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I'm looking at purchasing an air ride set-up. Does anyone have any experience with Arnott or Legends? Pros / Cons of either system.

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You didn't ask but I've been rocking this system flawlessly since May 2006.

http://www.americanvtwinmotors.com/hi-lo.html

Great system with a lifetime warranty.
 
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I've had the Arnott's on my 08 SG for 2 years and 15000 miles. Have never had any kind of problem. The ride's as good or better than stock. It's great being able to adjust the ride for the load on the fly. But my favorite thing is that when it's slammed it makes backing up a breeze.
 
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Arnott air ride here. Had about 2 years witout 1 problem! And I'm always mess'in with it! My only complaint is that the compressor seems a little loud to me. Works just fine, just a bit loud.
 
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Arnott air ride here. Had about 2 years witout 1 problem! And I'm always mess'in with it! My only complaint is that the compressor seems a little loud to me. Works just fine, just a bit loud.
Yeah I agree. A little loud and a little slow. But it's a bargain.
 
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I've had the Arnott on 2 different bikes and never a problem.
 
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I've had Legends on my FLH for 5 yrs (about 25k miles) with zero problems.
 
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Thanks everyone for you input. It's seems like most people are running the Arnott Susupension. Is that due to price? For those of you that have an air ride on your bikes, how is the ride? Does anyone have any first had experience with Legends? Why is that set-up so much $$$? I only want to but a system once.

I'm interested in the following set-ups:

Arnott w/12" Aldans shocks

Legends w/12" shocks

Thanks for your help!
 
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I run Arnott with Bilstien , 12'' shock ,didnt see a reason to have 11 rebound settings that Aldan shock offered. After 2 years no problems with this setup.
 
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If it's adjustable height why get the 12" shocks, get the 13' ones and lower it to 12" and have the extra inch in reserve for rough roads or curves? Just my 2 cents.
 


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