Air shocks question?
Road Captain
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From: Philly area
OK, so I don't clog the "What did you do" thread (referencing my post https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...l#post19107244)...
Which the hell one of these makes sense for shock oil? All roughly the same price, but struggling to tell much of a practical difference.
It's also maddening that the lowest price I can find thus far for the 5/32" hose is $13 for 32.8 ft. I need at most a fraction of that just for emptying and refilling the shocks. I'm probably going to stick with separate schrader valves longer term rather than spending even more time faffing around trying to find a proper hose and schrader T-junction setup.
Any other component recommendations?
EDIT: Alternatively, as per the video floating around for replacing the shock fluid, they recommend the Amsoil Shock Therapy, which is twice the price! Is that actually worth that premium!? Is it better to use the 10 weight ( ) or 5 weight ( ) on a Sporty?
Which the hell one of these makes sense for shock oil? All roughly the same price, but struggling to tell much of a practical difference.
It's also maddening that the lowest price I can find thus far for the 5/32" hose is $13 for 32.8 ft. I need at most a fraction of that just for emptying and refilling the shocks. I'm probably going to stick with separate schrader valves longer term rather than spending even more time faffing around trying to find a proper hose and schrader T-junction setup.
Any other component recommendations?
EDIT: Alternatively, as per the video floating around for replacing the shock fluid, they recommend the Amsoil Shock Therapy, which is twice the price! Is that actually worth that premium!? Is it better to use the 10 weight ( ) or 5 weight ( ) on a Sporty?
Last edited by Packgrog; May 12, 2020 at 03:40 PM.
Cruiser
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I used 8.5 ounces of Bel Ray 10 weight shock oil in mine. I didn't have schrader valves and wanted to see how it rode right away so, I just put some 1/8" pipe plugs in to test ride it. It worked great and a year later I still haven't gotten around to getting the Schrader valves. I weigh about 250 lbs and it takes a big pothole to bottom it out. My daughter also rides this bike and weighs about 160. She says it rides so much better than the stock shocks too.
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I used 8.5 ounces of Bel Ray 10 weight shock oil in mine. I didn't have schrader valves and wanted to see how it rode right away so, I just put some 1/8" pipe plugs in to test ride it. It worked great and a year later I still haven't gotten around to getting the Schrader valves. I weigh about 250 lbs and it takes a big pothole to bottom it out. My daughter also rides this bike and weighs about 160. She says it rides so much better than the stock shocks too.
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Road Captain
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Presumably the longer the better (more travel = better ride). I went with the 12" because my stock shocks were 11.75", and I didn't want to spend extra money on lowering blocks to keep the stock height.
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