Originally Posted by cactusred

the passenger pegs are the hd airfoils I believe is what they called em, tried to keep a matched theme with those upfront. I haven't had any complaints of vibes in the back, with em.

Originally Posted by suntadz

Looks like we have been doing the same thing. Last night I put on my new set of 13" Ricor's on my FXDWG and had the same usual question of 25% of what? My calls to Brian went to voicemail so I searched on here and found pretty much all the answers. I did Muds technique of unloading the rear wheel making the reference mark then put on the ground with me in the seat and remeasure. I finally got it to 1.25" of sag but I had to crank down on the preload something like 25 turns. Seems a bit much but after I did so it felt alot better. Rode it and it does smooth out the road alot more than the stock but what mine look like compared to others bothers me a bit. Any thoughts on how much I had to crank em down? here are the pics......

Originally Posted by cactusred

Well I just finished up a couple days ago putting on my new Ricor rear shocks, and the preload adjustmen yesterday. The shock removal, and install was pretty self explanatory, however the preload adjustment was a little more confusing at least to me. The shocks come from Ricor with two tags showing to set shock travel to 25% for preload, I had no friggin clue on that process. What is shock travel on this shock? Well I read and read and read more and came across MUD's post which did get me in the right direction. I jacked up the bike, let the tires hang, made my measurement of the unloaded shock travel. Then with my bike back down on the ground, and butt planted on seat took my next measurement, and came up with 1 1/4 inches differences, rider sag, so what do I do, 25% of that number, hell I had no idea. Soooo, I called up Ricor, talked with Brian and he shed the remaining light on it for me, and I ended up with 9 turns we'll see, if I need to fine tune, then I can certainly do that too.
Here is some pics of em,


Installed, on the dyna street bob, man that anodized black is the ticket for that denim black, sweet.
This last pic also highlights my new mustang, vintage, solo seat. I just put my first ride in tonight to work, and I am pleased with not only the seat but the shocks, I need to spend a few weeks with different riding to see if I need to fine tune some adjustments but I am real pleased with that.

Originally Posted by rounder

those shocks look great!!! Also remember that the 25% is really just a recommendation and as such you can run them softer if you want. I run mine at about 30% preload myself. Most shock mfgrs. suggest 33% of travel for normal street riding. Either way set the shock up so that they bottom on the worst of bumps you experience and you will be good to go This is insuring you are using all your travel for the best ride over all conditions. Also I believe Brian is giving us the shock travel and not the swingarm(axle) travel. The axle travels more than the swingarm, so, of your doing 25% measured from the axle the settings will be off. I think kenmf2000 has a good idea on measuring eye to eye if you have to work off the eye to eye travel Brian is giving us.