gtcontender
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Just wanted to see if anyone else that has done this or something using just trees, if you have any issues. Finishing up a refit build on a 2001 FLHT with 16 inch rear. The front was running a 21 with factory trees, legs. Changed out the trees for a Kewlmetal 13.5 kit, 26inch wheel, still waiting on the fender but the rest is complete. Used everything Kewlmetal sent, their bearing / races and such, double checked the race seating, Neck nut torques, their fork tube extension, made sure the shop balanced the wheel.
The bike rides OK but once you get up to around 70-75 it has what feels like the bike is on ice, at 75 it starts to have a very slight side wobble, if you just let off the throttle then it will wobble a touch worse for a moment then stop as long as the bike is below 70. Take it back up to 75 and it starts you can just tap rear brake and the mild wobble goes away as it goes down past 70
As wobbles can turn nasty in the blink of an eye, have not pushed it past 75, Chances are rare one would really want to hammer on it but someday might need to hammer it slightly for passing or something. Plus would be nice to be able to run 75 on the interstate without the wobble.
Just mostly trying to figure out what I might be missing here on the install. The few shops around me dont care for the tree kits only, and most push the neck cut tree combo. Thought would try one one this build to see.
The bike rides OK but once you get up to around 70-75 it has what feels like the bike is on ice, at 75 it starts to have a very slight side wobble, if you just let off the throttle then it will wobble a touch worse for a moment then stop as long as the bike is below 70. Take it back up to 75 and it starts you can just tap rear brake and the mild wobble goes away as it goes down past 70
As wobbles can turn nasty in the blink of an eye, have not pushed it past 75, Chances are rare one would really want to hammer on it but someday might need to hammer it slightly for passing or something. Plus would be nice to be able to run 75 on the interstate without the wobble.
Just mostly trying to figure out what I might be missing here on the install. The few shops around me dont care for the tree kits only, and most push the neck cut tree combo. Thought would try one one this build to see.