Progressive monotubes
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From: The Whale's Vagina
My experience was just the opposite. I found the set up way too soft at first and it took me quite some turns of the adjuster to set the sag right. As you said, maybe it's the weight difference (I weigh 180).
Btw I love your bike, it's one of the best looking Dyna's I've ever seen!
Btw I love your bike, it's one of the best looking Dyna's I've ever seen!
I talked to Progressive's tech support yesterday about shortening the spacer, and they said not to take off more than an inch for safe operation, and do it in 1/4" increments. I took off a 1/2" and found the ride much improved. I may take off another 1/2" today. It appears their preload adjuster has about an inch of travel, so I can easily make up the difference if it's too short.
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From: California
Nice to Hear.........
I took the plunge on these this week. I wouldn't say they're a slam dunk better than emulators. I think it depends on where and how you ride. Coming from my previous set up of Ricor Intiminators and Works triple rate tunable springs...I would rate the performance of the monotubes as just OK in comparison overall. The performance at high speed on the freeway is much better, but low speed (under 50mph) on bumpy road is pretty harsh. I'm still messing with spacer height to get a better ride since the spring is a one-size-fits-all progressive wind. Even with the adjuster backed all the way off, I had almost no sag at first. I only weigh 155, so heavier riders might be fine with the out of the box set up.
There is no adjustment for rebound or compression, just preload, but for the cost ($336 shipped from M&M cycles), these are pretty hard to beat. I had more than that invested in my previous set up.
The install is a PITA compared to Intiminators and springs (which literally just drop in), but never having to worry about blown seals or change fork oil again is worth the effort IMO.
There is no adjustment for rebound or compression, just preload, but for the cost ($336 shipped from M&M cycles), these are pretty hard to beat. I had more than that invested in my previous set up.
The install is a PITA compared to Intiminators and springs (which literally just drop in), but never having to worry about blown seals or change fork oil again is worth the effort IMO.
With all the time and effort with your previous set up, I was surprised to hear you did it........
So give me a straight up no BS comparison between the 2 ????????
I am very satisfied with what the Ricor's with Progressive's spring's did, compared to the stock set up which was horrible........ But I still think there is a fine line between to stiff and to soft, I have found a setting that works fairly well for both 75 mph + freeway riding and below 50 mph road riding, but will still bottom out over large bump's or pothole's. Do not think I can ever get rid of that with what we have to work with..........
Bottom line the front and rear end mod's I have done, are head and shoulder's above what came stock from the MOCO...........
So anyway, let me know what your thought's are on the overall performance ?
It seem's it may be awhile before they have anything ready for the Fatbob, maybe next year sometime..........for the monotube's......
Live Free = Ride Free.............
Last edited by californiafatbob2013; Jul 24, 2014 at 10:08 PM.
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I saw what appears to be 2 different monotube set ups from progressive. One seems to be a cartridge on one side and a spring on the other (on the progressive site, this is the one that came up), while the other version I saw looked like a spring on either side with a cartridge on top of the spring (saw these on ebay). Which set up are we talking about here? Are there actually 2 different set ups or are the ebay ones just a wrong picture associated to the product?
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From: California
Ebay Picture...........
I saw what appears to be 2 different monotube set ups from progressive. One seems to be a cartridge on one side and a spring on the other (on the progressive site, this is the one that came up), while the other version I saw looked like a spring on either side with a cartridge on top of the spring (saw these on ebay). Which set up are we talking about here? Are there actually 2 different set ups or are the ebay ones just a wrong picture associated to the product?
Progressive website is correct with cartridge on one side and spring on the other.
Live Free = Ride Free............
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From: The Whale's Vagina
Nice to hear you made the switch, you must like to spend money (same as myself) !!!!!!!!!!! LMAO..........
With all the time and effort with your previous set up, I was surprised to hear you did it........
So give me a straight up no BS comparison between the 2 ????????
I am very satisfied with what the Ricor's with Progressive's spring's did, compared to the stock set up which was horrible........ But I still think there is a fine line between to stiff and to soft, I have found a setting that works fairly well for both 75 mph + freeway riding and below 50 mph road riding, but will still bottom out over large bump's or pothole's. Do not think I can ever get rid of that with what we have to work with..........
Bottom line the front and rear end mod's I have done, are head and shoulder's above what came stock from the MOCO...........
So anyway, let me know what your thought's are on the overall performance ?
It seem's it may be awhile before they have anything ready for the Fatbob, maybe next year sometime..........for the monotube's......
Live Free = Ride Free.............
With all the time and effort with your previous set up, I was surprised to hear you did it........
So give me a straight up no BS comparison between the 2 ????????
I am very satisfied with what the Ricor's with Progressive's spring's did, compared to the stock set up which was horrible........ But I still think there is a fine line between to stiff and to soft, I have found a setting that works fairly well for both 75 mph + freeway riding and below 50 mph road riding, but will still bottom out over large bump's or pothole's. Do not think I can ever get rid of that with what we have to work with..........
Bottom line the front and rear end mod's I have done, are head and shoulder's above what came stock from the MOCO...........
So anyway, let me know what your thought's are on the overall performance ?
It seem's it may be awhile before they have anything ready for the Fatbob, maybe next year sometime..........for the monotube's......
Live Free = Ride Free.............
I switched from the ricor/spring set up to this because I was able to get those dialed in for either high speed freeway OR side street twisties, but not both. I'm still messing with the spacer height for the monotubes to get a more compliant ride at low speed, but freeway handling is definitely better than the ricor/springs, especially on long sweepers at high speed.
If you are happy with the ricor/spring set up, I wouldn't recommend switching just for a performance improvement unless you are riding at high speed over uneven super slab and/or you just want to get away from oil changes and blown seal worries.
I saw what appears to be 2 different monotube set ups from progressive. One seems to be a cartridge on one side and a spring on the other (on the progressive site, this is the one that came up), while the other version I saw looked like a spring on either side with a cartridge on top of the spring (saw these on ebay). Which set up are we talking about here? Are there actually 2 different set ups or are the ebay ones just a wrong picture associated to the product?
Road Captain
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From: California
Monotube Installation........
Live Free = Ride free............
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Guys...actually, there are at least 2 different setups. For my 41mm Wide Glide forks...both sides have cartridges and springs, and is usually what is pictured.