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« on: May 11, 2015, 02:15:24 PM » |
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I need new rears, Progressives on the bike but they are shorties and I doubt HD. I had 440's on the '97 and liked them. Any thoughts? Good place to order them from?
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2015, 02:44:39 PM » |
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I have a set on mine,stock length hd.I think the 440s were actually the best I ever rode on a cruiser,but they kept leaking and PS replaced them with the 444s under warranty.I've had the 444s 2-3 years no compliants yet
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2015, 04:23:57 PM » |
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I've got the 444s in the HD and 12.5 " length. Been liking them pretty well.
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2015, 02:46:24 PM » |
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have a 2000 Valkyrie Standard. Want to get the Progressive HD 13" 440's. Anyone know what the correct part number is for this?
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Valkorado
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2015, 03:32:21 PM » |
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have a 2000 Valkyrie Standard. Want to get the Progressive HD 13" 440's. Anyone know what the correct part number is for this?
440s are discontinued. You'll have to go to 412 or 444 (444-4221C). |
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Bonzo
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2015, 01:43:34 AM » |
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They are saying that the 444 42 21, 13 inch does not fit a 99 tourer
Is it because of the length?
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2015, 02:45:41 AM » |
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When I bought my 12.5" 444s. It was a bit confusing. I was getting mixed info about them working with the Valkyrie. Various vendors were claiming fitment, but by Progressive's own web site, they did not list the Valkyrie as being a match. Progressive site only listed the 412s for the Valkyrie. I bought the 444s and as they came, they would not fit my Valk. The mounting eyelets where you run the bolts through have a hard plastic bushing that has washer like flat areas on each side of the eyelets. Those washers I'll call them made the bottom end too fat or thick to slide into the area the bottom part goes into on the swingarm. I simply shaved down the thickness of these washer like surfaces on my bench grinder. It was a pretty simple modification.
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2015, 07:02:40 AM » |
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When I bought my 12.5" 444s. It was a bit confusing. I was getting mixed info about them working with the Valkyrie. Various vendors were claiming fitment, but by Progressive's own web site, they did not list the Valkyrie as being a match. Progressive site only listed the 412s for the Valkyrie. I bought the 444s and as they came, they would not fit my Valk. The mounting eyelets where you run the bolts through have a hard plastic bushing that has washer like flat areas on each side of the eyelets. Those washers I'll call them made the bottom end too fat or thick to slide into the area the bottom part goes into on the swingarm. I simply shaved down the thickness of these washer like surfaces on my bench grinder. It was a pretty simple modification.
We didn't have to do that on my Tourer. The shocks come with several metal sleeves in various thicknesses for fitting inside the bushings. The ones that best fit the upper bolts on the Valk were so tight squeezing into the bushings we had to trim the very top of the hole very slightly to start the sleeve so we could press it in the rest of the way. But, yes, 444s do work fine and the suspension feels GREAT! |
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2015, 03:23:34 PM » |
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When I bought my 12.5" 444s. It was a bit confusing. I was getting mixed info about them working with the Valkyrie. Various vendors were claiming fitment, but by Progressive's own web site, they did not list the Valkyrie as being a match. Progressive site only listed the 412s for the Valkyrie. I bought the 444s and as they came, they would not fit my Valk. The mounting eyelets where you run the bolts through have a hard plastic bushing that has washer like flat areas on each side of the eyelets. Those washers I'll call them made the bottom end too fat or thick to slide into the area the bottom part goes into on the swingarm. I simply shaved down the thickness of these washer like surfaces on my bench grinder. It was a pretty simple modification.
We didn't have to do that on my Tourer. The shocks come with several metal sleeves in various thicknesses for fitting inside the bushings. The ones that best fit the upper bolts on the Valk were so tight squeezing into the bushings we had to trim the very top of the hole very slightly to start the sleeve so we could press it in the rest of the way. But, yes, 444s do work fine and the suspension feels GREAT! The sleeves that came with it were not the issue. I don't know how to describe what I'm talking about better than I did. |
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