Thanks for the reply.
Being a M/C Road Race Fan (MotoGP, SBK, etc.) and a Ducatista, I am well familiar with Ohlins quality and cred. I had Ohlins suspension on my last Duc, and my latest Duc Multistrada has the fully adjustable-on-the-fly electronic Ohlins "Mechatronic" system with the semi-actve option. Nothing works or looks better than gold anodized Ohlins suspension on a sportbike or racebike.
I was reticent to put Ohlins dual shocks on my FLHRCI not only because of the cost, but I was seeking to "finish" off the bike by completely chroming-out the rear end, so I went with the US-made Progressive 440's. In hindsight , it was a foolish decision. I'm keeping the bike (and knew it back then as well), you really have to look to see the shocks (or anything else behind the bags), and the 440's are now leaking and cannot be rebuilt. They were still a substantial $650/pair in the Chrome version (spring pre-load adjust only), versus the rebuildable monotube fully-adjustable Ohlins which were about $900/pair in alloy!
$1500 installed was not a bad price! You figure they must get an hour to install them, and they had to spring, valve and adjust (set-up sag, ride height, preload, compression and rebound damping to match the suspension at both ends) your suspension to your liking.
I'm just waiting for the frt 25mm cartridges to become available so I can pull the trigger on a complete new Ohlins suspension. I have a removable H-D P&A R/K Classic leather tourpack on my FLHRCI (that I never remove), so I do have the option of mounting the external shock reservoirs to the tourpack rack, if I desire.
Food for thought. Thanks again!
Regards,
Kevin
Dark pic, but there's the old girl...15yrs old and over 100k miles on the clock, but stilll looking and running pretty good in the OEM Aztec Orange Pearl Metallic PPG paint!