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<blockquote data-quote="escapefjrtist" data-source="post: 1411693" data-attributes="member: 238"><p>Panman has an Ohlins for sale.</p><p></p><p>I have Penske 8983s on the FJR and Tenere, great shocks. The FJR includes the full meal deal with GP valving in the forks. It's a bit sporty empty, but loaded up and traveling it's the bees' knees! Regarding the remote preload option. Although Penske has a manual collar, it's not a big deal to adjust in place on the bike. Takes a few minutes and odds are once you have it set to your liking you'll rarely touch it.</p><p></p><p>Benefits of the Penske over other brands:</p><p>- Ride height adjustment allows tailoring the bike handling to your liking. I've set my FJR & Tenere ~3mm longer than stock and love the quicker turn-in and rear end height.</p><p>- For serious traveling and two-up duty I have a second, larger spring. The spring can be swapped with the shock <em>in place</em> on the FJR, in less than 30 minutes. So with full bags, trunk and pillion, I've got a properly sprung no compromises machine.</p><p>- Best of all...With a few tools/equipment, Penske's are simple to rebuild so the maintenance cost is minimal and you know it's done right.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of which aftermarket shock chosen, it'll be an improvement over stock.</p><p></p><p>Just my $.02</p><p></p><p>~G</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="escapefjrtist, post: 1411693, member: 238"] Panman has an Ohlins for sale. I have Penske 8983s on the FJR and Tenere, great shocks. The FJR includes the full meal deal with GP valving in the forks. It's a bit sporty empty, but loaded up and traveling it's the bees' knees! Regarding the remote preload option. Although Penske has a manual collar, it's not a big deal to adjust in place on the bike. Takes a few minutes and odds are once you have it set to your liking you'll rarely touch it. Benefits of the Penske over other brands: - Ride height adjustment allows tailoring the bike handling to your liking. I've set my FJR & Tenere ~3mm longer than stock and love the quicker turn-in and rear end height. - For serious traveling and two-up duty I have a second, larger spring. The spring can be swapped with the shock [I]in place[/I] on the FJR, in less than 30 minutes. So with full bags, trunk and pillion, I've got a properly sprung no compromises machine. - Best of all...With a few tools/equipment, Penske's are simple to rebuild so the maintenance cost is minimal and you know it's done right. Regardless of which aftermarket shock chosen, it'll be an improvement over stock. Just my $.02 ~G [/QUOTE]
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