shorter rear shocks

if i see this correctly, you have new shocks, fender, seat bars and is that a sporster exhaust?

 

yep new fender, sportster exhaust, royal enfield bars and the seat... the front half is stock the rear was fiber glassed the match the curve of the fender then stuffed and covered. Id like to get a big gel and redo all the padding but my wife and kids like to spend my money waaayyy tooooo fast! lol

 

i wounder how that would look with my 4-1 mac exhaust

 

the shocks are a great height for me. im 5 8" and can sit flat footed with a slight bend in the knees while stopped. if I redo the padding of my seat i can prob drop another inch in seat height. If your closer to 6' then 11's will be just fine.

 

well picture this with onlt one pipe!

 

yea im 6 ft, 260 lbs, so im not a small person, and seems the 11" versions are easier to get ahold of too, (cheaper) and i think the exhaust would be ok, as long as i have the clearence for it, but ill tackle that part later if i have too. And if i do something like this, ill do a solo seat as its just going to be me, wife will never ride.

 

the solo seat is pretty easy you can follow the awesome thread on the boards or just cut and cover the orig. i love fiber glass (walmart) to resape things!

 

Rusty Savag - Your 550 is clean. Me likey.

Here's my 550, Charlotte, with the same ultima shocks. They went to Shirley when Charlotte got struts.

 

Rusty? did you modify anything to get the shocks to mount?

 

a little. i had to widen the bottom mounts a hair and made a sleeve to take up the gap between the bolt and lower shock. then on the top a sleeve was included that was perfect then i added a spacer to snug it in. after the sleeves were made it took about 30 min to install. no cutting or major changes.