shock absorbers

I've heard good things about these;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB500-twinshock-1993-onwards-PC26-PC32-OE-type-new-rear-shocks-TEC-BRAND-11m54C-/281183046957?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item4177d0cd2d

http://www.cb500club.net/t2090-pair-of-shocks

Might be worth a quick PM, see if he still has them.

Mine has Hagons - I don't like them.  They're too hard and yes, I've adjusted them. 

I would look elsewhere if I were you.

These look the part, but god only knows how good they would be:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-13-5-340mm-Air-Shock-Absorbers-For-Yamaha-VMAX-Suzuki-GS500-Honda-CB-500/390557983500?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D16581%26meid%3D1935478219879523145%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D7839%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D390557983500%26

If I was prepared to spend the money, I would get rid of them!

Be interesting to see what you end up with.

badseeds wrote:I've heard good things about these;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB500-twinshock-1993-onwards-PC26-PC32-OE-type-new-rear-shocks-TEC-BRAND-11m54C-/281183046957?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item4177d0cd2d

I've had a set for a few months now. Pretty awesome for the money. I did want some Hagons but gave them a shot. Very happy I did. Not as Racer bling as the Hagons but very shiny

I had them set on 3/5 but gone back down to 2/5 on the adjuster as it was a little too firm.

I hit a BIG bump on a local back road, I forgot its position on the road and its a tricky little dip to spot at times. Definitely knew I hit it but only felt like it could have bottomed out. I checked the dirt line on the stanchion when I got home and it was a few mil off the rubber stopper. Thats when I went up a step on the adjuster but its pretty damn stiff then.

Heh I was also tempted by some of those Chinese ones. Most of them are the same it seems and only have 68mm of travel. Dont our CBs have about 100mm or more? Thats what put me off them.

I managed to swap mine out with out the stand, my stand mounts are buggered and I've hacked one off

Having a stand will make it easy. I had standard '95 shocks with "godsknowswhat" uprated springs and nylon spacers. They had a tiny bit of slack at the ends of travel, so with out the centre stand the new Tech ones "seemed" a little longer (1mm) and took a little bit of persuasion.

Pretty easy job in all and took around 20mins.