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Cruiser
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| I have a 1" lowering link installed. It seems to me that the ride has lost some comfort. question is...should i still follow air pressure listed in side compartment, or should i use more or less air pressure? |
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Visionary
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| I lowered mine 2" and run 40psi and your going to ask I'm 230 solo rider
The mushier the ride the less responsive it will be |
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Cruiser
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| johnnyvision.....do you still have original shock? and did you install side compartment swingarm clearance things? |
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Visionary
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| still stock shock. I have stock inner bags and yes cracked one when I first lowered it. I sealed the crack with black silicon. Since I have 40 psi no problem but always kinda slow down for rail road tracks. Watch for deep pot holes. Not sorry I lowered it and you should lower your front to and readjust your head light.
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Visionary
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| lowering your front. With a 6mm allen loosen the pinch bolts on the triple trees top and bottom. Now the front end should slide down and it will stop when the top of the forks hit the handlebars. You might have to push down on the bars if the forks are stuck. Tighten up pinch bolts and your done. Not hard but frustrating. Make sure no wires or cables are pinched.
I did lower my front end after i got the bike cause of all the moving around when following semis. Great improvement there.
Watch where you park some places are tippy and turn your bars to far left so you have all the weight is on the kickstand.
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Cruiser
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| johnyv. yes, I seen threads about lowering front months ago, and did. yes made a big diff, in the headlight and wind shimmies. put more air in shock, seems to be the way to go. oh by the way...I torch heated my kickstand and bent a 'snake shape' in it to shorten it up. then repainted. worked great.
Edited by Banjodan 2013-06-09 9:32 PM
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Iron Butt
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| johnnyvision - 2013-06-09 5:27 PM
lowering your front. With a 6mm allen loosen the pinch bolts on the triple trees top and bottom. Now the front end should slide down and it will stop when the top of the forks hit the handlebars. You might have to push down on the bars if the forks are stuck. Tighten up pinch bolts and your done. Not hard but frustrating. Make sure no wires or cables are pinched.
I did lower my front end after i got the bike cause of all the moving around when following semis. Great improvement there.
Watch where you park some places are tippy and turn your bars to far left so you have all the weight is on the kickstand.
This doesn't work (u can only get about 1/8" of drop) on the newer bikes, as the design is different. |
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air pressure in shock