I was wondering how hard it is for a simple person to change out the rear shocks on my RKC? I am thinking to changing out to the street glide shocks that are 1" lower. Thanks for the help.

 

I've never done it on a Harley, but how hard can it be? get clearance to the shocks (remove the bags) and unbolt and replace with the new ones. If you have an air system, there would be a little more work, but still, not much unless you are going with an air compressor system. If you can spin wrenches, you can do it. Now replacing a mono shock on my KTM, that's was much more complicated.

 

Very simple, did mine. Remove the bags, jack it up until the pressure is off the shocks, remove the bolts, use the jack to line up the new shocks and install. You'll be able to tell when the pressure is off, cause the bolts will remove easily. Give em (the shocks) a jiggle to make sure they are just kinda floating there. The air lines are simple, if you have a manual read up, or we can lend a hand.

 

Its easy, just unbolt and bolt.

 

Just to let you know.... I put these on my eglide and they were fine for local riding. Then took a vacation (my fat a$$, the ol' lady' king tour pak & saddle bags loaded for a 10 day ride) and hated them. Came home & installed a air ride system. Just hate to see ya spend the $280. or so & not be happy.

 

...you should consider a good quality 12" shock like a Progressive instead of the HD one...think you are gonna love the look...but hate the ride...

 

As others have stated, it's an easy project, so easy in fact, that UltraClassicElectraGlide could do it. Changed out the OEM shocks and installed the Profile Low Air Shocks using a motorcycle jack. Very straight-forward...

Add a few pounds of air to clear the air line, then release all the air pressure. On my bike, the brass fittings for the air lines (#1 in the first picture) on the shocks were way too tight and I rounded the corners slightly, so be careful there.

Here is the link to the .pdf instructions from H-D.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US...ts/-J04754.pdf

 

This is a true statement, for some, and it all depends on your weight. My wife and I are about 325# together and as you see in my sig pic, we travel loaded. We had no problems and have used them on two 4,000 mile trips. I run about 25-30#'s of air loaded, and 15-20#'s without the luggage. For me the lower seat height was a plus (5'7"), and you can get these shocks used, all the time here and on eBay. Not to mention reselling your stockers to recoup some of the cost.

 

Thanks all, there is someone on here selling them for $100 used. Said they got about 7k on the clock. Is that good or bad? I think my stockers have a leak or just dont hold air to well. Is it worth it for $100? thanks.

 

I just picked up a pair of new 13" H-D shocks off ebay for $71 + $15 shipping. They were new take offs. I also purchased a lowering bracket by road6customs so that once the 13" shocks are installed, I can still achieve the original ride height of the FLHX, with hopefully a better ride due to the extra 1" of suspension travel...