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so what street glide shocks do I need?

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Old 03-04-2010, 10:46 PM
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I have an 08 nightster, do I need 08 street glide or can I get some 2010 street glyde air shocks?
 
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I think any street glide air shocks will work. They will be 12" in length, which is 1" longer than the stock 11" Nightster shocks. The improvement in ride and handling is significant.
 
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so what do I need to make sure they come with? just the shocks? or do they come with valves, should I buy a pump or will a basket ball pump work?
 
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Originally Posted by m3apx
I think any street glide air shocks will work. They will be 12" in length, which is 1" longer than the stock 11" Nightster shocks. The improvement in ride and handling is significant.
Not sure if this is accurate or not but I heard the stock shocks on the Nightster run 11 3/4" eye-to-eye and the Street Glide shocks run 12" eye-to-eye.

One of these days I'll remember to measure my 883L shocks (same as a Nightster) and see if I can verify this.
 
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