I got some good riding time in this past week to give my review: big thumbs up! I have not changed anything in the provided settings and solo rides great. Just did a 120 mile 2 up ride and 30lbs of stuff and was pleasantly surpised that these ate up the country road heaves and bumps without issue again. I could tell my wife was ready for the jolts as she would start to load up on the legs but it wasnt there. I cant compare to anything other than my stock air shocks and the previous fail on the Progressive 412s, but these are keepers for sure.

 

Just to add; straight up asked her how the ride was now, I got a smile and a "Wonderful!" so that solves that ☺

 

Just finished reading this, and many other, threads/reviews on the Biturbo. 'm going to order a package from DK Customs and get the FST fork kit for the front. Does anyone know if DK offers a discount to HD Forum members?

 

If you call them they'll usually give you shipping for free.

 

Hi, I'm interested in these shocks for my 2019 FLHRXS. Could I ask what you've fitted these to? Also, in the first picture I can see the 8 spacers but what are the 2 other larger items for?

Cheers, John

 

Mine is a 2013 FLHTC ElectaGlide Classic. If you are referring to items in the bag, there are 4 additional larger spacers if need to shim the shocks further out. Mine were not needed.

 

Many thanks!

 

Have had my Bitubo's for a bit more than a half year now. Absolutely love them. DK's pre-setting of everything has worked out great so far. Would definitely recommend.

Having not had to mess with the adjustments yet though leaves me with a question that Im hoping to get some advice on. I have an upcoming long trip Im going on. 1,500 miles round trip, 2-up and a weeks worth of gear. Should I make adjustments for the trip? Softer for the long ride, firmer for the extra weight or leave as is?

My shocks were preset on the firmer side for more aggressive; mostly local riding.

 

What I do with mine is load the bike up and try to measure the sag difference between loaded and unloaded and adjust the preload accordingly. If need be I might set the damping adjuster a notch higher if it needs it. I always carry the wrench in the tool bag and if I need to change it I can mid trip. It doesn't take long to adjust them.

On a side note my wife is really picky about the rear end of the bike. She had back surgery and doesn't like to be jostled around. I usually bump everything up for the trip to where ever we are going fully loaded and then back it off once we are there so riding around she is back to where she likes to be. That is way more than I would do if I were solo.

 

Hi, just seen your post, I am looking at upgrading my 2019 streetglide special shocks to make the ride more comfortable when hitting those big bumps at high speed and was told to look at bitubo among others, there are also a piggyback WBT7 version but not sure if the resevoir would fit in behind the hard panniers. So overall are you happy with these shocks ( do they have a model No?), I am also considering Nitron NTR R1 shocks, any info much appreciated, cheers from Australia.