softail shocks

[captaincondom]

hi all i am still after a set of softail rear shocks they don't have to be much good they just have to have some damping left in them .i am just after a set for a dry build b4 i buy a new set.its just to see if my idea will work thanks

[triker]

i have a pair of shocks off a vmax if they would be any use to you

[Pigpen]

i have a pair of shocks off a vmax if they would be any use to you
Softail shocks work in tension not compression, so those off a "normal" bike wouldn't work.

[captaincondom]

Thanks for the offer of the max shocks but thats the bike i hope to fit the softail shox to.are u after any max bits

[Pigpen]

What's the plan then?

[captaincondom]

i am after running the exhaust very close to the frame and under the seat unit.but i don't fancy looseing my fuel tank.or going down the taylor made route i think there is to many custom vmax that look to much alike. so the idea is go down the route of looking hard to see the mods. this will be the third make over since i bougt the bike in 1999.so watch this space lol

[captaincondom]

i have just had a look at some evo shocks they mount a bit diffrent but thats not a problem.so evo or softail shocks would be a option thanks

[Pigpen]

Sorry but you're confusing me now. Evo is a name for the Harley engine that came after the shovelhead. Bikes with this engine fall into two basic types. Normal swing arm, such as the Dynos, and Softail swing arms. The shocks from the two different type of swing arm are not interchangeable as one works in compression and the other (the softail) works in tension. As far as I know Harley is the only manufacturer to that uses a softail swing arm. I presume then, you are building a completely new system for your Max.
I apologise now if I have misunderstood your post and am "teaching my granny to suck eggs" so to speak.

[captaincondom]

yea makeing a new set up it is the softail type i am after or the evo from the pics i have had a look at the softail has a eye at 1 end and a tread at the other and the evo has eyes at both.but they are both tension type

[Pigpen]

Aha. Clear now. You want shocks from a Softail and you don't mind if it's an Evo or a Twin Cam.
They're both bloody awful shocks with no spring rate or damping adjustment. The only thing you can do anything with is the ride height.
Good luck with your project, it sounds interesting. Maybe you could use your expertise when it's finished to work out how to put some "real" shocks on a Softail.:D
P.s. try the HDRCGB forum. If you can't get in let me know and I'll ask for you.

[triker]

no im not after any vmax bits i will be selling some as im stripping my max to trike it thanks

[captaincondom]

thanks pigpen i am only after a set to try to see if it will work .if it works out i might go for a air ride set from the states they should work fine i hope.
hi triker are you selling any custom bits or are they all standard parts.have you had a look on vmax chat some nice parts turn up on their

[devon-tony]

I fitted underslung shocks on my ZR1100

worked a treat, used fournales oleopnumatic ones

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/tony-devon/zrchop66.jpg

only thing I would have changed was to swap them over, as I had the air adjustment valves towards the outside for easy adjustment, damn things got ground down twice LOL

[triker]

thanks pigpen i am only after a set to try to see if it will work .if it works out i might go for a air ride set from the states they should work fine i hope.
hi triker are you selling any custom bits or are they all standard parts.have you had a look on vmax chat some nice parts turn up on their

no custom parts only standard from a 2005 aniversery model