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  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Quoting Steve L on 26 May 2020 03:38 AM

    Thank mate, do you have to remove the shocks to,do it or does it just undo whilst on. I have a Superglide. 

    Quoting Grease Monkey on 26 May 2020 10:23 AM

    Leave them on the bike mate

    Quoting Steve L on 26 May 2020 10:32 AM

    Thanks mate I'll have to check them out

    Do you have a pump? For my Dyna shocks I used a mountain bike pump they use for their front forks, was good to 350psi, that's enough for those shocks and they are not real dear
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    4 years ago
    Mate, you've prob worked it out by now. First up, you think how the fuck do I pump these up, or lower psi?
    As GM says, unscrew the top section down and walla, exposes the air nipple. Get a hand pump for a pushbike, the shorter than normal, and go up or around the 300 psi, or enough bars to rival patpong road, which will smooth things out .
    The pump is the type that when disconnecting little or no air is lost. They are around the $60 mark. There's a table somewhere with recomended pressure using Fornales matched to various Model Harleys. If can find it  will wack it on.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    Quoting Baloffski on 26 May 2020 10:01 PM

    Mate, you've prob worked it out by now. First up, you think how the fuck do I pump these up, or lower psi?

    As GM says, unscrew the top section down and walla, exposes the air nipple. Get a hand pump for a pushbike, the shorter than normal, and go up or around the 300 psi, or enough bars to rival patpong road, which will smooth things out .
    The pump is the type that when disconnecting little or no air is lost. They are around the $60 mark. There's a table somewhere with recomended pressure using Fornales matched to various Model Harleys. If can find it  will wack it on.

    Awesome thanks fellas and if you find the chart that would be great. I've googled and found the most info on here.
  • ralphski
    ralphski
    4 years ago
    Fournales or Shotgun shocks for Softails..............
    Shotgun....there is NO comparison really 
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Quoting ralphski on 29 May 2020 11:46 AM

    Fournales or Shotgun shocks for Softails..............

    Shotgun....there is NO comparison really 

    Yeah....nar.....the end
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    4 years ago
    Gotta say when Fornales working they are fucken fantastic on my Tourer. Only shotgun I have had , is Mr.Browning.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago

    Found it thanks everyone 
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  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    I got a pump today and they were around 145 psi. I bumped them up to 190 as per recommendations on here, hopefully it rides nice
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Quoting Steve L on 04 Jun 2020 06:15 AM

    I got a pump today and they were around 145 psi. I bumped them up to 190 as per recommendations on here, hopefully it rides nice

    Steve, play with that pressure until you find the sweet spot for a given load, short hops I never bothered but if I was taking the missus for any distance I would bump it up to suit.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    Quoting Steve L on 04 Jun 2020 06:15 AM

    I got a pump today and they were around 145 psi. I bumped them up to 190 as per recommendations on here, hopefully it rides nice

    Quoting Grease Monkey on 04 Jun 2020 09:18 AM

    Steve, play with that pressure until you find the sweet spot for a given load, short hops I never bothered but if I was taking the missus for any distance I would bump it up to suit.

    The pump I bought is small enough to fit into the saddlebags so i can have a play with the pressures while out.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    Had a ride in the mountains on the way home from work to test out the pressures. I put 190 in but when I checked it on the roadside it was 205, no wonder it felt a bit harsh. I dropped them down to 180 and they were heaps better. 
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    4 years ago
    hey mate, pressure is a line, that is always changeable.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    Other than adding more air is it possible to make the shocks longer. I'm guessing as they are rebuildable it's possible but is it viable. I reckon and extra 15 to 20mm would be just about perfect.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Well they do come in different lengths so it would theoretically be possible but probably cost prohibitive, if that's what you need it might be better to sell what you have and buy what you need? Dunno man, maybe give the new Fournales bloke a ring and run it past him?
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    4 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Jun 2020 09:14 AMedited: 07 Jun 2020 09:14 AM

    Well they do come in different lengths so it would theoretically be possible but probably cost prohibitive, if that's what you need it might be better to sell what you have and buy what you need? Dunno man, maybe give the new Fournales bloke a ring and run it past him?

    Thanks mate yeah I reckon it might be. I've seen that there are kits available to raise shocks but it makes them rise around 40mm which is lot.
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