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My name is Gonzo, and I'm a bike-a-holic... 1 Year ago  
another Texan here and longtime member of other boards as I have other rides. Bought my Roadie almost two years ago just paid it off last month. Whoohoo!! Put a Harley batwing on her and thats about it so far. I wasn't happy with the rear suspension. I am 195lbs and bottom the bike out constantly even after cranking on the preload adjustment.

I finally bought a GL1800 rear shock with the pump and motor for $80 on Ebay and swapped it in. What a difference! Have the same shock on my Shadow.

Anyhoo. I am in Plano Tx. Looking at the rides here on the forum I see I am in the company of many Artists.

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Welcome, Gonzo


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Gonzo. Thanks for the tip on the GL1800 shock, going to have to look into that.
 
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Gonzo, from another Texan
We like looking at pics here....so....
 
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from Louisiana. I've never had a problem with mine bottoming out and I weigh about 200 lbs. Plus I know the roads are better in Texas. A lot of ours might as well be dirt roads.
 
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Re:My name is Gonzo, and I'm a bike-a-holic... 1 Year ago  
Welcome Gonzo. I know you from the Shadow forum.
If you mod your Roadie like you did your 'Hondindian', I can't wait to see the results.

Glad to see you here. Mike
 
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Re:My name is Gonzo, and I'm a bike-a-holic... 1 Year ago  
from Michigan,was that GL shock a bolt on as far as shock length and fit?
 
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please explain more on the GL1800 shock swap.
 
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Re:My name is Gonzo, and I'm a bike-a-holic... 1 Year ago  
Thanks guys! Yes mine bottoms out alot!! Or used to. I should take some pics of the mottom of the frame and post them!! I have some pics of the shock conversion but mid swap my phone battery died so no finals. I also meant to measure ride hight pre and post but my ole excited self went out to the garage and started taking the bike apart to make the swap work! Worst part was fitting the motor/pump for the hydraulics. You'll need to massage the stock harness a bit to fit it under the side cover (left). I also cut up the plastic tray to make a smooth surfce. I'll get some shots of that once completed. I still need to build the harness to a dash switch to raise and lower the preload. I just set it full on and took a test ride and man it was nice.

I wanted to find a firmer spring and figured the GL was a much larger bike. The shock is longer due to the long mounting ears but I drilled a new hole about half inch up and cut off the excess. Had to press the sleeve out of the GL upper to install the long Yamer sleeve. Fit like OJ's glove. Other than that an easy install.

Will figure out the picture posting for this forum in the morning and get some pics up of this ride. I also have a custom VT1100 Shadow, two 76 CB750s and a 73.

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