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I don't know if they'll be Too long...FXR (in general) run longer shocks than Dyna as delivered
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Also want to look into the availability of one of those arlen ness big rotors like cvaria and others have. With the single disc and all...
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Interesting, I'll have to measure when it arrives. Just ordered a pair of night dragons. Went up to 110 on the front, but as I understand the rear has zero clearance to go up from the skinny stock 130...
Also want to look into the availability of one of those arlen ness big rotors like cvaria and others have. With the single disc and all...
Also want to look into the availability of one of those arlen ness big rotors like cvaria and others have. With the single disc and all...
Also they won't offer an Off-the-Shelf AN Big Brake for your 99-earlier Sliders. You'll have to work around that.
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BTW that bike would have originally come with Harley/Fox shocks
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Interesting, I'll have to measure when it arrives. Just ordered a pair of night dragons. Went up to 110 on the front, but as I understand the rear has zero clearance to go up from the skinny stock 130...
Also want to look into the availability of one of those arlen ness big rotors like cvaria and others have. With the single disc and all...
Also want to look into the availability of one of those arlen ness big rotors like cvaria and others have. With the single disc and all...
FWIW (not a damned thing, but I'm putting it out there anyway), I think synth is a waste of money unless you run extended oil change intervals. On my Evo, I run Lucas conventional 20W-50 in the engine, Redline Shockproof in the trans, and whatever plain old automotive ATF is on sale in the primary.
Like most of us, I change all three far more often than I should, just because and why not and all that.
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Nice ride, Enjoy. The EVO did not need to be the fastest to feel fast and be a real joy to ride. The pipes on it will sound great and you should get lost in time riding it.
Keep bubba the shade tree butcher away from it and care for it a treasure to own.
Keep bubba the shade tree butcher away from it and care for it a treasure to own.
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I think you you send those shocks back to ohlins usa with a phone call first they can rebuild them to whatever specs you need. I want to say fxr's came with 13 or 14 inch shocks factory depending upon the model
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Sounds like the 13.5 length wont be a problem, which is a good thing!
My service manual wont be here until Wed. Anyone know the torque spec on the upper and lower shock bolts by the way?
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The theory is that Evo's are more likely to weep from the gaskets with synth. Old gaskets, looser tolerances, etc.
FWIW (not a damned thing, but I'm putting it out there anyway), I think synth is a waste of money unless you run extended oil change intervals. On my Evo, I run Lucas conventional 20W-50 in the engine, Redline Shockproof in the trans, and whatever plain old automotive ATF is on sale in the primary.
Like most of us, I change all three far more often than I should, just because and why not and all that.
FWIW (not a damned thing, but I'm putting it out there anyway), I think synth is a waste of money unless you run extended oil change intervals. On my Evo, I run Lucas conventional 20W-50 in the engine, Redline Shockproof in the trans, and whatever plain old automotive ATF is on sale in the primary.
Like most of us, I change all three far more often than I should, just because and why not and all that.