The "red neck eng." opt is a great one depending on your location and ability to strip and ship the bike. I absolutly love my seeger kit and would not do it any other way even in hind sight, for me. the rake and trail are correct and within the stock range for the above posted calc to work you need to have the neck angle at 36* with 6* rake in the trees and 7-8" over tubes. i have spoken to others who have it and ALL have been more than happy with their purchase. better call Jesse James and have him change the shop to " West Coast Constructors" at least the WCC will still work on the business cards.īack to the original point of this post: if you like the kit and want one go for it. Technically no "ground up" bikes are "choppers" as they are constructed not chopped. I agree that the product is poorly named but so what, so is the H2, it's no freakin huwvee. what i said was there is more to "chopping" a bike then putting a torch to the neck. were all the post WW2 era bikes that created the term choppers or only those after "easy rider"?Ģ. a raked front end does not make a chopper no matter how it is acheived. Most of you isisting that a "chopper kit" on a bike does not make a chopper are missing 2 major pointsġ.
#Sportster chopper conversions trial
A bike which simply relies on a raked or adjustable tree cannot achieve more then 5 or 6 deg of additional rake before the trial becomes so small that the bikes handling will become dangerous. location of the new steering head angle). This combination is what changes the center-line of the steering head (the red line shows the approx. The bottom bearing is a standard bearing.
The top bearing is similar to a ball joint and allows the top tree to sit at the new angle and rotate at the same time. As you can see the adapter moves the pivot point of the lower triple tree approx 1.5" forward from the bottom of the neck. The close-up view of the 13 deg bolt-on chopper kit shows the upper and lower triple tree along with the bottom adapter. I'm not saying these are the way to go, but before everone starts bashing.maybe you should have a clue? :smoke This is important unless you want to end up as pavement. a stock sporty has a trail of ~3.4inches. And to back up what coonass stated.They offer an offset through the neck as to maintain your stock trail.anyone here (besides coonass) know what trail is? Trail is what makes the bike handle well or not at different speeds. Actually if you folks would take time to research these kits they are not raked trees.
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