As you may know, two weeks ago I left my side stand down and as a result tipped the old girl over. My shocks blew and so I purchased a new (to me; OEM, 8k miles) set of shocks to remedy the sticking rear end. Well, the eBay shocks were terrible and the sticking was even worse. Defeated and thinking my frame was bent I begin to panic. I found a pair of Emgo shocks on Amazon for 80.00 + free shipping and figured it'd help determine the state of my bike. A week later, here we are.
Link to shocks: http://www.amazon.com/Emgo-Classic-Shocks-Chrome-17-05572/dp/B008A0HTQA Anyways, I read some pretty awful things about Emgo as a company and their "budget" products. Let me start off by saying my frame is not bent. The shocks work (nearly) flawlessly. I really like the black on chrome look, though I believe they also come in chrome. The shocks, 1 up, are a bit stiff. That being said, the ride is ten fold better than my old shocks were pre drop. After trudging through an intersection with the OEMs, at 45, my rear end would bounce for miles (not really). I think I was driving a pogo stick. it must've looked silly watching a motorcycle bounce up and down like that. These new shocks do not bounce or pogo. They ride really nicely for the price. The Emgo shocks held up to a 200 mile ride today, everything from twisties to highway @ 80 mph (I don't like to go faster as Abigail feels like she's moving left to right underneath me any faster, ideas?). Again, they're a tad stiff but I would highly recommend these babies to anyone who thinks spending half a G on rear shocks is absurd. I do have the drop in progressive front fork springs so my suspension set up is a bit stiff in general, which I personally like. It's like a shoe, you want it to be tight so you know where your feet are, but not so tight as to cut off circulation. I also want to thank all of you for your insightful replies and helpful advice following my first drop. I made this little review in hopes if anyone needs or wants new rear struts they can find a review. I could hardly find anything on these rear shocks, besides a bunch of progressive fan boys hating on anything not $500.00+. -- 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.
