G'day fellas, seeing as though this the first softail I've owned I need some advice on how the shocks work internally....
I'm going to upgrage, because I'm a skinny ba$tard and I feel every bump on the road, big and small. I think I have the pre-load low as I think it comes from the factory on the lowest setting anyways... The bike is a new Deluxe.
So, my questions are:-
Hope someone can help me out here.
Didn't know that the Deluxe had shockers thought mine was a "rigid"
Yeah, they are not the best and I'm workiong out what to do, looking at air shocks but thats about $3K for really good ones
My plan on the front is to add a washer to give it more preload and maybe some more oil as oppose to heavy weight and see how it goes.
The problem is in the actual design (hoz laying shocks) which to be honest I never knew till AFTER I bought the bike (I'm a dumbass)
Keep us in the loop on what you do as it will be next year before I can spend $3K on rear shockers
Cheers
Poddy
Really depends what you compare them too, I wouldn't rate them 'Good" nor 'Bad' just doesn't like tight corners and is easily unsettled
Nothing to do with clearance either, I had an M109R before this and that thing would scrape on a round about but it out handled any other cruz bike I've ridden
Anyway....
Put a sprung seat on your deluxe (3 designs available from 010 catalogue), makes the ride beaaaautiful (no matter what your weight) as you have both constant wind springs + the normal horizontal softail shocks.
May not suit your look but works a treat on the crossbones....................... cheaper than air shocks!!!
