Freaking Wonderful!
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From: anacoco, la
i dunno, if it were me, i would have taken offense to jba's post as well.
hmmm, my 07 needs nothing more than basic service (ie. scheduled services at 5k,10k etc...)22,000 so far and no issues.
as far as 2 different kind of forks, yeah, they used to do that. i'm not sure of the date range on that though. let me guess, your left fork was a cartridge style.
where the shocks are concerned, i'd go with ancient technology. there are several places where they recommend putting some air in before bleeding air out to prevent oil from coming out. they also tell you to store them upright to keep oil from leaking as well. if you use the hd shock pump (or something similar) it has a bleed down valve that lets air out very slowly without spraying oil all over. its definitely a good investment.
Let me tell you I have never been around a consumer product, (non-race) that has to be serviced ALL the time like a Harley. I love the bike, but fork rebuilds,(my bike happens to have 2 different types of front forks, go figure must of ran out or had extra ones) and on and on. Either their product is not up to par, or they have us brainwashed thinking it has to be serviced all the time. Harley make a ton of $$ off of this. I know from years of experience that OIL in a air shock line is not good, or ancient technology.
as far as 2 different kind of forks, yeah, they used to do that. i'm not sure of the date range on that though. let me guess, your left fork was a cartridge style.
where the shocks are concerned, i'd go with ancient technology. there are several places where they recommend putting some air in before bleeding air out to prevent oil from coming out. they also tell you to store them upright to keep oil from leaking as well. if you use the hd shock pump (or something similar) it has a bleed down valve that lets air out very slowly without spraying oil all over. its definitely a good investment.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Tallahassee, FL
This is a great pump. I have had one for a year or so now, and it works great.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: St. Louis, MO
This is a great pump. I have had one for a year or so now, and it works great.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Air-S...spagenameZWDVW
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Road Warrior
Joined: May 2008
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From: murfreesboro tn.
i just recharged my 12" shocks with silkolene pure synthetic 10 wt oil. with 350 cc of oil in the shock i can air it up to my dsired pressure with no oil coming out. if you want i can email you the way to drain them and recharge . you wont beleive how different and better the shocks feel!
Road Warrior
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From: southeastern, ma
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From: El Paso, Texas
let this long time Harley rider and wrench give you a good lesson! before you do any thing to your Harley get a manual and learn what you are doing AND what it means!
You get on here bad mouthin a Harley and YOU dont know what YOU are doing?? The nice thing about these air/oil shock is you can empty out the old oilo and replace with fresh new oil. I just rolled over 80K on my 1999 Ultra with no repairs just maintence, Maybe you got one that was very poorly taken care of, Or you may have bought a bike that was worked on by someone else that dont' know what they were doin either. But your bike is 6 yrs old and will require some wrenchin . If it's too much work for you sell it and get yourself another Honda
You get on here bad mouthin a Harley and YOU dont know what YOU are doing?? The nice thing about these air/oil shock is you can empty out the old oilo and replace with fresh new oil. I just rolled over 80K on my 1999 Ultra with no repairs just maintence, Maybe you got one that was very poorly taken care of, Or you may have bought a bike that was worked on by someone else that dont' know what they were doin either. But your bike is 6 yrs old and will require some wrenchin . If it's too much work for you sell it and get yourself another Honda
