Need new shocks
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I usually ride 2 up on my 2012 Street Glide. I'm 280 lbs and the wife is 105. I'm looking at the Progressive Suspension 944-4020UT (heavy duty). Amazon says these do not fit my bike. I look in the reviews and see where people have put them on their Street Glides. I want to be certain they fit before I order. I also want to keep my bike at stock height. Anyone have any experience with these shocks?
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Thanks for the input. I'm going to order them today along with a Mustang touring seat. The wife and I put on some miles this past weekend and I had to watch the road for any little imperfection because my stock shocks are crap. I've got back issues and some bumps caused some pain when the shocks bottomed out.
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Wife and I were on the Road King Saturday and hit a nasty big bump in the road going around a corner. Sure was thankful that I had replaced the rear shocks on that bike with Progressive 430's. Most anything aftermarket beats stock.
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I haven't felt anything close to a major jolt or bottoming out since ditching those crappy air shocks.
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Best bang for the buck and the most adjustability, in my humble opinion = Bitubos ($500ish) or JRI ($500ish on sale), and both of these cases, you get shocks with both preload and rebound adjustability, and with the Bitubos, you get them custom built to your specs. JRI’s are like Progressive, in that, you select regular, medium, or heavy duty springs when ordering.
Ohlins, Pro Action, Legend, and some others are phenomenal shocks, but they do cost more, but if your budget allows and that’s what you choose, you will likely be very happy.
Progressive 944’s have been said to ride rough, but, after reading and researching for myself, the 944’s seem to work best when the predominant riding is 2-up and or when on the upper end of the loaded scale.
As someone mentioned, anything in a quality aftermarket shock will be a giant improvement over stock air shocks.
Ohlins, Pro Action, Legend, and some others are phenomenal shocks, but they do cost more, but if your budget allows and that’s what you choose, you will likely be very happy.
Progressive 944’s have been said to ride rough, but, after reading and researching for myself, the 944’s seem to work best when the predominant riding is 2-up and or when on the upper end of the loaded scale.
As someone mentioned, anything in a quality aftermarket shock will be a giant improvement over stock air shocks.
Last edited by HM_SanDiego; Apr 16, 2018 at 10:19 AM.
