The people at Progressive are pretty timely on questions asked. Between Amazon and ebay if they have them for your model, get the black springs and the standard shock without springs for the best combo and cheapest cost: for my NH 750, about $140 total shipped. And then get 2 tie downs straps, on each side of the spring to compress it (or 3 would be better if they fit.) Hint: the cheapest ones are the ones that say they don't fit your model on Amazon or Ebay, and you KNOW they do by the Progressive model number ;-)
A lot of handling and perceived mechanical problems disappeared when I got them. Progressives and Nighthawks were made for each other. 1,000% better than originals, well 20 year old originals anyway plus I needed heavy duty for my weight! I was also at the top of the standard weight limit without all my books (another 50 lbs), so I got the HD springs in that price too. You can always adjust them down when you do not ride double or have cargo if you are not 250 lb like me. I am one happy camper on that buy. And as usual, I investigated it thoroughly until I got the money, ha ha. On Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:45:54 PM UTC-7, Allen wrote: > > Or you could get true redneck and just make struts from a length of pipe. > I just measured the bikes. GS1000, CB750 1982, and 85 CB650 nighthawk are > 13 inch eye to eye. 82 XJ650 is 12.5 and82 CB650 nighthawk is 14 inch. > > Allen Thomas > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
