That must be why my Street Glides get no front tire wear.....LOL
You are exactly right, Cat Eye! I proved it years ago in the Truck Business. Personally, I've always liked the look of the front-end being higher than the ass-end, on everything I've ever owned, especially Motorsickles. The first thing I would do was get a over-stock front-end, whether it be a Springer, or over-stock tubes. Back to the Truck Business, most applications here in the Mountain State, have a lot of down-hill grades, with the Truck grossly overloaded. Factories build Trucks to sit lower in the front, unladen, on the premise they will sit level, laden. This stands to reason on OTR Tractors, with 40K lb., Rear Air-Ride Suspension. On Extreme-Duty Trucks, with 110-120K lb. Rear Suspension, that just don't work. That Suspension does not squat! Customers were complaining about tire wear, and front-end components not lasting as long as they should. So, I came up with the idea of building up the front suspension, (adding spring leaves, and riser blocks), to make the Truck sit level, or a little higher in the front than the rear, when fully loaded, or laden, in Engineering language. While this modification does not transfer any weight from the front to the rear, it did decrease the thrust of the weight on the Front-End, thus fixing the problem. Some Factory Engineers don't want their designs messed with, because on the drawing board, their design is perfect. There's a great gulf fixed between the drawing board, and the job-site. So, I modify 'em, or as they say in the Truck Industry here, that Truck has been "HUBBARDIZED!" Less thrust, less tire wear! On anything that rolls. There endeth the lesson. Later--HUBBARD
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