My bike is a lot older than yours but I bought a lowering kit and had it installed on my standard shocks...Dropped it by 2" but the ride quality was shit so lifted it back up....If I had a newer bike I would propably go air shocks that are adjustable on the fly...
Posted By robo61 on 9/10/2011 5:46:56 PM Subject: RE: Lowering? Message: I got drop ins on the front and Shotguns on the arse. Sits down as low as it will go. Slammed. Guts is about 4inchs off the ground. Lowers the bike up about 6inch from standard. Back Gaurd sits on rim height. If ya don't want to go air, like the shotguns etc,,,,,,definitaly go the progressive shock on the rear. Far better then the bolts,,,,about $700.
Could you post a picture of your bike?
Hi Guys,
I've read about the lowering kits for the rears and progressive's for the front. Is there any issues in dropping the forks through the trees a little. not huge just n inch or so. no need to change suspension and can b reset to standard in short time..
I want to lower my bike and can ge the adjustable rear bolt but would like to now if dropping the forks can work as long as u don't go to low.
Cheers
Dave
How low can you go before you start getting problems with the kick stand beiing too long?
I've been eyeing up the Burly lowering kits but they reckon they drop the bike up to 2 inches... seems a lot.
FR
I have the HD lowering bolts on my Fatty and scrape every FKN roundabout unless i go that slow i near fall off the fkn thing. (Looks good though) and just to add i am 115 kg.
i did check this and it has the closed top tree so you can't slide the fork through. i was thinking of getting a new set of trees and forks where u can slide the forks through. pricey i know but way cheaper then getting custom forks that u can raise/lower etc.
Guys, I run a SAS air ride, it by no means is the best suspension out there and like most have some short comings. It does have ride height adjustment so when it is fully up it can be as high as standard or what ever height you require. It also has adjustable damping and pre load via inbuilt stud adjuster, compressor and solinoid valves. I can adjust on the fly for a change of load or road conditions. It seems to handle and corner better than stock shocks if you ride hard possibly because the air reacts quicker than springs. One of the downsides to air is you get a lot more road feedback which requires a bit of getting used to. I currently run pirelli night dragon tyres that are a softer compound and a softer ride tyre than the stock Dunlops, this eliminates some of that feedback. At times my wife rides pillion and prefers the ride of the stock shocks because she says she feels every ripple in the road with the air ride. The pirellis help iron out this feedback a little.
I had the height adjusters on the stock shocks and could not get an acceptable ride, mainly bottom out issues. I believe the air ride is impossible to bottom out because of the nature of the air comperssing affect. Air pressure increases progressivly with suspension travel. The SAS has adjustable compression and rebound damping in the earlier models, unfortunately they are not separate adjusters. One adjuster does both. The latest model SAS has an inbuild progressive damping system which works very well, but I prefer to be able to adjust suspension to my own liking.
I personally have no experience with Fournales but from what I read, believe they would be the best solution for softails. The first SAS unit I had was $2800 fitted, this was too expensive but our dollar against the green back was about mid 60 cents at the time. The unit cost $1650 US plus postage, Duty, Gst, switches wiring and fitting. I could have purchased a fournales for around the same price and feel, would have had a better suspension.
Ohlins also used to build a shock for softails but I think, have ceased production. Ohlins build great sports bike suspensions, second to none, so these units should have been very good.
I have included some pic's below.
SAS unit
Air released and slammed down, very rough ride
My solo ride height
Topped out height
Sorry I could not get the photos to show. Link below.
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