Looking for some advice on standard rear shocks. Just cleaned her and noticed a bit of damage to bottom end of my VH Sideshots. Understand there adjustable but wondering if adjusting will be enough. I weigh about 85 kilos will ride mostly on my own but will have occasional pillion. Appreciate your help.

Cheers FC

Best advice for stock rear shocks , bin them .Progressive or icon , many threads on here . Find someone with the same bike as yours who has aftermarket shocks and talk with them .

Tim is right however the fatbob shocks are not to bad for stock. I also weigh 85 and when mine had the stockers i always set them on 2nd or 3rd setting.

Progressive rears are not what they used to be, bought a new set and had em on for awhile then fucked em off and put some ricors (link below) on, made to my weight.
Great shock and prob the best ive ever run although have never tryed the ikons.

http://store.ricorshocks.com/category_s/63.htm

Also its not uncommon to scrap pipes on the fatbob regardless of shocks.
I raised the rear by getting the 13 inch ricors rather then stock height of 12. gave me more clearance.

Thanks Tim and chriso I'll check out progressive and ricors anyone else out there with bike same as mine would appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers FC

anyone tried or know much about Gazi shocks ???

 Hi FC

i have the 2013 Fatbob as well. S&S slipons and would need to drop the bike to scrape them. I have scraped the pegs a couple of times. Scared the shit outta myself.the shop set my shocks on 3 and if I hit a bump at 100 Kim + I gotta hang on or I would be bounced off. Am thinking bout winding it back to 2. have you tried upping the settings on the standard shocks. Sorry probably stupid suggestion , I am new and this is my first harley. 

Have you dyno'd yours 

i am still going through all the old posts on here to work out which way to go in regard to xieds or tuner etc.

it am gonna stop with slipons and high flow filter ,how is yours running. Is the power noticeable. I still am amazed at the power out he box on this tthing.

sorry mindless rambling

 

 JMHO, I've ricor 13"rear shocks set for my style and prigressive springs in the front wih the ricor fork valves and true trak stabilizers.

In my opinion that's what you have to do to get them in the handling ballpark. 

ps. I've got an XR1200X with Wilbers shocks etc and they are just amazing.just amazing.

pps. Used to have V&H big radius 2:2 that made their own fireworks show every corner.  Pissed them off and got a 2 into 1 that's got ground clearance.

 

 Cheers guys yeh doesn't feel like letting go at all. Bob she is running really well & yeh goes reallll hard and haven't pushed her much Mind you had a guy in an Audi TT wanna play at some lights just outatown here on the coast and couldn't help myself gave her a twist and hung on holy fuck I think it was still in 4th I had helmet trying to pull my head off tears in my eyes, grin just about splitting my face glanced in mirror to see Audi fair way back, too busy to look at speed but acceleration was verrry impressive. 

Cheers FC 

 PS not sure how to adjust shocks so calling to dealer over next few days set on 2 at moment will try 3

 

 Need one of these Frothy, about $20 bucks from dealers. Lock it onto the holes in shocks and twist em to the setting ya want.

 

 

 Yeah gotta get me one of those spanner thingies too

 

Chriso I may have said it before but you have an AWESOME looking ride. 

Love the dyno graph too

 

Thanks mate, I think anyone with a bob is a winner

 Got one today from dealer thanks chriso $15 will give her a nudge tomorrow  

Cheers FC

 Cheers chriso

Wrap your adjustment tool in duct tape or electrical tape so ya won't cause any damage, handy hint number 897

im in the same place as you,2014 fat,slip ons,i went with the super tuner and air kit,, big difference all round now looking to upgrade shocks doing a lot of homework first before i choose

 

well this is obviously the wrong pic above, fucked if i know how that happened

Had me stumped !! Haha

anyone wanna buy a front fatboy gaurd LOL