Just started getting into customizing bikes this season, I like to find the older 70's style ones for a couple hundred and make them into bobbers or choppers, did a great job on a cheap xs I got a few months ago, saw an xs-1100 for sale the other day in mint, for only a couple hundred so jumped on it. My buddy said that since it was shaft drive, I may have problems lowering it because of the change in degree of the shaft, I'll be dropping it about 6 inches, just removing the shocks and using fender struts. I've seen plenty of pics of shaft drive bikes dropped and lowered, I just need to know what issues I will have and what do I need to do to prevent damage, cosmetics are simple, some ebay solo seats, drag bars, jesse james fenders, etc, but not much of a mechanic as far as internals go, what do I have to have done to be able to lower a shaft drive bike without issues?? if there are any?
2007-12-24
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Eric
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