Rear shock advise

mrbonilla

mrbonilla

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Hey guys i'm looking to buy some rear shocks for my honda bc750f, i have the stock shocks still i believe their 13'' long, now i'm running bigger tires so loop is rubbing when i have a passenger, i really don't want to go with 14" rear shocks i like the high of my bike, so is there any shocks that you all my friends recommend? not too expensive tho, but to make sure they are stiff enough to no have too much play when carrying a passenger. gap between tire and frame tail is about 2" gap.
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Swap out that junk tire for a tire thats the right size, then rebuild your rear frame section and seat correctly, then you won't have to negatively modify it even further to compensate for those mistakes.

Dat exhaust doe. Put a front fender on.
 
Without increasing that gap by reducing tire size or redoing the hoop, you're not going to solve your issue with a stiffer shock. Unless you use metal scraps to hardtail it. (I am not suggesting the hardtail option, just stating options).
 
@DohcBikes thank you for sharing your thoughts, if worst come to worse i might just get longer shocks then. thanks @wahvtec
 
Longer shocks are the exact mistake i was talking about. You have already dropped the front over an inch. Raising the rear more than you already have with the wrong size tire is going to make things worse. It is not a good thing when a stock bike will outhandle a modified bike. That would suggest that you only built the bike to look at, in which case your question is moot.
 
Get two ratchet straps and cinch your shocks down to bottom of travel. If they touch the tire, then your hoop is installed wrong, not the shocks. Those firestones are the worst trend in in tires going. Longer shocks will increase the front rake making the steering more reactive, stressing already bad tires. Compounded with shorter front forks and the lack of a fork brace you will hurt yourself soon. The original fender also acted as a front brace as well as keeping mud off your pants.

This site makes old bikes better, not trendier. Lots of knowledge, especially the two people that have already chimed in. There is also not much tact so if you can't take good advice from curmudgeonly experts, best of luck to you.
 
cut and drill mounting holes in a proper length of solid iron pipe, mount in place of shocks = no more rubbing !

then you can make night stand lamps out of those old shocks ;D
 
C'mon guys, Teetering on that square firestone limits the bike to about 45mph in curves before it gets too hard to handle and scary wobbly. Forcing him to slow down.

How hurt could he and his passenger even really get at that speed?

Sell the firestones to a hipster building "art". Buy better, less expensive, correct sized tires for it, put the left over cash towards a higher quality pair of stock length Hagons. Raise the front, back to engineered height.

You and your passenger will enjoy the bike, safer and better handling a whole lot more.

ask me how I know?..Yep, I had the same shitty cheap ass shocks and expensive Firestones you got right now. Only difference is my bike sits at engineered height and weighs less than yours.

And my mpg doubled when I swapped in the Avons. :)

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trek97 said:
C'mon guys, Teetering on that square firestone limits the bike to about 45mph in curves before it gets too hard to handle and scary wobbly.

How hurt could he and his passenger even really get at that speed?

Sell the firestones to a hipster building "art". Buy better, less expensive, correct sized tires for it, put the left over cash towards a higher quality pair of stock length Hagons. Raise the front, back to engineered height.

You and your passenger will enjoy the bike, safer and better handling a whole lot more.
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Do this. Or don't. But it's the right thing to do.
 
Wow I've never seen an exhaust system that was injured! How long before the bandages come off? Solution to your problem,,,ditch the passenger......
 
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hey... dont listen to the naysayers, their just a bunch of woosies cuz rel mean ride hardtails.

shocks are for PUSSIES and it's obvious by your ultra thin seat that you definitely are NOT a PUSSY that whines about their butt hurting or their spine getting shoved into their head every time they hit a little bump in the road....or your ass is just really fat and absorbs the shock.

what you really need is a pair of custom made shocks with adjustable spring rate . . these will bottom out before your rear frame loop hits that very fine vintage tire you have.

call these guys.

http://www.worksperformance.com/pdf/app_guide/custom.pdf

you can also take your shock top off and put a bunch of flat washers between the top and the rubber bumper to reduce their travel for now...or dump the fat girlfriend and get a skinny one which will also save you money cuz you dont have to feed it half a hog every night.
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trek97 said:
C'mon guys, Teetering on that square firestone limits the bike to about 45mph in curves before it gets too hard to handle and scary wobbly. Forcing him to slow down.

How hurt could he and his passenger even really get at that speed?

Sell the firestones to a hipster building "art". Buy better, less expensive, correct sized tires for it, put the left over cash towards a higher quality pair of stock length Hagons. Raise the front, back to engineered height.

You and your passenger will enjoy the bike, safer and better handling a whole lot more.

ask me how I know?..Yep, I had the same shitty cheap ass shocks and expensive Firestones you got right now. Only difference is my bike sits at engineered height and weighs less than yours.

And my mpg doubled when I swapped in the Avons. :)

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I run IRC GS tires. The look sufficiently vintage, yet they are very useable. I also run OEM sizes.
 
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