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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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What's the price difference between the jri and ohlins?
very similar
 
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 06:13 AM
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I talked to Howard last night , he flew out to South Dakota early in the week to purchase a work truck , he is on the road driving back , he said he probably won't be back til Monday , he has had limited phone coverage and no internet access so he will be returning calls and answering questions as soon as he can
 
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 11:03 AM
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I haven't talked to Howard in a while. I'm curious what he has to say about the JRI's particularly how they compare to the Ohlins.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 02:21 PM
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How do you purchase the JRI shocks? I went to their website and it doesnt give an option for touring models.
 
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Originally Posted by 09ultraclassicrider
How do you purchase the JRI shocks? I went to their website and it doesnt give an option for touring models.
go to www.motorcyclemetal.com and call Howard , he has a JRI section , they just got into the cruiser market and have developed everything around what Howard has told them , he is developing this page so not all the specs are listed yet , also he gives forum members a huge discount off the listed price , what I like about JRI is I feel they are better built than the Ohlins and all models come in both a 12" and 13" version , there is none of these odd ball lengths
 
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After spending about $17.00 on a good spanner wrench for my new JRI Shocks, I find out the JRI Rep was right, they can be adjusted with your hand very easily.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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go to www.motorcyclemetal.com and call Howard , he has a JRI section , they just got into the cruiser market and have developed everything around what Howard has told them , he is developing this page so not all the specs are listed yet , also he gives forum members a huge discount off the listed price , what I like about JRI is I feel they are better built than the Ohlins and all models come in both a 12" and 13" version , there is none of these odd ball lengths
Thanks for the info.
 
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.....all models come in both a 12" and 13" version , there is none of these odd ball lengths
All Ohlins are metric, Internationally it is Harley that is oddball.....
 
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Originally Posted by grbrown
All Ohlins are metric, Internationally it is Harley that is oddball.....
Hey Graham , you are correct , but when replacing Harley Shocks that are either 12" length or 13" length with Ohlins because they are metric they convert over to lengths like 11 5/8 / 12 7/8 / 13 1/4 / 13 3/38 and so on which is not a problem but is oddball lengths in the US , JRI being American made come in 12" or 13" lengths which are direct cross over lengths to Harley , that's all I'm saying
 
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Hey Graham , you are correct , but when replacing Harley Shocks that are either 12" length or 13" length with Ohlins because they are metric they convert over to lengths like 11 5/8 / 12 7/8 / 13 1/4 / 13 3/38 and so on which is not a problem but is oddball lengths in the US , JRI being American made come in 12" or 13" lengths which are direct cross over lengths to Harley , that's all I'm saying
Just havin' a little fun! The US Government passed a law in 1975 to go metric - they just didn't say when......
 
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