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Savage_Rob

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Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks?
Reply #15 - 01/31/06 at 11:15:58

Red_Wine wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

Excellent info, fellas! Grin

I was wondering what progressive you would recommend for a 150 pound rider with a 400-cc Savage.

I do mostly solo rides with the occasional skid with wife to save car gas.

Thanks,

RW

The stock shocks are 10.5" (at least on the 650). I'd suggest the standard 11" if you want to keep the look of the bike similar. The rest will raise it noticeably - obviously to varying degrees. To give you an idea, below is a before/after shot of mine. The top is with stock shocks and the bottom is with the 12.5" heavy duty Progressives.

Click the thumbnail for a larger image.

Oh, and notice the tilt of the engine in the after shot. It will affect your sightglass reading. To level it, you'll need to raise the front end a bit when checking the oil level.

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks? Reply #16 - 01/31/06 at 11:17:40 4233c should work aok - might need to turn up the preload for the two up -
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Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks?
Reply #17 - 02/01/06 at 13:25:22

Thank you Rob,

I had seen those pictures before, I think the raise is a bit too much for my likes....

I'll measure my the shocks currently on bike to make sure the 11" ones are what I like/need... (maybe I'll consider the 11.5" ones, just in case...)

Reelthing,
thanks, I'll check those, and let everyone know what I decide.

Best,

RW

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Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks?
Reply #18 - 05/03/06 at 04:25:05

I've just bought a set of 35cm (13"?) progressives off eBay.it for a whopping $50 inc.s/h Cheesy

The point is there's a dial on the top of each shock absorber, reading 1 - 5; I know how the coil preload works, make it stiffer or softer etc., but what about the top dial? I assume it's to allow the oil in the shocks to seep through the damper more or less quickly, making the shock softer or stiffer while still on the same load preset.
The problem is, which is the softer setting, 1 or 5?
Of course, once fitted I could simply set it to 1, ride over a pothole, set it to 5, ride across same pothole... I just do not like riding over potholes Roll Eyes

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks? Reply #19 - 05/03/06 at 06:08:41 The dial at the top is the "rebound adjustment". I have not bothered to research the details of adjusting it though, I just set mine on 3 and went riding. By the way, these shocks are the 418 model of Progresssives, and they retail for about $450. You got a great deal!
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Who Has Best Price for Progressive Shocks? Reply #20 - 05/03/06 at 07:18:44 Wow! Very sweet deal. Congratz!
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