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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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O.K guys , update on my project,The progressive 422s are in , took me around 1.5 hrs to get the job done,all I needed was the bike jack ,floor jack and couple wrenches,bike looks great fills great to,
here is a couple shots of work in progress....
 
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couple more shots
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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is a 65 and sunny, I'll take test drive b4 the weather turn in to hell.....
later,......
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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Looks great and bet you're thinking this should have been the first thing I did...
 
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Dude...you'll love it "slammed" down 2" and the ride isn't all that bad. Hell, I ride 2up with them "slammed" on short rides; for longer rides I "crank" them back to the stock height.
 
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Nice job! not as difficult as it sounds.....looken good!
 
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hey thanks guys,I just come back from a ride, the ride is not bad at all, but I need to adjust the preload on the shocks, My big *** is bottoming out the the train.....
 
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someone please teal me how to set the preload on the shocks...
 
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