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[Spanish Flyer]

Fed up of hurting my back with the standard rear suspension, looked around and found what I thought would be the answer to my cries.
A pneumatic suspension in a compact package. Didn't like the type that had external plastic pipes that could fail and leave me without suspension, so my only option left was the SAS Custom Cycle distributes. Here are some pics with the installation and comments; some good and some bad. Must say however that the unit itself is a great piece of engineering and even though I have only had a chance to try it out in one short trip, what I felt was that my back pain will be the first to improve and that is without losing any stability or handling characteristics of my CVO 08 Springer.

http://imageevent.com/wforest/saspneumaticrearsuspension?n=1&z=4&c=4&x=1&m=24&w=0&p=0

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Best  for all of you,

Spanish Flyer

[drogers]

That looks pretty cool,but I haven't experienced enough bottoming problems to warrant a new suspension system.On the other hand,the bike does have the worst suspension and brakes of any bike I have ever owned,but that's part of owning a Springer.I would imaging if you lived in a area of bad streets,it would be pretty tough to ride.

[JMS]

Looks nice...

Did you consider other air systems (arnott ect) before you went with SAS?
How does it rider?

[Spanish Flyer]

JMS,

I was decided to change the standard rear suspension due to the harsh feel and lack of dampening, so I started looking. Since my problem was not handling related, only comfort and softer ride in general I looked at the air suspension for the first time in my life. Read a lot about what other riders had done and I felt there was a general consensus about how much better they felt with regards to softentening the ride while going over bumps. That I have now tried and I can join the happy "air riders team". So hopefully no more back Ouch! feelings.

I was also looking for a change that would lift my bike as much as possible since one of the other problems the Springers have is the lack of road clearance; I hate scraping my footrests, side stand ASO. With this pneumatic suspension my bike at máximum lift is about 1 1/2" higher if not more and I´m pretty sure that difference will definitely improve clearance with the road. I haven't tried that much yet, but I'm very optimistic about it.

Oh, and I almost forgot the one thing that made me clearly decide to go for the SAS; that is the lack of tubing and complicated installation of the whole system, where you have to find a place for the compressor and so on.
Not very pleased with the lack of info or the poor quality of the electrical wires and no hardware to install it, having to buy spade connectors, fuse holders, switches etc. It costs peanuts to them, and it creates a big problem to the purchaser; I just hope they change that policy because the product (meaning the suspension) is a great piece of engineering and manufacture.

Hope I cleared your questions

BR,
Spanish Flyer

[JMS]

Thanks,


Let us know how you like it over the next couple months.....