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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 5 Months ago  
Original bolt worked fine for me.

John
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 5 Months ago  
Original bolt worked for me also.
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 4 Months ago  
I just installed my Roadwing. The improvement is pretty profound! I could feel a difference as soon as I threw my leg over th bike. I don't understand why but hi way handling really improved. It was getting kinda twitchy in the tailwind behind a big truck. Not now. Ride is excellent! Corners great.

Thanks for the help Smokescreens!
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
Hello everyone, i'm new here, from Republic of Georgia, not state of Georgia I've bought roadstar recently, and want to switch to gold shock, stock shock is leaking so i thought it would be good idea to install adjustable shock with remote preload rather than buying stock shock for the same price. My question is would F6B with stock rap from new gold work for this modification? i see a little diference between new and old ones. Old one has rubber or plastic i cannot tell and new one does not, see picture below.

 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
Hey mrdzago, I am using the F6 preload adjuster and BMW Rap on my Road Star.
The F8 Rap should work good for you, once you bleed it.

Good luck and ride safe.

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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
The f6b shock will work well. But the hose between the adjuster and shock is very short. I would get a longer one made/ purchased
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
Thanks mlharper, i think you meant F6, once i get the shock i will try not blead it, i dont want to mess with air in system than.
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
smokescreens Thats too bad, probably i will have to loose that hose, is any stainless steel brake line will fit?
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion "Web Page" 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
Any hydraulic hose with 8mm banjo's will work just fine. If you lived in the USA i could have sent you a hose for cheap
 
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Re:Roadwing Shock Conversion 1 Year, 3 Months ago  
smokescreens wrote:
Any hydraulic hose with 8mm banjo's will work just fine. If you lived in the USA i could have sent you a hose for cheap

It's not a problem, you may send it to company which is in us who will deliver it to me, thats how i am buying everithing from ebay amazon and etc
so once i get the shock i will pm you for details

The most pian in this modification is bleed
 
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