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Hard tail experience
- Thread starter Bennyboy
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Maybe I'm not following. You want to Bob on someones hard tail?
I had a shovelhead in a Santee rigid frame at one time and I loved it. It rode as smooth as my Fatboy, but the rigid had a '36 Knucklehead (read WIDE) seat on ~3" springs.
Had a kick only 74 cubic inch shovelhead in a rigid Paughco frame. Miss the scoot, but don't miss wrenchin' on that bastard.
Also had a hot rod 113" s & s in a rigid UCC frame (Ground Pounder)
Never got into the ultra soft Charmin bikes with fairings .............although a radio woulda been great.
Biggest question to ask is: How's yer back?
Also had a hot rod 113" s & s in a rigid UCC frame (Ground Pounder)
Never got into the ultra soft Charmin bikes with fairings .............although a radio woulda been great.
Biggest question to ask is: How's yer back?
I used to build custom bikes, once built a wide tire hardtail (also Paughco frame) with a kickin shovelhead motor. Thing was fast as sin, soon as I twisted the throttle there was no rear suspension to absorb the torque and it freaking took off. The look was cool, the ride sucked. I felt every pebble and God forbid I rode a bumpy or pothole ridden road. Now, I'm way too long in the tooth to put up with that kind of ride. But I still like the look....current ride is a "restomod" '87 Heritage Softail with 96" twin cam motor and a whole bunch of goodies that makes it look new, but it still rides hard like the old softails.
