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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by tj316
glad to here the Ohlins worked out for you , my only suggestion would have been to call Howard , he has his shop phone forwarded to his cell phone and is always at bikeweek and biketoberfest and would have given you a much better price than you paid , I stopped by and saw him and he had about 15 pair of Ohlins and 25 pair of JRI on hand , I had him build me a set of JRI at his hotel , I will post pictures of Howard hard at work and do a review between my Ohlins #3-#3 and my new JRI's shortly , enjoy them and ride safe
I spoke with howard last night and if its you it sounded as if your were very happy with the jri's over the ohlins....
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by tj316
glad to here the Ohlins worked out for you , my only suggestion would have been to call Howard , he has his shop phone forwarded to his cell phone and is always at bikeweek and biketoberfest and would have given you a much better price than you paid , I stopped by and saw him and he had about 15 pair of Ohlins and 25 pair of JRI on hand , I had him build me a set of JRI at his hotel , I will post pictures of Howard hard at work and do a review between my Ohlins #3-#3 and my new JRI's shortly , enjoy them and ride safe
Who knew Oh well, live and learn, but I am happy with the shocks and the ride so I'm not gonna cry over a few bucks.

By the way the $600 was a complete OTD price including tax and installation, so the shocks themselves were actually around $568. Howard has a list price on his web site at $679. I know he discounts for us but I'm thinking I at least got fairly close to what Howard would have charged. Like I said still happy with what I got.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by y2kflhr
I spoke with howard last night and if its you it sounded as if your were very happy with the jri's over the ohlins....
yes , I'm sure it was me I will do a full review tomorrow with pictures
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 09:30 AM
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I've got the 3-3's from Howard and am very happy with the improved ride. On the front I put in Fabrik8r's modified Intimator cartridge with Ride Tech springs. Much improved over stock.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 10:43 AM
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yes , I'm sure it was me I will do a full review tomorrow with pictures
Looking forward to your review. I am expecting mine to be delivered tomorrow and hopefully installed on Saturday.
 
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