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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 01:50 PM
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Im sure this has been asked alot,,What is the best rear shocks I can put on for a better ride?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Ohlins.

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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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Progressives. But most of us go the cheap alternative route and buy roadking or streetglide shocks for 50-100 bucks.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Can rear shocks be done WITHOUT doing fronts and not losing too much? In a car, I do both fronts and rears when changing but if you do that in a bike, is there a substantial difference?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Good luck changing the front shocks on a sportster
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Good luck changing the front shocks on a sportster
Ok. Front suspension.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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Ok. Front suspension.

Haha. Anyway, I didn't have a problem with it. You could upgrade the fork springs but I didn't. I hear great things about progressive suspensions & ricor intiminators though.
 

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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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I didn't think my front suspension was that bad until I upgraded the rear. It wouldn't hurt anything to just upgrade the rear, especially if you ride two up a lot.

I went cheap and got the rear SG air shocks and progressive springs in the front. I have less than $200 into the whole setup, and the difference is huge.

My opinion, it's worth it to do both front and rear if you can. I rode for about 2 weeks with just the rear air shocks, but knew after about the second ride on the new rears that I wanted to do the front ASAP.
 
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What year? Or does it matter.
 
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Im not doing the front.
 
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