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when I put mine on last year I e-mailed Progressive about the clips, wanted to know if I need 2 or 3, they told me most of the time 2 works great 1 was for extra light people that ride solo all the time (under 150 lbs) 3 was very rare bike maxed out on weight, I am 255 or so and wife is 165ish and the ride is much better and almost no dive when braking but there is still movement in the front forks when I sit on it and when I hit a bump
Thanks for the info, I'm looking forward to trying them out.
You are still likely to have some dive, but vast improvement over stock. I found the monotubes a real benefit to handling, but not the end all of front end suspension by any means. They are worth it imho
I finally got a chance to ride today and the forks are much improved. They are firm yet compliant and soaked up the crap roads we have this Spring; money well spent!
You are still likely to have some dive, but vast improvement over stock. I found the monotubes a real benefit to handling, but not the end all of front end suspension by any means. They are worth it imho
The monotube cost/performance benefit is realistic in my opinion. There's only so much that can be done to improve the handling of an 800+lb machine. Out of idle curiosity - since unsprung weight has significant effect on handling - when mounting new tires on my Road King, I weighed the front wheel/tire combination along with similar items from a Honda CB1000 (the .....'Big One') and a Triumph Speed Triple. The Triumph combo weighed 25lbs, while HD's was 43! Even the - supposedly meaty - Honda's parts only came to 26lbs.
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