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Replaced Gen II shock with a Gen III shock
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<blockquote data-quote="flagstaff" data-source="post: 1171649" data-attributes="member: 29409"><p>My experience with the new shock turned out to be short lived. I longed for the days when a sport touring bike didn't mean a 600+ pound bike. As a result I set out to build up a light weight sport touring bike. Here is the final result:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.fototime.com/3530E735AB21CC7/medium800.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But back to the shock, Any ride height change was insignificant. The ride firmed up but not even close to being harsh. I hesitate to say the old shock made the bike wallow, because that implies side to side as well as up and down. On the old set up the suspense would compress quite a bit with any rolling road surface or sharp turns giving the feeling of wallowing while still tracking true. It is not a good feeling at speed. That was gone with the new one. Much steadier and a much better feel with no harshness. I kept my forks where they were before and everything was good. Hope this helps. Glad to answer any other questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flagstaff, post: 1171649, member: 29409"] My experience with the new shock turned out to be short lived. I longed for the days when a sport touring bike didn't mean a 600+ pound bike. As a result I set out to build up a light weight sport touring bike. Here is the final result: [IMG]https://www.fototime.com/3530E735AB21CC7/medium800.jpg[/IMG] But back to the shock, Any ride height change was insignificant. The ride firmed up but not even close to being harsh. I hesitate to say the old shock made the bike wallow, because that implies side to side as well as up and down. On the old set up the suspense would compress quite a bit with any rolling road surface or sharp turns giving the feeling of wallowing while still tracking true. It is not a good feeling at speed. That was gone with the new one. Much steadier and a much better feel with no harshness. I kept my forks where they were before and everything was good. Hope this helps. Glad to answer any other questions. [/QUOTE]
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