Air ride installed...
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 165
Likes: 4
From: WA State(the OTHER Washington)
'12 Road King Install
I did not like the way the spacing was working out just by shorting the upper spacer & drilling
the sleeve and installing a spacer in the lower bushing. I was worried the different length of
the bushing alignment might be the reason for some snapping off the shock eyelets. So I removed
the lower sleeve by crushing it down in my vise at the seam so I could remove it easer. When
drilling out the upper sleeve I ran the bit real fast and while hot it pushed out easily. The Monroe
rubber bushings can now be removed very easily:
I have access to one of the Harbor Freight mini-lathes and shortened the Energy Suspension
9.91 05G bushing kit spacers to about the same as several HD factory bushings that I have
access to(friends) all are about 1.2" long including my RK:
Next I turned down and shortened the polyurethane bushing to fit the Monroe shock eyes:
Left bushing/sleeve is the finished part:
Bushing installed in the shock(top and bottom look the same):
I will post again when I get done with the shock bolts and slip on muffler mods!
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the sleeve and installing a spacer in the lower bushing. I was worried the different length of
the bushing alignment might be the reason for some snapping off the shock eyelets. So I removed
the lower sleeve by crushing it down in my vise at the seam so I could remove it easer. When
drilling out the upper sleeve I ran the bit real fast and while hot it pushed out easily. The Monroe
rubber bushings can now be removed very easily:
I have access to one of the Harbor Freight mini-lathes and shortened the Energy Suspension
9.91 05G bushing kit spacers to about the same as several HD factory bushings that I have
access to(friends) all are about 1.2" long including my RK:
Next I turned down and shortened the polyurethane bushing to fit the Monroe shock eyes:
Left bushing/sleeve is the finished part:
Bushing installed in the shock(top and bottom look the same):
I will post again when I get done with the shock bolts and slip on muffler mods!
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Last edited by HotRod9mm; Mar 11, 2015 at 11:17 PM.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 488
Likes: 25
From: Orlando, FL
Compressor?
My buddies and I are about to pull the trigger on homemade Monroe/Gabriel set up. My question is related to the compressor. I see lots of folks using the Viair 98C. In my search I see that Viair has a 275C that puts out 2.03 CFM and is just slightly larger than the 98C.
Any reason not to go with the 275C? I would think that it would raise the bike faster as it's putting out more CFM. I know that the 275C is twice the price.
Any reason not to go with the 275C? I would think that it would raise the bike faster as it's putting out more CFM. I know that the 275C is twice the price.
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 939
Likes: 9
From: WA
It's a little bigger than the 98C. If you have room for it, the extra CFM can't hurt.
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 702
Likes: 44
From: McHenry, IL
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Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 165
Likes: 4
From: WA State(the OTHER Washington)
I got mine from PowerAire. I picked up the hose kit AK29 from OReilly Auto because of the 90 degree connections at the shocks. Now just to get back on the project and finish it.
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Last edited by HotRod9mm; Mar 28, 2015 at 12:29 AM.
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 43
Likes: 0
From: Southeast Texas
I ended up pulling mine back off and going back with either 2014 or 2015 (don't recall exactly) stock touring shocks. I LOVED the look of the slammed bike when parked somewhere but you can't ride with it like that and I found it bottoming out A LOT and I'm only 175 pounds. Since going back stock I haven;t bottomed out but maybe twice in the last 1000 miles.
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I just bought everything to do the air ride on my street glide, I am planning on installing everything and doing a detailed step by step with pictures and shopping list for anybody else willing to tackle this without buying a kit. I got everything for 215 shipped which included a 35.00 factory harley 3 way switch to control the air.
