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I am looking for a good set of shocks good for two up riding. the approx. weight of rider and pillion is 350.lbs. the old hagons have seen better days and beat us to death.
 
Ikons have optional spring rates and have some damping adjustment (4 click position thumbwheel)

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Windy, I'm running the IKON's, and very impressed. 240lb +/- two racks of ribs. I wish I'd gotten the next spring rate up, I use max adjustment collar preload. I'll check which springs are on my sales order when I get home. The damping is supurb at, shall we say, "spirited" velocities. Would buy again.
 
I brought Koni shocks for my Norton back in 1979 and after 42 years on my bike they are still going good, one shock blew the main seal about 7 years ago and Ikon sold me the rebuild kit for both shocks for $40 and I new spring retainers as one on my shock was broken and ended up getting new Ikon shocks for my Slimline Featherbed project bike, they were the same as my old Koni's but shorter, I run Ikons on my 2013 Thruxton, because I got a good run with my old Koni's I stuck by them, Ikon's Australia are great to deal with, after they sent the rebuild kit up to me I found one spring retainer broken they express post 2 new ones with no charge and got them next day.
As for the rebuild the first shock took me about 1 1/2 hrs to pull down clean and put together, the second one only took me 30 minutes knowing how to do it after the first one, wasn't a hard job at all.

Ashley
 
I've got Konis/Ikons on two Commandos and one T160 , my first set lasted nearly thirty years before a rebuild . The bikes are stable and as comfortable as they are ever going to be, wouldn't fit anything else.
 
+1 Ikons, may well be the best value proposition for aftermarket shocks

If your wallet is phat you may want to consider Worx Shocks (used to be Works Performance). I put a set of these on an R90S BMW and was amazed. After setting the preload and damping for my weight and riding "window" and adding a set of Race-Tech Gold valve cartridge emulators up front and this BMW handled better than me. Increased the safety margin and gave me room to go smoother/faster.

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Why not check with Hagon. I believe they used to take your riding weights and provide optimum springs. Believe their shocks are also rebuildable if needed. Have you tried higher pre-load setting for two up riding?
 
Falcon shocks are excellent, they build them to your weight. Mine came and the spring rate was perfect, adjusted to 1/3 compressed with me on the bike they gave about 5mm of static sag which is pretty much where you want to be. The preload is on screw adjusters so you can fine tune them. I was in the market for a new pair of shocks and these were recommended by a classic racing pal of mine.

Dave
 
bill said:
I am looking for a good set of shocks good for two up riding. the approx. weight of rider and pillion is 350.lbs. the old hagons have seen better days and beat us to death.
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Hey people , where do I buy these Ikon shocks you go on about ? Full up Commando MK 111 touring , with the Lady and full camping gear too. Presently using NJB but not really up to the job. I'm in Toronto , Canada.
 
Dellis said:
Falcon shocks are excellent, they build them to your weight. Mine came and the spring rate was perfect, adjusted to 1/3 compressed with me on the bike they gave about 5mm of static sag which is pretty much where you want to be. The preload is on screw adjusters so you can fine tune them. I was in the market for a new pair of shocks and these were recommended by a classic racing pal of mine.

Dave
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+1 on the Falcons - They replaced the Hagons fitted by the previous owner not long before I bought the bike (which had not seen much service, the bike having been standing still for many years). A most uncomfortable, loose feeling while cranked over on fast corners vanished after fitting them.
I was surprised that they made that much difference.
On the other hand though, if the bike was used for slow cruising, I doubt that I would notice the difference. All depends on what you want and how much you want to pay I suppose.
 
Tornado said:
Why not check with Hagon. I believe they used to take your riding weights and provide optimum springs. Believe their shocks are also rebuildable if needed. Have you tried higher pre-load setting for two up riding?
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Cheap Hagon model are not rebuildable, however their more expensive screw collar type are, also have a very w-i-d-e range of springs.
 
Many people will offer their views - here's mine.
After a recommendation by our @kommando and researching on-line I replaced mine with Nitron R3 units.
Best thing I ever did for my back & kidneys. They are just sooo smooth and compliant.
They have a remote gas reservoir and 3 damping settings:
1. High speed compression (v. important - set this to minimum - 1 of 16)
2. Low speed compression (I just left this at mid range - 8)
3. Rebound - I didn't find much change here so left it mid-range.
I supplied my weight (including riding gear) and have been able to leave the springs at minimum settings.
They're not cheap - but given the choice again I wouldn't think twice.
Cheers
Here's a link to where I installed them (they need a mod to clear the chain guard) #17
 
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Over in TriumphRAT forum, there are dudes spending well north of $1k for pair of ICON rear shocks for their Bonnevilles. Seems like way over kill for those bikes. The oem's are pretty poor on the aircooled bonnevilles, quite harsh on bumps and wallowie in corners. Likely the best shock you can get for $8/pair.
I replaced them with Hagon Classic III's (shrouded) I got secondhand and very happy with them. Paid about $120 for them.
The Commando oem's seem better at 45+ yrs old than oem triumphs. Not as nice, firm as my hagons but haven"t thought to upgrade yet.
 
Tornado said:
Why not check with Hagon. I believe they used to take your riding weights and provide optimum springs. Believe their shocks are also rebuildable if needed. Have you tried higher pre-load setting for two up riding?
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the preload is all the way up.
 
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