Suspension dilemma
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Suspension dilemma
My 03 RK suspension is aweful. The problem is I really would like to get a newer RG, but my time frame is over a year from now, maybe a little longer. It doesn't make sense to put a lot of money into the bike for that reason, but in the meantime I would like to do something to improve things. I'm thinking low budget with good springs for the forks and something like 412s for the rear. I ride one up and would like to see better highway performance overall. Don't care about twisty performance that much. Does this sound like a reasonable plan?
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AS GRBrown said, stock height 09 and later style rear shocks are available for 50 or 60 bucks on Ebay. ( The current owners are selling them cheap because they got the lowered shocks they were looking for.)
I installed a set on my '00 Road Glide and really appreciate the ride quality and the pressure variance, 0-50 lbs versus 0-15 lbs that your old shocks have now.
Your front end has the "cartridge style" shocks introduced in '02 and discontinued later on. I don't know the tricks to improving that end of the bike (unfortunately,) as mine has the adjustable air assist, ( that Harley should have left on the later bikes IMO.)
I installed a set on my '00 Road Glide and really appreciate the ride quality and the pressure variance, 0-50 lbs versus 0-15 lbs that your old shocks have now.
Your front end has the "cartridge style" shocks introduced in '02 and discontinued later on. I don't know the tricks to improving that end of the bike (unfortunately,) as mine has the adjustable air assist, ( that Harley should have left on the later bikes IMO.)
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I would either buy the later style rear shocks off ebay for under $75 or buy the better shocks that I want on my next bike if they can fit my current bike and the newer frames and then keep them when I sell the bike , I wouldn't waste money on something in between
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