Twin shocks

[King Rat]

The CS, I think they are the original ones on there. I will have to ask Tetley when he comes back from his Grand Tour. I had a long ride through the peaks the other day and while she performed OK, I am sure the suspension could be tuned to make it more compliant and less bone shakey! Maybe it is just me setting it up wrong, I don't know about these things, it sounds very complicated. I set and forget and don't even change it for when Anna gets on the back, which seems much better than when I ride it solo.
So my question to you twin shock, airhead, Riding Gods is what is the way forward please? Any suggestions to good suspension improvements? Hagon apparently are 'satisfactory' but 'variable in quality' is what one class ic racing bod told me. He has put Nitron on his race bike but hasn't used them before so he is still finding out how good they are, or not. I am not after racing shocks, I want/need good, road manners on less than good road surfaces. I don't know what was happening on that Peak ride but I know I was bouncing around all over the place, so maybe they are just set up too hard?

 

[casbar]

The CS, I think they are the original ones on there. I will have to ask Tetley when he comes back from his Grand Tour. I had a long ride through the peaks the other day and while she performed OK, I am sure the suspension could be tuned to make it more compliant and less bone shakey! Maybe it is just me setting it up wrong, I don't know about these things, it sounds very complicated. I set and forget and don't even change it for when Anna gets on the back, which seems much better than when I ride it solo.
So my question to you twin shock, airhead, Riding Gods is what is the way forward please? Any suggestions to good suspension improvements? Hagon apparently are 'satisfactory' but 'variable in quality' is what one class ic racing bod told me. He has put Nitron on his race bike but hasn't used them before so he is still finding out how good they are, or not. I am not after racing shocks, I want/need good, road manners on less than good road surfaces. I don't know what was happening on that Peak ride but I know I was bouncing around all over the place, so maybe they are just set up too hard?

On my CS I am still using the Koni shocks, they are fine and I never change them, don't carry a pillion on my airhead.

 

[mikeyboy]

IKON “dialarides” are about as good as you’ll get.
Also available with polished shrouds so they look good too.
I’ve always found hagon to be a bit “ budget”

 

[richie moore]

if you want a fantastic true british product then it has to be MAXTON .

 

[DrFarkoff]

The change that occurred when I fitted one of their shocks to my RT was amazing and total dial-ability!!

Great Build Quality and I reckon absolutely the best value that was to be had I think even cheaper than Hagon Poop!!

They build the shocks for the K bikes for Realm Engineering that were used to great effect in the classic racing

Find Your Bike - BMW - Page 1 - Protech Shocks Ltd

www.protechshocks.co.uk

 

[tuftywhite]

If it's better with the missus on the back, would I be correct in assuming you need a little more pre-load?

 

[ChasF]

If it's better with the missus on the back, would I be correct in assuming you need a little more pre-load?

I would have said less preload for solo riding but if they are the original shocks they are probably well past their sell by date in terms of the damping. Dial a ride’s are probably the best you can get for your use.

 

[DrFarkoff]

If it's better with the missus on the back, would I be correct in assuming you need a little more pre-load?

Less

Over pre loaded as standard and correct when 2 up

 

[tuftywhite]

I would have said less preload for solo riding but if they are the original shocks they are probably well past their sell by date in terms of the damping. Dial a ride’s are probably the best you can get for your use.

That's where I've been going wrong. I'll be getting my C Spanner out this evening.