allright.....got home tonight with 5 regulators, a couple of dump valves, and 3 compressors in the size we looking for......I'll keep ya'll up to date as I go......

 

Interesting concept...I'll be following your progress.

 

Yeah that would give us some use for our DB compressors!

 

Jeez, your going to need a 50 lb relief valve to handle all the extra weight, or a trailer!

 

....I didn't mean I was going to put ALL of that on. I went by one of my vendors, and he hooked me up with several different sizes of the components I was looking for. This is just trial and error on my part, so bear with me. My new solo seat should be here UPS by the 19th...went out today....and since it's in the mid 70's here, I just can't take the seat off....it's forecast to be in the 70's for the next 7 days....

 

Jimbo-

what ever became of this project? I just finished up installing my own offshoot of the draggin baggers setup with the Gabriel shocks; and my Parker solenoid 'dump' valve leaks in a couple places. Just wondering if you found something better?

 

SeaHag,
How do you like the Gabriel shocks? Which part # did you go with and how much were they?
My Monroe shocks are too firm for me.

Thanks,

IronHorse

 

I just got my bike back together and running last weekend and the weather here is lousy [currently snowing] This Sunday temps are supposed to be up to the 50's and the sun is supposed to be back; so I can give you my first impressions then.

I do know one of the benefits of the Gabriels is they do not compress quite as far so there shouldn't be any problems with bottoming out on the wiring under the fender. The Monroe shocks I believe are 9" fully compressed and the Gabriels are 9.75" compressed.

This is a quote from one of the guys who's been emailing me tips for this install: "As you read on the forum any air shock is not as good as stock. It defiantly will take time in finding the sweet spot on the amount of air used. The gab's ride fine but not as good as the stock, but on the other hand not so bad that I want to take them off. They do seem to work better with more weight on the bike, so when 2 up the ride quality improves. For the money, they are worth doing IF you want the convenience of adjusting on the fly. I feel I will use the setup more traveling than playing in town. Once at destination you can lower the air to ride conditions without all the extra baggage" ...I weigh 300# by myself, so I expect the ride for me and the Ol' lady to be quite comfortable since these shocks are meant to carry more weight.

I'll get back to you when I have a ride report on these shocks.

Clay

PS: They are Gabriel kit Pt#49304 $61.99 priced through AutoZone

 

eGlide Goodies has an on-board compressor kit. My '82 and '84 GL1200A's had compressorswith controls and pressure indicators. No relief valves that I know of. They weren't like automatic presure controlling or anything that complicated. Just select switches for front or rear and raise and lower buttons. Pretty simple and worked great. I've thought about doing the same on my UC, but in almost 3 years, I've never even checked the air pressure in the shocks.