[cts1950]

10 oz find bellray shock oil at a atv dealer.

 

[cts1950]

I routinely change the oil on the shocks. Harley dose not want you the peon to maintain these items. There have been many posts on this forum about this. In fact they are made by showa and are like the one used on gold wings. Guess what I have read that their manual shows how to change the oil.
http://www.v-twinforum.com/forums/t...ssions/109070-making-stock-shocks-better.html

 

[cts1950]

You see what I mean it is much easier to change the shock oil than fork oil. I used shock oil not fork oil I think there is a diffrence possibly fork oil has additives for wear resistance. The 10oz was derived at by carefully measuring the oil removed from a set of shocks.

 

[cts1950]

Good posts by everyone............I learned a lot re the rear suspension. I enjoyed Texasbowhunter and his great input, ct1950, and rogerdodgers comments........all great which gave me a lot to think about.

My immeadiate concern is the "filling of air" and no fixed gauge on the bike with a "shut off" valve ahead of it. What I mean to do is rig up a means of shutting off the shock at the exact pressure and then disconnecting the pump. This means you can read the static pressure in the shocks immeadiately after disconnecting the pump along with the ability to moniter the air pressure at any given time. I will research the "shrader type" valves for this.

The pump sold by Harley is great. I believe it is made by progresive any way with the built in gague and bleed down button and zero leak down when removing the connection. It is a must have in my book.