Street Glide shocks are an inch shorter than Road Glide.

 

Just went ahead with the Progressive 444-4020. We will see how they do. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

 

only if you are talking about a road glide ultra. the standard roadglide and specials have the same 12'' suspension.

 

I had the RG Ultra. Same year and not modified. In my opinion, this SG rides nothing like that did.

 

Road Glide, Street Glide, Road Glide Special, or Street Glide Special.... all come with 12" shocks. the bigger touring bikes (with tour packs) come with 13" shocks. When trying to improve the ride/handling, first step is tinkering with the PROPER settings for the shock on the bike... you can make a great shock ride/handle terrible too lol

Seems like peoples natural inclination is to soften it up, and its usually not the answer. Too soft basically gets you to the same place, because it bottoms out and you feel every little thing. Try the proper setting, and a few setting stiffer and softer around that first... but then get your wallet out lol

If you don't have reach issues, going to a 13" shock alone generally helps because of the added travel, and I don't think appearance wise I could tell the difference. Then of course getting shocks with the right spring ratings for your riding load/habits.

I went with 14" SuperShox (with 1" lowering blocks) on the back and Legends up front. The Legends are stiff, but feel so much better than stock. I really only notice the stiffness coming into my driveway, because its basically like going over a rounded curb (get a little pogo-stick feeling). Down the road, even though they are stiffer than stock, the ride is so much better than stock. The SuperShox I toyed with the setting a lot after putting them on. I could set them so soft that solo it was bouncy... like having worn out shocks on a car and it just keeps bobbing. Went with the recommended settings, then went for a ride solo on a stretch of a highway by my house that has 3 long sweepers (concrete slab construction that will get a soft bounce going). When I'd take those sweepers at 90mph or more, I'd get a bit of a wobble going, so I'd stop and stiffen it a couple clicks and hit the sweepers again and repeat. I think I wound up stiffening it 1 full turn from "recommended" and the wobble went away. Just my opinion, but I think it is because this adjusted the front and rear to the same compression/decompression rate. Then just went for a ride and it was great at normal speeds in real daily riding conditions. Got back home and grabbed a neighbor and took her for a ride without adjusting anything. The ride was still good, although a bit softer, and there was no more bottoming out. Over all, day and night difference in ride and handling. The proper settings is important, and too soft or too stiff is just wasting money.

So just be warned, once you change the rear shocks... the front may become your next target. I had first tried the 13" HD hand adjustable from the classifieds on here... they were better than the stock 13" air shocks I had originally, but not by a lot. That was a $250 experiment, and luckily I was able to sell them. So, like others have said, save your money and go with a quality brand the first time, and set them up properly... and I wouldn't waste my money on 12" anything, but thats just my opinion.

 

The first thing you need to do is set the proper sag by measuring unladen then laden. It will be different between solo, 2 up, tour pak etc. Get a good pair of 13" shocks and start from there. The stock 12" shocks are junk.

 

yes but whichever shock you get like this you should have built to your specs . It’s gray I did with Motorcycle Metal for my ohlins on my 07 FLHTC and from DK customs with my 14” pro action for my 14 Tri Glide

 

Not sure about you, but 13.5 would give me problem in the Reach department..

 

Please report back to this thread with your impressions of the new shocks. Thanks.

 

Hopefully you have better luck with the 412s than I did. I'd stick with 13" regardless of what you choose.