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[XRaymondX]

I've seen a couple of pics online of VTXs using struts to lower the bikes and removing the shock, thus turning it into a hard tail.

I'm looking into doing this.  If anyone has ridden a hard tail, how do they ride.  Is it really that different?

How far can I lower the VTX without binding the shaft?

[CouldBFaster]

A hard tail sucks if you are going to ride any distance at all. I think you can lower the X all the way to an 8" bar. so I think that 4,3/4"
If you are just bar hopping or running 1/4 mile I am sure a hard tail would be ok. But without at least a springer seat you are asking to be in pain.

[XRaymondX]

Most of the time, I ride 22 miles to work, and 22 miles home.

I've never taken a long trip.  Probably won't until the kids get grown and I get wing for me and the wife.

[tom cat]

Hard tails look cool I can't say why. they just do. Having put more miles on them than I ever wanted to. I can honestly say that I have no desire to ever ride one again. Its hard to look cool when you are all beat up after a 75 mile ride.

[xcaliber]

buy a good kidney belt or they'll end up in your boots. Hard tail looks cool if you replace the the entire swing arm asembly with a hard tail rearend but looks dumb if you just replace the shocks with steel struts IMO. you also need to kickout and extend the frontend tolook right also MHO.

[POGOGOLF]

buy a good kidney belt or they'll end up in your boots. Hard tail looks cool if you replace the the entire swing arm asembly with a hard tail rearend but looks dumb if you just replace the shocks with steel struts IMO. you also need to kickout and extend the frontend tolook right also MHO.

       

[hobo]

buy a good kidney belt or they'll end up in your boots.

THAT was hilarious. I almost felt it. Now I'll be needing another keyboard. Mine got soaked.