Another satisfied pro-action shock customer. Great ride.... great sevice and support. I can't believe how bad the stock system sucks.

 

Have you tried them both solo and 2 up? Curious to hear comments with more than 1 load condition.

 

Zillions of threads on aftermarket shocks! It is one of the most common and popular upgrades.

 

Both. I ride to work everyday solo on some really crappy highways and on the weekends I ride country roads and in the twisites mainly 2 up. I am 230# and she is 130#-ish. right now I am set up on the firm side for solo so that I am not having to adjust the shocks before every ride dispite that being easy to do.

 

There are, and most threads are about Ohlins and Progressives. I wanted to throw another plug out there for Pro-Action as they are not as common.

Ohlins builds an excellent product. I have them front and rear on my Ducati and had them on my Aprilia before that.

Some people want product's where the customer service is good and Pro-Actions is. Not that you can't buy from fuel moto which is a great company. I wanted to try something American made and they are somewhat close to me should I have any issues which I am not anticipating.

 

How are the adjustments made? Is it an emulsion shock? I read another review that was quite positive, but for the price ($7-800) it seems like you could get the non-emulsion Ohlins, which has a few advantages.

 

True that, certainly more so on this forum than others. I wonder why that is..... However, I've noticed a trend in the unabashed commercials for certain premium brands, those touting them the most seem to primarily ride in one loading condition. Either mostly solo or mostly 2 up. Frankly, it isn't much of a trick to get a set dialed in for one loading condition.

 

They are emulsion, I've talked to the owner. I'll bite, what are the advantages of Ohlins emulsions over these?

 

Most shocks are emulsion, an expression than the majority of brands avoid using, simply because everything they make is. It simply means that inside the damper the oil mixes with the air or gas that fills the rest of the interior. While riding the two get mixed up and form an emulsion.

So the question really is what makes Ohlins different from most other brands? In a nutshell the nature of the damper design they use. In addition to emulsion shocks they make separated shocks, which have a diaphragm between the gas and oil, which prevents the two from mixing and emulsifying. That sustains performance, while emulsion shocks will deteriorate, especially in demanding conditions. Those shocks have an even better design of damper, but not as good as their top range of remote reservoir shocks.

 

My bad, I misread. I thought the claim was that the cheapest Ohlins emulsions would be obviously better than these emulsions or other American made separated shocks. That claim has been made before. I know the differences between separated and emulsion though I guess I always understood the gas and oil to be separated by a piston. For me, the advantages of full stroke, American made, hand adjustable pre-load, spherical bearing mounts and reported great customer service would probably be worth $100/pr, probably not much more than that.