To Rake, or not to Rake . . . .

Guest · 2008-02-09T17:36:51Z

I have a new '08 Ultra with sidecar, which I'd placed on order last Fall, and today I got a chance to drive it around for the first time. I purposely use the word "drive", since I now know how the handling differs from "riding" a two wheel motorcycle. When I mentioned the idea of raking the front end to the Dealer, to help with steering, I was met with a blank stare. My Dealer deals with Police hacks only on occasion for the most part, and there not a lot of depth of knowledge. But now that I've had a chance to drive my rig, I see how one has to steer through turns and hold the handle bars in place as they fight you to go straight, which the dynamics dictate. I believe that it's this effort that the additional rake angle is supposed to help alleviate. Does anyone have experience with using their hack both before and after the rake was increased? Is it enough of a difference to be worth the cost, or would that really depend on the amount of hard turning one expects to see each day? I still very new to the world of sidecars, and was pleased to learn that a steering damper is including in the Harley Davidson sidecar kit. At this point both the bike and I are in our break-in period. Thanks in advance for anyone's thoughts.

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