progressive seems to be the company of choice for shocks around the forum, I went with burly shocks (they are made by progressive from what I understand) because I wanted my bike slammed in the back and they are the lowest I found.

If you are mechanically inclined, the fork lowers aren't too bad. Get yourself a service manual if you don't already have one and it spells it out. You have to completely disassemble your forks so you can just powder the tubes. Some guys on here have had success painting them also, it would be less work but powder will hold up better. Get a hold of JRK5892 he is a member on here who runs a PC business, he can answer any of the PC questions you might have.

 

Joe powdered my shocks. They look great.

edit: this is a pic before i put them on.

 

This will sound bad, but my shocks are just sprayed. Personally I think the OEM shocks are pretty good shocks so I did not want to shell out the cash for new (perhaps not as good) shocks just to get black so I took them to a shop and wanted them powder coated, but he was worried about disassembling them so he sprayed them instead.

I was surprised at how well it turned out. He used a good textured paint (not quite wrinkle black) and the nuts are powder coated. Turned out to be not too expensive, looks fine to me, and is holding up good.

 

You can buy them that way or powdercoat them. There is a thread on here step by step on front lowers where they used appliance epoxy and looked great.

 

 

I had Joe do the powdercoating. I took the shocks apart and just had him do
the cups. I like the mix of black and chrome.
He also powdered the fork sliders, hubs, and rims for me.

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Crazy

 

They're all great looking bikes...nice to get different ideas from everyone!

 

Yup, I love em all!

 

I'll be riding this weekend for sure because I am relatively new in town here!

 

Newly moved to Madison but loving the twisty country roads.