• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Emgo shocks good or garbage?

exdirtbiker

exdirtbiker

Forum Mentor
My Beast has KONIs, but they are pretty blown out. ( I know I could rebuild them )

Parts bike has low mileage Emgo shocks... but can't test ride it to find difference.

Thoughts?
 
Even at the same price, I'd take a pair of KONIs needing rebuild before new Emgo.
Had bad experience with them on my bike. The went from looking OK when I got it to totally shot in a few months.
Bushes fell apart as well as oil pumping out.
Only one sure way to tell and I'd be interested to hear how that turns out if and when you get a day to test it.
 
Bushings are garbage and very heavy springing, or maybe it's damping. Stiff to be sure. Basscliff did a writeup on fixing the bushings. The stiffness may not be an issue if you ride two up or heavily loaded in general. Not for lightweights though.
 
Definitely overdamped. Crude and harsh damping. Springs weren't horribly awful for me at 260 lb. The plastic bushings do not last, according to anyone who tried to use them.

That said, they will work while you rebuild the Konis. Just avoid the bumps to minimize hammering your bike.
 
If you have a rather enhanced gravitational attraction or always ride 2-up, the EMGOs will feel OK, but as others have said, will degrade relatively quickly. My son has a set on his 1000G and says they are OK, but we will be checking the condition of the bushings before too long.

I also have a set of Konis on my 850 that are in need of a rebuild. I have purchased the kit and the oil, just have been too busy working on other bikes to get my own bike "under the knife". It will happen before the rally next month, though.

.
 
The PO of my recently purchased 850GL was proud that he put EMGO shocks on the bike a year ago, I was disappointed to find out they were EMGO..... I replaced all the bushings, they were all blown out and the ride is like crap. I had to die the mount bolt due to the bushing blow out ruining the threads. I'm about 60lbs lighter than him as well. I will be purchasing a set of Hagon shocks for her in the future.

EMGO shocks are crap.
 
Steve said:
If you have a rather enhanced gravitational attraction or always ride 2-up, the EMGOs will feel OK, but as others have said, will degrade relatively quickly.
Click to expand...

No, they actually ride like **** from day one no matter how heavy you are.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

first timer
GS1100E shock rebuild?
Replies
13
Views
252
first timer
first timer
L
1983 gs550ed mono shock failure
Replies
15
Views
145
Loudjosh
L
Sarcvicious
Help finding '82 650G Fork Tubes
Replies
4
Views
96
salty_monk
salty_monk
martin_montreal
1978 GS750 tires & suspension advice / input
Replies
1
Views
80
salty_monk
salty_monk
A
1982 GS1100E - looking for float bowls, part number....
Replies
1
Views
53
Nessism
Nessism
Back
Top