Yeah. Pretty jealous. Nice bike!

 

Can you folks tell me do you have to suck the oil out of the tranny with a shotgun shock? I was told by some one that you cant get to the drain plug once installed

 

You have to remove the shock to access the drain plug location. Not too difficult to remove and reinstall, just a PITA.

 

^^ no, you just remove the 2 front bolts and the shock swings down and out of the way


ps bike looks great - congratz

 

The shotgunshock is one body with two pistons inside, so the trans drain plug is obstructed by shock body. To access drain plug, you only need to remove two bolts securing shock to front frame gusset. Shotgunshock will the pivot into verticle position , allowing for easy removal of trans drain plug. Only takes an extra ten minutes, as there is no need to remove rear bolts or air line or wire harness plug.

 

Looking forward to hearing your review.

 

With all of the cross threaded transmission plug stories, I think that it's actually easier to change fluids with the Shotgun installed because you have full access to the plug.

 

congrats

 

Thanks everyone!

Stock = Okay ride
Lowering bolts = Horrible ride
Shotgun Shock = Cadillac ride

Install wasn't hard to do at all. It took me about 4 hours because I have a California bike that was equipped with the EPA emissions canister. I didn't know how to remove it and all the lines, but figured it out thanks to another forum member.

I rode around on lowering bolts for about a month and my back hated me for it (so did my pipes). Every time I would hit a bump or go across train tracks it would jar the **** out of my back. Not a good feeling. My wife hasn't hopped on the back yet and I am kind of thankful because the ride was not good at all.

After the install I played around with the switches to get a feel for them. Pretty simple to do, so I hopped on a went for a ride. First impression was holy ****, this thing is amazing!. I set up the rebound and went out to the bumpiest road in town. Now that same road feels like I am floating over it. I feel more of the road in the front shocks rather than the rear. Next up was train tracks. That was the same feeling. Instead of lifting my *** off the seat to go over the tracks, I can now stay put and not worry about getting bucked off.

I am looking forward to learning more on the switch settings and finding my sweet spot.

My wife said my bike looks "gangster". Couldn't be more happy. Lol.