New Koni Shock Absorbers

[beechfront]

wow $185! Sounds like you got a pretty good deal. I'm going to check around a little more but doubt I will find anything here that cheap. Sometime when the weather gets better maybe I'll take a ride down to St Joe. St Joe & Back in one day should be no problem.

[newmaac]

I have been reading the various posts regarding shocks.
How does one know when the shocks need replacing? In a car it is pretty obvious, but are the symptoms the same for a bike?
I have just gone through everything on the front end, Progressive springs, fork seals, fork brace, wheel bearings,and rebuilt calipers.
Logic tells me that 24 year old shocks have gotta go, but is there anything else to go on?
TIA,
Mike

[NOMAD]

newmaac,
My shocks had almost 40k on them and they got so bad that I was loaded down going to a rally, only about 40 miles away, when the bike got so squirrelly I couldn't ride it. I left all my camping gear at the rally and rode back home to get my truck.

beech,
Let me know if you want to get a pair of those progressive shocks and I'll check the price and have our local shop order them for you.

NOMAD

[newmaac]

thaks Nomad,
On the freeway, it's kinda lose, like it wants to follow the grooves. Someone told me that that feeling could just be because my tires are not "scrubbed-in" yet. I dunno. I have a new set of Kenda Challengers, with only about 300 miles on them.
I just finished the front end, and as soon as I get all of the air out of the brakes, I will see what it feels like.

[NOMAD]

newmaac,
I just finished my 80SG this spring. I rebuilt the frt & rr brks, changed fork oil, new rear shocks, new tires, complete paint and now just waiting for my seat and fork brace. Hopefully this week on both. Mine showed tremendous improvement the first day I took it out. No more following road groves and no more wallowing thru corners. Can't hardly wait for my Tkat. Hope this helps your decision making. Good luck!!

NOMAD

[Bill]

Re: New Koni Shock Absorbers

Mike Farnworth wrote:

I've just found out that Koni shocks are now being made by Proven Products under the name of Ikon. Proven Products bought the original tooling and commenced production in Australia with KONI's blessing.

Great news, Mike! I searched online and found a reference at Bob's BMW web site in Maryland:

Koni shocks have been reincarnated!

There's also a Proven Products web site:

Proven Products Pty Ltd.
http://www.proven.com.au/ikon.shtml
Email: sales@proven.com.au
81 Boronia St Albury NSW 2640
Phone: (02) 6040 9955 - Fax: (02) 6040 9911

I e-mailed them to see if they'll be making a shock to fit our bikes and if there is a US distributor.

Thanks for the tip!

[schpiff]

Originally posted by NOMAD
schpiff,
I'm real pleased with the handling, high speed and slow. Before it always seemed to be bar heavy at low speed. Like waiting to make a left turn or parking/ backing up etc... I was concerned that this might get worse by changing the rake and trail, but it improved greatly. It seems like a much lighter bike at slow speeds, I really like it. And as I've said in other posts, I can't hardly believe how it handles now at speed. I'm waiting for my Tkat brace, should see it early next week, to see how much more improvement it can make. I might just have to go out and play with the young sport bike boys.

NOMAD

Thanks Nomad, thats the info I was alookin for...(the handlbar heavy reference).. equally surprising is lowering the tail made it better on both ends of the spectrum.

[Bill]

I got a reply regarding Ikon shocks from Geoff at Proven Products.

• We have the 7610-1407 shocks for the 78-84 XS1100's in stock.
• We do have a US distributor being Eurotech Motorsports in California.

Their details are on our website (I was going to copy this email to them but it seems their mailbox is overflowing right now).

I checked the Eurotech Motorsports Online Catalog. Here's the link for the Ikon 7610-1407:

http://www.eurotechmotorsports.com/f...t=I7610%2D1407

They list for $286.00.

Here's the rest of the contact information:

Eurotech Motorsports
1017 Willow Street
Chico CA 95928
USA
Phone:530-345-7145
FAX:530-345-7138
EMAIL: sales@eurotechmotorsports.com
HTTP: http://www.eurotechmotorsports.com/

[beechfront]

Thanks for the info!

Now I must decide.....

PROGRESSIVE 412's or KONI'S

[Robert Haller]

Originally posted by beechfront
Thanks for the info!

Now I must decide.....

PROGRESSIVE 412's or KONI'S

Check out Hagon shocks at www.davequinnmotorcycles.com. I'm looking at shocks too and they sound like a good option as well.

[Snow]

Lord Grizzlon, did you ever put the partsnmore shocks on your bike? Did they work alright? If you could do it all over again, would you save up money for Progressives/Konis/Hagons?