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I had the same feeling too. Had a dump, feel much better now.

It's a Chinky! I knew it would happen eventually!

Pete was a great help during my research.

At this point I had narrowed things down to a few preferred shocks, 2win are very good on price but the specs are hard to get, Ohlins are well reviewed but at a price, YSS do what is probably the best emulsion type shock and then the wild card is the Nitron twin shock R1. I decided against the YSS as I do not want another emulsion set up. I had pretty much settled on the 2win but two factors put me off, I found it only has a 26mm piston and the resellers are twats, I never trust anyone that needs to slag off their competitors. I spoke to Brook suspension a few times, I was getting very interested in the expensive but highly rated Ohlins, they were very helpful and very honest, they even suggested having another look at the YSS which are £400 less than the Ohlins. Then I brought up the subject of Nitron, we had a long discussion on the difference between Nitron and Ohlins. The Nitrons use machined components throughout as opposed to a mix between machined and cast. It seemed that Nitron are about the best made shocks currently available and they offered the adjustability I wanted, I could also specify a 12.5 inch shock so I was very interested. After doing some additional research to verify what I had been told I have ordered Nitron shocks.

FFS Stop your look at me glory hole tactics just tell us your choice or not, you're getting as bad as ZACACACACKKKKKKK. You never know it might just be interesting

100%, for a while I was getting concerned that Professor Wankstain was going to bamboozle you with his pseudo science but thankfully you stepped up to the challenge with irrefutable proof and put him in his place, once more proving yourself to be the intellectual giant we all know you to be and not just because you paid that fat bird to say so.

Yup - another tough day at the office for our ferocious guard dog...

It is due to shit soaking into the seat fabric.

Are you sure it isn't a bladder infection?

Oh a Poll, I’m so excited I’m going to do a happy dance. Does life get any better than this?

4 doors done, tea and back break.... the doors really need replacing, 2 are warped, and the others have been cut too short when they were installed years ago, the bathroom one is worse, someone could Limbo under it.

Jeez these doors, it's like painting the Forth Bridge...... i have got more paint on me than on the doors

Only make that Hardley's have anything over on, is Hoover..... coz they can carry (2) dirtbags!

Those shiny things you avoid so you don’t scare yourself.

The only goddam faggot in this conversation is YOU!!!! One of the reasons you got your sorry ass kicked out from AdvRider was because you were hitting on guys via private messages. One of the Mods confirmed it to me! Then you made a big deal about meeting that chick in Cali to try and cover up your attempt at assfucking some of the the guys! And she wanted none of you! You're just full of bullshit boy. And I got your number.

Bollocks..bollocks......1 and a half doors to do and..............run out of paint.

nothing wrong with the shocks on it .... its cause your lugging round a ridiculous fucking trailer.

You will end up like me needing 3 pairs, 1st for close up..2nd for long distance.....3rd pair to put on to find the others.

Despite all of your playfulness, I know you only do it because you all feel inferior to me. I have decided out of kindness to give you a rundown on my research process and what led upto it. When I lived in the colonies and bought the bike, the standard air assist shocks were never that impressive but were fine as the roads in the USA are damn well made, I had more concerns over the front forks and addressed this with single rate springs and better dampeners. I covered well over 30k miles like that and road all over the states. When I moved back to the U.K. I actually had use of a 950 Adventure for a year while a friend was working in S.A. so I left the Harley in storage in Georgia, the second year I had a Triumph Thruxton R which I really liked but wasn’t a distance bike, so I started making plans to bring the glide over. Almost immediately I realised that the rear shocks were no match for the pock marked cart tracks of Scotland but I soldiered on and eventually I decided to drain the shock oil and put a heavier weight in. This made a big difference but it was still far from good. So this last year I started researching rear shocks. I knew just about anything would be better than the standard units but the engineer in me meant I needed to learn all the differences in construction and price versus quality. I also wanted them sprung for my weight which is something that made a huge difference when I did the front end.

They better be, I spent £800 on these bad boys.

Not really that's the foot on my middle leg

Only five toes Fred ? that's pretty unusual in Ponty isn't it ?

So there are basically two types of shocks available readily, emulsion where the oil and gas mix, or gas shock where the oil and gas are separate. With emulsion shocks they may have nitrogen mixed with the oil or they may be air assist as my standard shocks are, with air assist the preload is altered by adding air which also alters the compression and rebound. This drastically reduces shock travel as well and generally this type of shock will have a smaller piston. Emulsion shocks with pre charged nitrogen are better but still have limitations, the general rule is that you can alter the rebound damping but the compression is fixed, spring preload is kept separate which is better. Then you have single bodied shocks where the nitrogen and oil are kept separate, with this type you generally alter the rebound and compression damping together. The only way to separate everything is with piggy back shocks or other layouts that use a completely separate gas chamber. The other thing to consider is piston diameter, a larger piston diameter will generally mean a shorter piston chamber which allows a longer shock travel, it sounds counter intuitive but it is because it occupies less space inside the spring.

Weird weather! 15 minutes ago the sun was out and the sky was blue! Then it went black and started thundering......now it's pissing it down!

This is the first one of my bike-buying scenarios you've seen then Saul? Long way to go yet......but when we're on the home straight I'll be putting up a Poll!

Dad in law had a Flymo petrol mower, he would do the last cut sometime around October, turn the mower off and just leave it there, then expected it to fire up in the spring, it never did

My wife did once strip about 1 metre of the outer covering of the power lead when she ran over it while cutting the grass. That was the last time she used the mower...............I think it was around 1984.

I am @Clive just cut me grass for the first time this year. Funnily enough I had to sort the mower first as the Mrs had stood on the pull cord and jammed it out. Easy enough fix but then the fucking thing wouldn't stay running, guessing it was the fuel on the turn I put some of the octane booster I use for my car it in and it ran just fine. But then again it is a Honda, see told you I have had an interesting day.

really...

Just finished some awesome Tacos that the misses put together... really makes me realize how crappy my diet was for 3 decades! NOT anymore!

I thought you were poor, have you started charging the DBM’s for your ‘services’

Reservoirs are at 100% down here. Doesn’t mean they won’t run out but first time they have been full in 3 years.

So continuing, remote reservoir or piggyback shocks are overkill in most road bikes, they give the widest range of adjustment but need to be adjusted more often. The sweet spot is a single body gas shock, a good emulsion shock is generally better than stock but still has limitations. As far as piston diameter is concerned for a 12 to 13 inch shock the sweet spot for shock travel and good damping is 35 to 36mm. This will allow just under 4 inches of travel.

According to the weatherman we have had 150% more rain this year so far......you watch, 1 week of dry hot weather and they will threaten us with standpipe.

It would have to do that every day until Xmas to get the levels back to what they were.

I keep telling myself I must look at the stuff Zak posted, but keep finding other stuff that's more fun, like tidying up the garage or cleaning the toilet. My dentist told me I need a filling replacing, I'm wondering how hard it can be to do it myself...

Still sounds like a spark plug cable or coil pack.

Yes you do!

Yeah its chilly out today eh, I'll be taking the bike out for a run to Sunderland to go get my new goggles. Been told it could well be 4 to 8 years before I'll be needing varifocal goggles

It's not going to splutter in the back of the van is it? Annoying cunt!

went out on it sunday for a bit , seemed ok ,see how i get on with ,,,, and there is no need to be so fucking rude with your replies