Premium Ride, Hand-Adjustable Low Touring Shocks from HD

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Mai Y

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While at the harley Davidson website looking at the new products, I noticed that they have a new set of shocks available for $499 a set. PN 54680-10.

Says they fit 09 and up and are stock on the FLHXSE. Anybody have any experience with these yet?

dave

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I posted another thread on this a few days back. I just don't understand the concept of different rates/dampening on each side. Maybe the engineers know something we don't? If they, maybe they should make a more concerted effort to explain the inner workings of these shocks. Just might end up selling more of 'em that way...
 
Seems odd to me too! I believe some Harley forks have different guts in each leg. What's that all about?!

I am going to the effort of fitting a stiffer 2007 swingarm to my 1990 bike to provide better rear wheel control, so I am not about to upset that by using different shocks each side!
 
I think I understand the concept and the fact that using each side of the bike to react differently, one side for bump and one side for rebound, is reasonable engineering. I'm just not sure it's worth the effort unless you're performance (handling) oriented.
 
"A simple knob behind the left saddlebag allows the rider to conveniently modify the spring preload via a hydraulic adjuster."

How does one hydraulically adjust preload? Dont you need to move the spring?

And the concept of each side having different settings? Well, I thought this would twist the swingarm, as already mentioned. The preload adjuster being on one side would mean that the swingarm would have a permanent differential springing rate on each side. Just dont seem right...

Every aftermarket shock instruction manual I have read has emphasized the need to ensure both shocks have the same settings...

Weird.

OF course there would be significant cost saving by only machining one set of valving in each shock.... Rather than having the complex valving and check valves needed to damp in each direction only having to damp in one is much easier.
 
While looking at the 2010 CVO StreetGlide, the Sales rep pointed out this new rear shock design to me. He stated that over the next year or so that ALL the touring bikes would have this new shock system rather than the air shocks now on the line.
One side controls the up and other the down. I am no engineer but it seems strange to me. I agree, the MOCO could certainly do a better job in explaining this. I would have never even known about it had the rep not said anything about it. Is this typical for Harley???
 
Another over-priced half ass attempt by the MoCo to keep the aftermarket dollars in thier pocket. Compression on the right / Rebound on the left??? You couldn't GIVE them to me.
 
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