Rear Air
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Originally Posted by 73impala
I have dirty air rear kit with out the fast up and am more than happy with it.
How much do you ride the bike? How do you ride it? 1 or 2 up? Ride compared to stock?
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I personally have no experience with either of them but I have a buddy that has the Dirty Air. He and his wife say the ride is great. On the flip side he's has quite a bit of problems. They were on the Interstate when a shock blew out and had to have it towed in. He's had the valve go out while riding and it sat down on the rear fender. On a freezing day here rencently everything froze up and he said it was like riding a hard tail. His gauge is leaking now and he's got to replace that. I had thought about that system myself but with all the problems he's had I think I'm going to go with a good coil over system when I change rear shocks on mine.
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Currently longest trip with the kit was an hour one up and it was a smooth ride mostly highway. I ride a lot locally with 2 up and its still has the same ride maybe a little stiffer but the passenger hasn't complained about it.
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no pogoing , simply LOVE the ride and handling.. have a bad back and am 110% glad I went with an air ride
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I ordered the "basic system" last night and decided to call this am, glad I did. The basic comes with the Car Shock modified air shocks, might not be anything wrong with them. But called this am and spoke with D/A and they told me about the Aluminum Shock ) BALLER SHOCKS) upgrade and how much happier I would be. So on the way is the rear air ride system and there upgraded aluminum shocks. Guy on the phone was cool and didn't mind talking.
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Well the ride is smoother than the premium shocks, and can be ridden down without getting beat up . I went with the premium aluminum shocks instead of the modified car shocks.
