I have Ikon's on my bike , Great Shocks , I did have a problem with the Chrome coming of one of the Springs 15 months after fitting them .

I notced the rust spot on the  Spring a week before the Bike was going on display at the Austrialian Motor Cycle Expo, I jumped sraight on the phone and rang  Geoff at Ikon on a Saturday morning he offered open his shop after hours that next Sunday morning just to repair the Shocks just so I could still get the bike into the show.

I was expecting a bill for his time and the replacement Springs , but no he stands by his product 100%

I do wonder about guys who Import there own Shocks because of warranty issues that they may have later down the track.
Buy Aussie I say

Hey HO, I think you'l find that changing your ape hangers to something a bit lower will help the handling of your bike a lot as well.

Oops gone of thread I got progressives and they seem to be AOK.

Bt

Hi karl... thanks for the input from left field ..... more research!!! I have heard nothing but good comments from Andy, cept when someone had played with adjustments  of course. Just not keen on th looks, especially as I'm trying to keep the old school looks. Anyway just fired an email off for input on recommendations.

OK... looked at the True-Track system and something interesting to note:

When changing oil filter do not allow oil to run on the front motor mount. The addatives in the oil break down the bond between the rubber and the steel spacer. The rubber mount then fails and extreme vibration occours.... "a customer who changed oil evry 1,000 miles had 3 motor mounts fail in 5000 miles".

Will give you a tingle Daza as it is a crap web site and confusing

 

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hey ho stick to stock lengths otherwise your rake @trail will change effecting your handling ,theres no single cure for wobbles @wallows .a stocker is for speed limits and smooth roads , fork springs,fork oil, fork brace,dampner all these add to handling improvements ,aswell as true track .good shocks on back is first step.fournales ,ohlins ,workperformance,ikon ,these would be my first choice ,ive got pair of progressive 440 heavy duty as spares if u want to try .they good for two up.its trial@error mate ,but the advice given is all sound

oh yeh ho ohlins has lots of adjustments ,most of the troublr comes from the engine vibes transfering to frontend as u see when u start the rest is too flexible motor transfering vibes to swingarm or big tuning fork

hog the 440s are stock 12

Got Progressive 412's on my fatbob,big difference from the OEM pogo sticks,waiting on race-tech fork springs and gold valve emulators.

Thanks darkash... had the front mount replaced at 16K under warranty. Still have intermitant vibration issues as well as a balance issue. bike falls left if I take hands off the bars.

If you want the best handling go with Ohlins shocks and Race Tech springs and valves. You dont see too many GP/Superbikes with Icon or Fournales!

i put hagons on mine they are fully adjustable i cant fault them good shit

I've put up a few K's on my Fournales and can only say they are a great shock. 1 up or 2 up, loaded or not, no problems. I do have a pump so a bit of mucking around with pressures to find the "Sweet spot" for solo or 2 up has paid off. An easy way to find what length shock you need is (Eye bolt to eye bolt centre) lift bike so rear wheel is just off the ground, and measure.

thanks for the feedback peeps.... still not made up my mind but am favouring Fournales based on peoples comments re performance as well as looks as it matches the look I am trying to achieve