Rear shock replacement for my 85 R80 monolever

jimbc

Member

• Feb 7, 2016

• #1

Hello - What make/brand does the collective recommend I replace my rear shock with - The bike is stock, ridden on the street, mostly 1-up, occasional 2-up - Thanks

 

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banzaibob

New member

• Feb 7, 2016

• #2

I don't know what shock brand you should use BUT I know who you should ask: Ted Porter's Beemershop. Just had a REAL good purchasing experience with them in the last week.

 

Anyname

Active member

• Feb 7, 2016

• #3

I put on Ohlins on my 86 R80 a few years back when Ohlins had a sale. I installed a set of progressive fork springs at the same time. Between the two it made a remarkable difference from the tired OEM equipment.

 

Last edited: Jul 23, 2017

MonoRT

MonoRT

• Feb 8, 2016

• #4

Replacing the Boge pogo stick that came on my 85 R80RT with a Works Performance Street Tracker and putting RaceTech Gold Valve cartridge emulators into the forks were the two best things I ever did to my bike.

When I send my Works shock in for service (not often enough), I put the original and very-low mile Boge back in place and the thing scares the pants off me in sweeping corners that also have some bumps.

 

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r80andr100rt

New member

• Feb 9, 2016

• #5

I have same situation as original poster jimbc. I have the same bike and riding style and I don't need a high tech racing suspension system. Just something decent.

 

mysteriousfish

New member

• Feb 9, 2016

• #6

I needed a cost effective solution, and have had good luck and noticeable improvement with Hagon units.

 

jimbc

Member

• Feb 11, 2016

• #7

Thanks for the input - Cheers

 

C172MyP51

New member

• Jul 21, 2017

• #8

So what did you do? Results?

 

lmo1131

New member

• Jul 22, 2017

• #9

17 months later. .. .