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Purdy. :cool: What are the spring rates and how much did they cost including the shipping? Were there options on spring rates? C-T-C length? What color is your scooter?
Got them installed yet? What is the delay!!! :D
 
Whoa, slow down, lol.

They cost $190.00 Canadian shipped to my door. Not bad. Not sure of the spring rate but they were for my specific bike so I hope they're in the ball park. Eye to clevis is 335 mm.

No manual included even though the advertising says it's uncluded.
 
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Just because they are inexpensive doesn't mean they are cheap. Ohlins and such are off the charts and quite frankly probably way over rated. I like them, nice buy!;)
 
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Just because they are inexpensive doesn't mean they are cheap. Ohlins and such are off the charts and quite frankly probably way over rated. I like them, nice buy!;)
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I was kind of waiting for someone who knew what they were talking about to wade in. Thanks.... Something to be considered.....;)
 
The company is Australian although I suspect the shocks are Chinese. I will say this however. The Chinese are getting much better at producing quality items at a fraction of the price. I will install these this weekend & report back.
 


Very nice indeed,Going to need a set of shocks for the GPz,do you have a link?
 
jwhelan65 said:
Just because they are inexpensive doesn't mean they are cheap. Ohlins and such are off the charts and quite frankly probably way over rated. I like them, nice buy!;)
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Something to this, I have some Ohlins on my 1000 and a while back a mate borrowed them to try on his Yamaha and put the stock 1000 shocks (with the rebound adjusters) on while they were away, I have really not noticed a big if any difference. Though one time I hit a sunken road cover banked full over at flat chat everything bottomed out hard and I think it was the quality of the shock that kept me on as the back took off and landed 2' off line, the bike wobbled but straightened up ok.
 
I haven't seen cheap shocks yet that rode nice, controlled the bike well and stayed that way after an hour or so hauling ass on a rough road. Expensive ones do it just fine.

If these do it I'm in. Somehow I doubt it.
 
Hi Guys,

Chris Livengood, here. I noticed my site was linked to in this post. I don't normally "chase" threads but lately my site has seen quite a bit of travel from you GS guys so I guess it seemed appropriate. The shocks pictured appear to be the shocks I've designated the "Model 1". The clevis appears slightly different, both in the machining and hole size that is common on RFY shocks.

Maybe OP can measure the wire thickness on the spring. Knowing that we can better understand the spring rate. Lot's of people I speak with accidentally chose the wrong spring rate. It's easy to choose unwisely when the only real information is based on the wire thickness of the spring. To help with this I've graphed many of the springs that are common with these Chinese shock as well as springs associated with other brands and models. I've provided spring rate graph below that illustrates this.

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Most people report that these shocks out perform stock shocks, but only after a proper rebuild. Perhaps the Aussies do this, I don't know. I do know that when I get them direct from China they are assembled in a manner that prevents them from having any damping characteristics whatsoever. However, after a proper rebuild they work rather well, especially for the price point.

Anyways, sorry to high jack the thread. If there are questions or comments it would probably be best to start a new thread or just contact me via my website. I'll try to keep an eye out around here for more threads, but seeing as I don't own a GS it might be tough to keep up with you guys.
 
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Those look interesting NJ but I think the RFY's that sav0r has analysed on his website is the direction I'm looking.The look very similar to the 86 KDX shock I took apart so doing that on a brand new shock doesn't scare me much.Still want to hear what you think of them once you use them.
 
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