HardTail Spirit 750

[quietprofessional]

Never ridden a hardtail. just how bad is the ride? love the look, but wondering if i do it will i regret it? To those guys out there who have gone the hardtail route on the spirits, how many miles do you ride a year? do you still crank a lot of miles out on those bikes or do you find the ride too rough. i have no idea, thanks guys~Smitty:biker:

[RAZOR]

As For How Many Miles I Ride A Year.who Knows,too Mny To Count.
Anyway Its Not That Much Difference,a Little Rougher And For Sure
It Get To You A Little On Long Rides.i Love It I Will Never Put The Shocks Back On.

[calicruiser]

IF the roads are decent the ride is decent, if the roads suck, the ride sucks:) The roads I ride are decent and I ride it like i rode it when I had the shocks on. Try it out with some cheap struts and see what you think. I love the low look and feel of the struts! Had my bike for about a year and a half and just turned 4500 miles. I'd say 3000 of those are with struts.

[quietprofessional]

calicruiser, what pipes are you running there, vance and hines short shots, they look great on your bike!

[1dvs750]

Hey brotha.. the rigid struts are cool. No worries... Just try to avoid potholes and fu#@d up roads like Cali said. I have ridden to Vegas, Monterey, Santa Cruz a couple times from Socal with torch's struts, no problems to complain about. I would have to say those were some of my best rides yet. Also, try to get a good kidney belt, back support belt, that helps some.

[cowboy]

I have ridden over 300 miles in a day with struts on.You just have to watch the road alot more for pot holes.When my wife rides with me I put shocks back on.It only takes 5 min.to switch so if you are going on a long ride you can switch.
Cali has the hard krome pipes same as mine but mine are the stagered straights.

[Machinehead]

I'll agree with the other's here and suggest you try fitting it with struts,,,,but if you prefer the struts I'd suggest you cut and re-weld the upper frame (where the rear of the saddle mounts) to lower it permanently without distorting the center of axis. In other words....by reducing the length between the swingarm and frame by using a strut of shorter length....you will actually be moving the swingarm above the parallel road beneath your ass. You've prolly seen it many times...'specially on machines fitted with a chain drive. You'll most likely have to fit a custom fender or fab the OEM....but hey, that's the price we pay to customize, hey?


Once again....post pics fore and aft.

Happy Trails

[Low'02spirit]

The struts are awsome i have had mine on for about a year. No complaints. It is a little rougher than the shocks just let a little air pressure out of the back tire and your good to go.

[calicruiser]

QP, like cowboy said, my pipes are HArd Krome 2.5" American Classic Straights.

[quietprofessional]

cali your bike is f'ing gorgous...is your front end raked out at all or is it stock angle and length. ???Also how long are your struts??? i was looking at some and i think im going to do it in the next week or 2. (im taking pics of everything and will post them as soon as i get the cable to connect to my comp) lots of pics to put up, i was hit BY a deer this oct, so i have some body work being dont to the tank right now. been taking pictures through the whole process, will pose everything soon. hardtail route is next though.

[calicruiser]

cali your bike is f'ing gorgous...is your front end raked out at all or is it stock angle and length. ???Also how long are your struts??? i was looking at some and i think im going to do it in the next week or 2. (im taking pics of everything and will post them as soon as i get the cable to connect to my comp) lots of pics to put up, i was hit BY a deer this oct, so i have some body work being dont to the tank right now. been taking pictures through the whole process, will pose everything soon. hardtail route is next though.

THANKS! for the comps!! The front end is stock. the struts are 9" bout as low as you can go:) I think you are gonna dig the lowered look! I love it. thanks again, man. take er easy

cali