New Rear Shocks Installed
Stage II
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Wow
best money spent exept for bigger motor. the ride is outstanding 100%better cornering and no bottoming out like the old air ride shocks. Terry won't see these shocks back exept for when they need serviced. Outstanding product .
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From: SE Michigan
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Chile Flats, AZ
More 2 Cents...
Reporting back after several thou on a pair of Ultra Lows on the Ultra.
Terry didn't get mine back either....
He set them up for me for primarily one up cuz that was 90% of my riding.
BUT after a just under 2k mile trip last month, I can't get my girl off the bike with those Terry shocks. We were overloaded but they never bottomed out -- impressive is all I can say. In fact at the end of one nearly 400 mile day and we unloaded, she said she felt so good she wanted to head down old "66" an hour or so and find a place to hang out and eat dinner -- so we did. She was barely good for an hour on the old OEM airs; and a 2 hour trip was pushing it...
Thanks TC!!!
But after the way we overloaded the bike, I am thinking about selling the Ultra Lows and going for the Ultras....
Terry didn't get mine back either....
He set them up for me for primarily one up cuz that was 90% of my riding.
BUT after a just under 2k mile trip last month, I can't get my girl off the bike with those Terry shocks. We were overloaded but they never bottomed out -- impressive is all I can say. In fact at the end of one nearly 400 mile day and we unloaded, she said she felt so good she wanted to head down old "66" an hour or so and find a place to hang out and eat dinner -- so we did. She was barely good for an hour on the old OEM airs; and a 2 hour trip was pushing it...
Thanks TC!!!
But after the way we overloaded the bike, I am thinking about selling the Ultra Lows and going for the Ultras....
3rd Gear
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 7
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From: Oakland, CA
I just installeda set of Terry Cable shocks on my 2011 Road Glide Custom this weekend up atStreet Vibrations in Reno and I must say that these are by far the best aftermarket coil shocks that I have ever experienced riding on a touring bike. I had already replaced the front fork springswith a set of Works springs last year with the “aggressive” setting so a rearupgrade was in order.
Being 6’-5”and 330 lbs, it’s hard to find a shock that could hold up to my hard/aggressive riding style or with having an occasional passenger with luggage without the shocksstarting to “fade” after some hard riding time. I was also tired of the shorter shocks not having enough travel and ground clearance along with getting beat up with some of the rough roads in the Bay Area. I’ve installed Progressive shocks in the past,but they just don’t live up to my expectations of an aftermarket coil over shock and didn’t offer much in the way of adjustment options and they didn’t last. I had talked to Terry last year in Reno about his design and after becoming frustrated with the ride that theshort factory air shocks, I decided to spend the money and try out the shocks. What the heck, 90 day money back guarantee???....I really had nothing to lose.
When I met Terryat Carson City HD he took the time to talk with me and assess my riding style and requirements. After our brief conversation,we decided to go with the 13.5” shock in his newer design; this particular shock length provided a load rating of 1,200 pounds and the additional ground clearance I wanted. After installing theshocks, Terry wasn’t satisfied with the way the bike sat and the rebound reaction, so he decided to change the springs to increase the spring rate and set the rebound again. About an hour later Iwas on my way back to Reno and I could immanently feel the difference in the handling performance of the bike, especially on the road from Virginia City to Reno. The next day Terry called me on mycell phone and asked me to come by his trailer, because after thinking abouthow he had set up my shocks the night before, he wanted to make some minor adjustments. I brought the bike back, he made the adjustments in about 15 minutes and I was on my way back to the Bay Area.
During theride back I put the bike through its paces on the winding road over the summit. The bike rode much firmer, but not to thepoint that it was jolting and had a much more positive feeling of theroad. The best part was negotiating all those turns at high speeds and feeling no wobble in the bike like I did withthe factory air shocks. Even the bumps in the road that I normally cringed about taking were firmly absorbed but not jolting like with the factory air shocks. After thejust over 200 mile ride back home, the first thing that I noticed is that my lower back wasn’t killing me from the road bumps and pot holes which would have normally been the case, so all in all the shocks are a good investment for me and my riding style.
And for thoseof you that think $800 for a set of rear shocks is a lot of money, you’re rightit is a lot of money. But for me thecost to be able to have a Harley with a tuned suspension that can carve through the mountain roads like a crotch rocket and still feel like a touring bike on the highway is well worth it. I would strongly suggest that you consider these shocks and if you don’t like them, you can always return them for a full refund. Just make sure if you can that you have them installed by Terry at one of the events that he attends so he can fine tune your set up to you and your bike…..and get the $100 off show special pricing!
Being 6’-5”and 330 lbs, it’s hard to find a shock that could hold up to my hard/aggressive riding style or with having an occasional passenger with luggage without the shocksstarting to “fade” after some hard riding time. I was also tired of the shorter shocks not having enough travel and ground clearance along with getting beat up with some of the rough roads in the Bay Area. I’ve installed Progressive shocks in the past,but they just don’t live up to my expectations of an aftermarket coil over shock and didn’t offer much in the way of adjustment options and they didn’t last. I had talked to Terry last year in Reno about his design and after becoming frustrated with the ride that theshort factory air shocks, I decided to spend the money and try out the shocks. What the heck, 90 day money back guarantee???....I really had nothing to lose.
When I met Terryat Carson City HD he took the time to talk with me and assess my riding style and requirements. After our brief conversation,we decided to go with the 13.5” shock in his newer design; this particular shock length provided a load rating of 1,200 pounds and the additional ground clearance I wanted. After installing theshocks, Terry wasn’t satisfied with the way the bike sat and the rebound reaction, so he decided to change the springs to increase the spring rate and set the rebound again. About an hour later Iwas on my way back to Reno and I could immanently feel the difference in the handling performance of the bike, especially on the road from Virginia City to Reno. The next day Terry called me on mycell phone and asked me to come by his trailer, because after thinking abouthow he had set up my shocks the night before, he wanted to make some minor adjustments. I brought the bike back, he made the adjustments in about 15 minutes and I was on my way back to the Bay Area.
During theride back I put the bike through its paces on the winding road over the summit. The bike rode much firmer, but not to thepoint that it was jolting and had a much more positive feeling of theroad. The best part was negotiating all those turns at high speeds and feeling no wobble in the bike like I did withthe factory air shocks. Even the bumps in the road that I normally cringed about taking were firmly absorbed but not jolting like with the factory air shocks. After thejust over 200 mile ride back home, the first thing that I noticed is that my lower back wasn’t killing me from the road bumps and pot holes which would have normally been the case, so all in all the shocks are a good investment for me and my riding style.
And for thoseof you that think $800 for a set of rear shocks is a lot of money, you’re rightit is a lot of money. But for me thecost to be able to have a Harley with a tuned suspension that can carve through the mountain roads like a crotch rocket and still feel like a touring bike on the highway is well worth it. I would strongly suggest that you consider these shocks and if you don’t like them, you can always return them for a full refund. Just make sure if you can that you have them installed by Terry at one of the events that he attends so he can fine tune your set up to you and your bike…..and get the $100 off show special pricing!
Last edited by Bigspud; Sep 30, 2013 at 05:00 PM.
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