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Old Jul 7, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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Default shocks???????????????

How many miles are the stock shocks good for? I just bought a 98 Road King with 38 k on the clock.
 
Old Jul 7, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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Your shocks are 14-15 years old. They're done.
 
Old Jul 9, 2013 | 12:46 PM
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Stock are good for the test ride. Then replace.
 
Old Jul 9, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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Depends how much weight they had to lug and what kind of roads the weight was lugged on.
 
Old Jul 9, 2013 | 02:02 PM
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Had my Dyna for 5 years and my shocks are already shot. Hopefully, if the funds are there, she's getting a complete overhaul this winter.
 
Old Jul 9, 2013 | 02:25 PM
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I'll have to get back to you. 96,000 on my EG air shocks. Replaced a line once that got pinched in the saddlebag lid. Two-up, fully-loaded, motocrossed on every kind of path that passes for a legal road, and sometimes no road. Every kind of weather. Still performing well.
 
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