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[Eqcons]

As I mentioned a while back, it gets her feet away from some of the heat and we have gone on some several trips and no complaints.

Same with my wife.  Swapping them side to side was one of the best mods I've ever done on my bike. Truly transformed it.

Jim

[Dan_Lockwood]

I have the 2011 RGSEU...love the bike. Only problem was when I pulled out of the dealer shop with my wife on the bike and the passenger floorboards down...I almost dropped the bike at the stop sign. Due to passenger boards hittin my calfs. (I am 5'-8")  It took a while find a solution since..they only rotate up and forward.  The solution is to switch the left and right side passenger floorboards !!

The sheild engraving will now be rearward instead of forward. By doing this you gain several inches of space in which to place your feet when at a stop. In fact enough space to walk the bike without hittin your calves. See picture.



-DG

When you swapped from side to side, why not swap the boards back so the taper shape of the board will be with the flow so to speak.  What I see now is that the leading edge of the floor board could possibly catch your leg rather divert or brush away your leg if it gets back that far.

Just a thought...

[Eqcons]

When you swapped from side to side, why not swap the boards back so the taper shape of the board will be with the flow so to speak.  What I see now is that the leading edge of the floor board could possibly catch your leg rather divert or brush away your leg if it gets back that far.

Just a thought...

That's exactly what I did.

Jim

[Sklywag]

Sklywag, the taller your are the sooner you know it is raining. Wish I was a little taller. At 5'9" it can be a little struggle with the little woman on the back and luggage, but so far so good. She is a good non complaing passenger except she would like me to stop more often. CAHDBIKER

Quite true.  Just for interest.  I rode a friends Ultra Limited last weekend, he has lowered it 1" front & rear and put the Hammoch Seat on as he is also like 5'8".  He is now flatfooted on the bike.  It was an interesting ride, definitely not as much lean angle in the corners as I am use too but it was adequate if I just slightly modified my line.  I hustle along pretty good most of the time, with the bike lowered I could run about he same if I just paid attention to riding with a late apex.

I believe the 09 up sits a little taller to begin with as I rarely scrape anything on my 09 where I drag boards all the time on my 06.

Oh, I did change the oil in his 12" rear shocks to Amzoil 10w Synthetic Shock Therapy.  Made a huge difference in keeping it from bottoming out, and he only runs 20lbs of air 2 up & it works fine.

Just a point of interest on all this.

[Eqcons]

Oh, I did change the oil in his 12" rear shocks to Amzoil 10w Synthetic Shock Therapy.  Made a huge difference in keeping it from bottoming out, and he only runs 20lbs of air 2 up & it works fine.

Interesting - I gave up on the 12" shox because the ride was dreadful - roads are bumpy and rough around here, and it spent more time bottoming out than anything else.  I'm 5' 5½" so every little helps.

Jim

[Sklywag]

I should have also added that I was very uncomfortable on the bike, it was like I was jammed in a little sports car.  The thing it did show me is you can't totally adapt to fit a MC, you need to adapt the MC to fit you.  It fits him perfect & he rides very well because of that.

He has the Arlen Ness custom Floorboards on it, without the CVO adjustable rear.  I am going to look and see if flipping side to side does anything for him as he does have the same issue when he is 2up.  More money for him to spend to get adjustable rears.....

[Sklywag]

Interesting - I gave up on the 12" shox because the ride was dreadful - roads are bumpy and rough around here, and it spent more time bottoming out than anything else.  I'm 5' 5½" so every little helps.

Jim

The oil change in the shocks is huge, like I said, he rides 2up with 20lbs of air, solo he runs about 12lbs.  The shocks actually work!

[Eqcons]

The oil change in the shocks is huge, like I said, he rides 2up with 20lbs of air, solo he runs about 12lbs.  The shocks actually work!

Maybe I'll see if I can find that oil and try again..... how much oil did you put in?

Jim

[Sklywag]

I always measure what I take out, mainly to make sure I get it all out.  I put in 11.5oz.  HD says they are 12oz capacity & I know you can't get it all out so I have ended up with 11.5 as what I put in.

[Eqcons]

I always measure what I take out, mainly to make sure I get it all out.  I put in 11.5oz.  HD says they are 12oz capacity & I know you can't get it all out so I have ended up with 11.5 as what I put in.

I've checked, and my normal oil supplier in the UK carries it, so maybe I'll give it a go.  I have to say I am a little sceptical though, as the ride with these shox was so bad! 

Jim

[Grizzly]

When you swapped from side to side, why not swap the boards back so the taper shape of the board will be with the flow so to speak.  What I see now is that the leading edge of the floor board could possibly catch your leg rather divert or brush away your leg if it gets back that far.

Just a thought...

That's why I simply removed the "stop" pin allowing me to keep the boards on the same side as intended, and now have full movement of the boards forward and backward.

Worked for me.