What are the benefits of lowering a motorcycle?
Lowering the seat can help you make your motorcycle more comfortable to ride, and it makes it easier to reach the ground. By shaving off a portion of the seat, you’ll make it easier to firmly plant your feet because you won’t have to spread your legs so far around the bike.
What weight is Harley Davidson Fork Oil?
Standard type E fork oil is supposedly around 7 to 10 weight, regular SE approximately 20 weight, and the heavy duty racing SE is around 30 weight.
What’s the length of a HD fork tube?
1984-E86 XL, 1984-85 FXE-FXEF, 1984-86 FXR+-XRSFXRDG- FXRC, except sport pkg. 35mm. XL1986-87 XL, 1987 FXR-FXRS models with showa fork except FXRT-FXRD. 35mm. 1983-86 FXRT-FXRD, 1984-85 FXSB, 1985-86 FXRS with sport package. 35mm. because they may not always be original equipment. Before installing, compare old and new tubes.
Can you change the front end of a Harley Davidson?
Harley-Davidson has designed and manufactured this custom front end according to our very stringent and well-tested standards. If you modify the FLSTS Springer front end in any way that changes our original design, Harley-Davidson cannot and does not assume responsibility for mishaps resulting from these changes. 1WARNING
How do you adjust the shocks on a Harley Davidson?
You will need a small portable air pump to adjust the shocks/suspension on your Harley Davidson touring motorcycle. Harley does make a small portable air pump that has some benefits. There are other companies that make an air pump too. Keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up!
Do you change the front brake hardware on a Harley Davidson?
DO NOT alter the fender to modify the fender location relative to the tire. Doing this could allow the front wheel to bind on the fender during hard stops or big bumps or adversely affect the handling characteristics of this motorcycle. DO NOT change the front brake hardware. The FLSTS Springer front brake hardware was designed to hold the
How to identify the forks on a Harley Davidson?
Identifying which exact fork (front end) is on your Harley-Davidson motorcycle can be problematic. Especially with older bikes, many parts of motorcycle forks can be changed to different styles, or replaced with aftermarket parts. In this article we share photos and identifying characteristics for a variety of front ends found on Harleys.
How to adjust the rear wheel on a Harley Davidson?
1. Support the bike 2. Hold a couple of 2 meter long straight edges against the rear wheel 3. Turn the bars as near parallel as possible to the straight edges 4. Measure the gaps A,B, C & D 5. If A = C and B = D, then you’ve done it, if not, adjust rear wheel and try again.
How to adjust suspension on a Harley Davidson?
Laidlaw’s Harley-Davidson Keith Hurt and Jamie Myers demonstrate the proper way to adjust the new suspension found on Touring and Sportster Chassis Motorcycles. Make sure your taking advantage on the maximum ride quality your new Harley-Davidson is capable of. Loading…
Harley-Davidson has designed and manufactured this custom front end according to our very stringent and well-tested standards. If you modify the FLSTS Springer front end in any way that changes our original design, Harley-Davidson cannot and does not assume responsibility for mishaps resulting from these changes. 1WARNING