whats the price on a set of these shocks for forum members?
anyone have a pic of the shocks on the bike specifically #2-1 or the #2-2 and the #2-2A

 

I have the 2-3's as I was scraping the heck outta my floorboards stock height. I think mine were right at 500(maybe a bit more?) shipped to my house. If you like to carve at all get the 2-2B's. Keep in mind coil sprung shocks will sag unlike the airbagged, no damping, POS, stock shocks that will sit topped out. Just click on my ride for the pic.

 

Website??

 

www.motorcyclemetal.com Howard Messner

 

Spoke to Howard earlier, and he "ballparked" me a set of 2-2(a)'s for "less than" $540.

 

Sure. But the site is hard to navigate, and there are VERY few pics of different products on the bikes themselves.

I want the Ohlins drop-in cartridges for my Dyna...

 

Why would anyone consider anything else when you can have the Ohlins for that price? This is my first Harley and I never knew Ohlins made anything for the brand, now I do. I guess you can say I'm a little biased because all I know is Ohlins suspension because my last five Ducatis had Ohlins, three complete and two with Ohlins rear shock and Showa forks. No question what I'm going to do when I'm in a position to upgrade the shocks. Now its a matter of finding the right fork set up. I don't want to go crazy, likely emulators and springs because I want to buy a Road Glide in a year or two.

Like many owners have complained, why Harley makes little effort in suspension performance is crazy, especially when your spending that much money for them. I know they have a Showa air shock, but Showa did their reputation wrong by allowing that to happen. They are a better company than that and make outstanding products in the upper range models. Typically, Showas are found on the base model Ducatis, Ohlins occupies the upper tier. But, unlike Harley the base Showas are very good, in fact so good on the Aprilia RSV4 base model that it is highly rated for its track performance.

 

[QUOTE=JCleary;8672447]Sure. But the site is hard to navigate, and there are VERY few pics of different products on the bikes themselves.

Man, you got that right, its all over the place.

 

Dude... I wasthinking the same thing. Got a ttx on my zx10 track bike, best shock I have ever had. This is my first Harley (road glide) and now that I know ohlins is available for it, this is one descision that I dont have to make.

 

Purchased for my 2011 Road King and wanted to wait until I at least had 600 miles on my bike before posting any type of reviews. The bike has been lowered in the front one inch by using HD's lowering kit and I included a set of Ricor's Intiminators, which I've been happy with. With the addition of the Ohlins 2-2A's the rear has been lowered an 1" as well. The ride heigth is perfect now and the stance of the bike looks better. So yes I have approximately 600 miles on the new shocks and have been smiling the last 600 miles as well. Really I have no compliants, the bike handles well especially when riding 2up. I've deliberately taken roads that beat me up when I rode the bike with HD's 13" as well as HD's 12", 13 was much better than the 12 but neither compares to the Ohlins. Obviously if you hit a big enough road imperfection you will bottom out but that was greatly diminished with the new shocks. The wife absolutely loves the new ride of the bike which makes my ride nicer as well. Honestly the best money I've spent so far on the bike! Wife and I are planning our next 4,000 mile trip here in the next 6 months and have no concerns about the comfort of the ride.