cheapest rear shocks 79 gs850g ?

[Guest]

I am sorry Mark I did not mean to insulate you were cheep.

No offense taken, I never took it that way at all. Besides, I wouldn't be offended at being accused of being cheap, I have been called much worse than that.

I am not wealthy either buy any means. But every time I cheep out it bites me in the a$$.

This was my point, very often the "buy once, cry once" philosophy works out much better in the end. Add in the safety implications of a failure in the suspension and it isn't worth it in my books.


Mark

 

[Grimly]

Are there alternatives to $200.00 + rear shocks ?


All my searches find real expensive shocks, however I constantly see Harley Davidson shocks for like 50.00 on eBay. Is there a way to get replacement shocks without breaking the bank ?

Thanks

Sean

My '80 was fitted for 20 years with a pair of Showa air shocks that came off a GT750 Kwak. As mentioned in another thread, recently I've seen the exact same shocks still being made and factory-fitted to some models of Harley. Now here's the interesting bit - quite a few Harley owners don't like them for looks or ride or something and they replace them with something blingier or simply more expensive.
Nothing wrong with Showa air shocks at all, as 50-odd thousand miles of my use of them demonstrates.
I'd quite happily buy an ex-Harley pair, and I've seen them go dirt cheap on ebay.com - virtually new for as little as $20 (but more often a bit more than that).
13" eye-to-eye is fitted to a couple of Harley models.