hi people,.just a quick question about suspention,rear shocks to be more procice.

i am looking at replacing my rear shocks on my widey 2010, like the progressive 412-4041c full chrome cover 11inch.

standard shock is 12 inch, my question is do all you gooroos no if i have to do anything to the front springs?.

will i upset the handling of my bike lowering the rear and not the front?

help appreciated...

jocky

lowering the rear 25mm will not affect the handling too much. Understandably it will be a little harder and your cornering is a little less. There are a lot here that have lowered the rear only on softails and conventional shokies. I once lowered mine 65mm at rear only, it was embarrassing going around roundabouts and got a little wallow on long sweeping bends. Lifted it up to 40mm and it fixed the wallowing. On my next Harley I only lowered the rear 25mm and didn't notice much anything.

as above not much diff but while ya at it change front fork oils so ya know its all new may stiffen the front just a tad

Will you be riding 2 up much? the 11's can be an issue on some roads with someone on the back. I find 11.5" shocks are very good, currently using Progressive heavy duty 440's with no issues. As mentioned by Ol Skool change your front fork oil as well, I went up to a 30 weight grade and its pretty good.

 

hey davep, no iwant be 2up at all, plus iam only a little prick and only 75kg, so if i lower it the full inch do you think it will be ok?.

pluss want it as low as i can safley.

jocky

all good then mate, I personally have not found any issues with handling over the years by lowering, just cant lean her over as much is the issue you will face.

i had 11 progressives on back my twin turbod fxr had 18 inch ackront rim x 4 inch on rear with 21 front an wideglide conversion handled great even with lisa on the back i was 110kg then an she was 49kilo lol best thing was it got power to the ground quik as