Newby here, going to by my first Harley in a couple of weeks, a Sporty 1200 custom, but as I'm a real shortarse, I was wondering if anyone can tell me how much lower could I drop a 1200 custom, I intend to get a super reduced reach seat for it, but every inch helps. hope someone can help me out.
Cheers, Graham.
5'2", so pretty short, I can reach the forward controls no probs, I'd just like to be as close to flat footin' it when stopped. Is 11" as short as you can go in the shocks? what's the lowering block you mention, haven't heard of them, did ya lower the front as well? sorry for all the questions just trying to get this right.
Standard height (12.5" shocks on custom from memory) clearance isn't great, I can just clear gently dropping off curb onto road, and have scraped more than a few times on driveways and speed bumps and broken the side stand spring lug off. If you can get one foot flat with other on peg you should be alright. I personally wouldn't go more than an inch lower in suspension.
Thanks for the replys, all that info has helped heaps, as soon as I get my bike I'll post some pics, and start looking for some rides to go on.
Cheers,
Graham.
Kevlad, hang on to those shocks for a couple of weeks, and I might buy them off you.
I've sat on quite a few bikes (sportys) and none of them let me touch the ground perfectly, the closest I've come was one on the weekend in the city, I was told it was a 1200 custom low, import from the states, not doubting the import side of things, but I've looked long and hard since and can't find any refference to that model, so I'm guessing it's just a custom with lowered shocks. The price was a bit steep, and an '07 model with 800 ks, sounds off to me.
They replace the speedo as part of compliance. No such thing as custom low, theres a 1200 custom and a 1200 low. How much? They seem to be around US$7k on ebay, plus couple grand freight, couple grand compliance, bit of mark up, so what $12-13k?
They were asking 17,900, it had a fair bit of bling, but I thought it was well overpriced.
My Partner is a short arse and she can stand flat footed when she is on the bike, she has Progressive 430 11" shocks on the rear of her 883 Low.
Yeah I reckon yours looks great kevlad, just what I'm after.
Scouser, you might be right, but I just like the look of the customs and lows better.
can anyone tell me if the only difference between a custom and a low is the forward controls?
What sort of seat is it? where abouts are you Vic?
Thanks Kevlad, I'm in Cranbourne, got a bit the next couple of weeks but see if I can make it after that.
