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I always wondered this w/V&H dresser & power duels. They seem to hang pretty low at the bend(s) and I was worried about clearance. Probably not a huge issue, something to think about during certain riding situations.
 
Iceman24 said:
I always wondered this w/V&H dresser & power duels. They seem to hang pretty low at the bend(s) and I was worried about clearance. Probably not a huge issue, something to think about during certain riding situations.
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I can imangine on a FLHX the chances of scraping would be much higher with the shorter shocks.
 
dbmg said:
All I can say is you da man. I enjoyed the fact that when the city police came to the shop they never backed their bikes up. They would just lean the bike over and turn around inside a parking space and head the other way.
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Wish I could ride mine like that. If I had a loaner bike I didn't care if it got dropped I would work on that skill...when I scrape it's mostly an accident and not anything I tried to do.
 
glen073 said:
I can imangine on a FLHX the chances of scraping would be much higher with the shorter shocks.
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Definitely agree - especially if you're scraping. Even though I really liked/wanted the V&H duals, this is why I had to steer clear. Just heading out my driveway is tricky b/c it slopes down to the street & I've hit floorboard @ bottom while driving off.
 
I have a 2011 FLHTK did the same thing. The X Pipe Shield is scrapped because of my riding style. I had a 2008 Street Glide with V&H True Duels and would only scrape the floor boards or my heal but never the pipes with the same riding style. Great Exhaust, except for the ground clearance.
 
Airmech said:
I have a 2011 FLHTK did the same thing. The X Pipe Shield is scrapped because of my riding style. I had a 2008 Street Glide with V&H True Duels and would only scrape the floor boards or my heal but never the pipes with the same riding style. Great Exhaust, except for the ground clearance.
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That's where mine scraped. Just under the X pipe area. My 04 Road Glide with Rinehart True Duels have never scraped. Just the boards.
 
I contacted V&H and they are sending me a one time replacement of the X-pipe shield, maybe they know something is wrong with the design. I am not going to put the new shield on until this one is gone. As you mentioned before you can only see it when cleaning. You should give them a call too.
 
I've used V&H for the past 10 yrs on both of my HDs. I love their customer service and any problems I've run into (very few), they sent me replacement parts no questions asked. Heck I even sent them an email asking about reusing the torca clamps on my mufflers and they told me a new set was in the mail, free of charge!

I've seen some Power Duals that are on e-bay that are used and the seller noted scrapes right where we are talking about. I also saw a SG being backed off a ramp at Biketoberfest and when the back tire came off the flat part onto the sloped ramp, my gosh I thought the Power Duals were going to scrape!! It seemed like it was only an 1" or less clearance.

I'm still keeping an eye out for a nice used set of Power Duals for my 09 RG.

Ride safe and have fun.
 
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