I am currently using this kit. The only issues I have had is the shock will rub your bags from being spaced out! I placed some felt on my bag in the area it was contacting. I ride 2 up most of the time with now rubbing or bottoming out.

 

I think that may just be it!!! Now I just have to make sure they will work on the special.

 

I got a set of shocks that were reworked by bitchin baggers and they will take you down to 11.25 in. I had the lowering blocks they seemed to work ok, but I had the oil changed to a heavier weight and the ride is much better,they have a stop in them so you can't bottom out. These are in the classified if your interested.

 

I sent them an e-mail last week and they got back to me saying they don't have anything for the 14 yet as far as lowering links but they are working on it.

 

Thank you posting this. I just looked these up and probably going to install them.

 

I changed my front lowers to the chrome ones.....they charged me 3.5 hrs worth of labor....and while it was disassembled they installed the lowering kit...didn't charge me for that...since it was apart already....and I got 15% off of labor and parts

 

They WILL NOT work with the permium hand adjustable shocks.

But they will work on a '14 SGS... IF you get a set of air shocks for it.

I picked up a set of new take offs from a '13 and put them on with Burley 1" Blocks, dropped the *** an inch, along with lowering the forks and a Danny Grey Speed Cradle my 5'2" wife rides the Street Glide Special.


The upside?

I have a pair of Premium Hand Adjustable shocks on my '14 Limited.

 

The lowering blocks for the rear shocks are bad news all around. You risk the tire hitting the fender, shocks hitting the bags or worse, the shocks coming off if one of those blocks breaks. It also changes handling characteristics. Would be better, and safer, to change the shocks to another brand that can be set up for however low you want them. Ride quality may change, but that's what happens when you want to go low.

Coming from someone who has lowered his bike all around (1.5" rear, 1" front) the front makes as much difference as the rear. You can drop the rear all the way to the ground but the front is what really helps the bike get lower. And lowering the front improves handling when the rear has already been lowered.

 

Nothing changed on the rear of the frame.

But coil over shocks won't work.

 

I concur that hitting the wiring under the fender is bad. 1" drop shouldn't allow this to happen.


Aside from that, have YOU ever SEEN any of the aforementioned occurrences? Or simply read about them on the internet somewhere?