Ohlins #6 Installed on SG

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Aug 19, 2011 | 05:20 PM

#41

62hdbiker

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From: DE

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Originally Posted by tj316

once your preload is set ride it , if it feels unstable , loose , bouncy , bottoming then go clock wise , if it feels hard or bumpy go counter clock wise , don't go more than 1 or 2 clicks at a time and keep adjusting it , it helps if you can adjust and then ride the same road everytime so you get a good idea of what you are feeling

Thanks that's the direction I was headed in. I have backed off several clicks and it is not bouncy. Just wanted go be sure I was going right direction. It does ride very nice.

Aug 19, 2011 | 07:42 PM

#42

darobertson

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From: Texas

Ohlins #6 Installed on SG

Oops; duplicate post.

Last edited by darobertson; Aug 19, 2011 at 09:43 PM. Reason: Duplicate Post

Aug 19, 2011 | 09:26 PM

#43

darobertson

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From: Texas

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Originally Posted by Dr. Tiki

For the #6 folks, do you have pics of how the remote reservoirs were mounted?

Here you go.

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Aug 20, 2011 | 06:55 AM

#44

grbrown

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From: Bedford UK

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Originally Posted by 62hdbiker

Does Olin or Howard have anything to improve the front forks?

He's working on it! Namely Ohlins cartridge inserts inside our stock forks. They will require more than a simple bolt-on solution, because the tops of the fork tubes need to come through the top triple-tree. Howard's solution, last time he reported, is a replacement triple-tree, plus longer fork tubes. That will give us adjustable pre-load and damping, all from the top of each fork leg. There is an orderly queue forming.....

Turning to if Ohlins are worth the money, for those of you who have read Pirsig's book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics', it is all down to quality. Howard offers three or four different 'grades' of shocks for touring bikes, with #2, #3 and #6 being in order of the quality of ride we can look forward to.

I'm sure Howard would love to persuade us all to accept that just because Ohlins are linked to circuit racing they really are good enough for an Electra Glide as well, suitable tuned! I couldn't afford #6s, but it was worth me buying my #3-3s and shipping them to the UK. They have taken us into Eastern Europe in the most remarkable comfort.

I haven't tried the #2 or #6, but I am certain the #3 are worth the expense. If you live a short distance away from Howard I suspect a ride on a set of #6 will be final proof that nothing less will do!

Last edited by grbrown; Aug 20, 2011 at 06:57 AM. Reason: Grammar!

Aug 20, 2011 | 07:16 AM

#45

grbrown

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Originally Posted by MassHD

I ride the same way you do. My floorboard frames are all cut up. My issue is that I would like to get my wife to ride more with me. Under the current POS shocks she can't ride very far. Which shocks am I better off with?

I think I can give you a useful answer to your wife's comfort. In 2009 my wife and I did a 2,500 tour into Poland and back home to the UK, on a set of brand X shocks. About 2/3rds way round she was getting saddle sore, so we took short routes to each night's stop, to give her an easy time.

That was the last straw! My researches, mostly on HDF, took me to Howard and our #3-3s. In 2010 we did a similar trip. Mrs B reckoned, as our journey progressed, that we could ride further each day with no problems and, after we got home, that she would have been happy to carry on.

The ride is smoother and less tiring. We no longer bottom out on things like railway crossings, potholes, etc. I am now trying to improve her SuperLow, so she can be as comfortable as she is on the Glide!

Aug 20, 2011 | 09:10 AM

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Dr. Tiki

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From: The 9th Island

Do you have to relocate the antennea or was yours already moved? Is there an alternate mounting spot for the reservoir?

Aug 20, 2011 | 10:32 AM

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darobertson

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From: Texas

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Originally Posted by Dr. Tiki

Do you have to relocate the antennea or was yours already moved? Is there an alternate mounting spot for the reservoir?

Yes. I tried to find an alternate location on multiple occassions; but I couldn't really come up with anything creative that would be clean because of the hose. I thought about inverting the reservoir to hang below the rail; but the mouting bracket for the antennea was still in the way. In the end I just bought the relocation kit for $25 and went with what the ohlin instructions showed.

You might be able to get away with hanging them just below the rear saddlebag mounting bracket (just in front of the antennea bracket). Unfortunately, it wasn't something I could try because my shocks are laid down a couple of inches with the lowering kit and the needed room just wasn't there for me to feel comfortable. But if you would be mounting the shocks in the stock locations I would definitely give it a shot. I really liked the stock antennea location.