem cornering, my long arm cruise mounts and the switchblade pegs will touch long before the boards will. The boards still fold up if they have to, a little time in the garage on a rainy day paid off big in legroom...
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Im 6'3" using a C & C seat and Kuryakyn floorboard relocators (70.00) they will move the boards forward 1" and out 1" makes a big difference, also get a extended brake pedal to allow you to use all of the floor board