I've got a '78 GS1000 with alloy rims 19" front and 17" rear. I've just measured my shock eye center to clevis bolt center distance. I found it to be 13" when the bike is on the centerstand and rear wheel is in the air. The shocks look stock but I have read several differing opinions about what is stock. Some claim it is 13.25", 13.4", and some use different metric measurements. Works Performance shocks list the stock as 13" as does Hagon and lkon. Progressive lists a 13" but says it is slightly short for stock. (Works does have a 13.25" though.) .....Ummmmmmm?......
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I think it's 13" eye to clevis. -
If you measured the length yourself you know the answer (assuming you still have the stock shocks installed).
As far as aftermarket shocks go, many are slightly longer than stock. No problem with this, it just raises the rear of the bike slightly.Ed
To measure is to know.
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This is the problem: are they stock or are they not? I think I'll replace them with the same size that I have now...if it ain't broke, don't fix it...... Right?Comment
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