Rear Shocks

I was under the impression Maxtons were the bees knees, since they are built to match your bike's weight, and your weight.

Any users out there want to confirm/deny quality and value for money?
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Fitted a pair to my 750 after being unable to bear crashing from pothole to pothole on our fine English tarmac any longer with the original Ceriani units.  (Can't understand how they got the front end so right and the rear so wrong!)  The difference between Ceriani & Maxton is like night and day.  As that nice Mr Dixon says, they're remarkable for being unremarkable and just get on with the job whether hooning or cruising...Maxton also like to know whether for road/fast road or race use.

There again, I was impressed with the Konis I fitted to the 180 to replace the rebuilt-but-still-crap original Stradas- but my body was (much) younger then!
 
Just had a rear Koni blow out , must say they have served me well, fully loaded with gear and the cook 8mnths pregnant buzzn around Tassie . and i aint given me tucker and grog away any time soon,
I could get them rebuilt but they are looking a bit tired.. Might give YSS a crack, Laverdalothar do you have a model no of the ones
you have bolted on.? Also length eye to eye..

ta hooksey
 
Sure,

I have the RZ362 in 370mm (extendable to 379mm). For bikes with the upright shock position, please use the 360mm long ones, they are extendable up to 369mm.

Have fun

Lothar
 
These shock discussions are like tyre, oil, 70s japbike etc discussions. One man?s crap was another ones love.
With shocks you get what you pay for. If you want quality just pay for it. That?s my opinion from riding on just about everything on the market. The best thing about today is these places that valve and spring them to suit you and your wishes and most have great customer backup. I reckon Ohlins are overpriced, they are one of many good items but have The Name.
On my SF2 I have the baseline Maxtons and they are fantastic (25mm longer than std, angled forward, and the forks mounted up as far as possible in the clamps with clipons on top, my preference). The roads are not as bumpy as before and my kidneys can relax.
For my racer if I was to buy it would be the new hot shit Maxtons with all the adjustment options to get wrong. If you want Maxton use their website and send the measurements. All the prices are there. Much the same with Racetech etc.
USA, Europe and England have places who build to suit and I?m sure they are all good. There are stacks of people very happy with off the shelf items but they come as they are.
 
Hooksey,

Pommie and Euro shocks are the best you can buy but to get them out here costs us a bomb. There's a bloke in Brissy selling a good product called GAZI (just google it) or there's YYS (who sponsor the Sydney Lav boys race efforts) or there's Koni/Ikon, built in OZ these days, or there's Hagon's. All are between $500 - $700 AUS. Ikon's and Hagons are pretty limited but Gazi and YYS make pretty good multi adjustable and rebuildable shocks which are good enough for most of us. My Gazi's cost $600 and have adjustable rebound, compression, length and obviously preload. To buy the same from Ohlins, Wilbers or Maxton would have cost me close to triple the price. It's true the more expensive shock will probably last longer and maybe work better in certain circumstances but if your like me, 50+, then there'll be not much chance of me buying another set in 30 years.

Chris
 
I recently bought a pair of new piggy back Wilburs. They sure costapacket, and while i haven't yet been far, the initial ride was a revelation...the Jota handles so well I think I will  be having ground clearance issues (well, once the engine is back in ;).The piggy back Maxtons look awful at least in the web pictures, but these Wilburs are art...set up to your weight etc.frankly I hope never to have to fiddle with them, but the instructions are good. You might say that as I was running nice reconned Stradas before, anything would be better, but I found them ok, but don't think i could go back...
Nick7
 
richtea said:
I was under the impression Maxtons were the bees knees, since they are built to match your bike's weight, and your weight.
Prices didn't seem to be completely crazy either.

http://www.maxtonsuspension.co.uk/files/twinshocks.htm

Any users out there want to confirm/deny quality and value for money?
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Hi Rich,
I've bought 5 pairs of Maxton classic shocks so you could say I'm a satisfied customer. I've had them on my spaceframe, the Egli, the 3C and two 500s and they have dramatically improved the roadholding on each machine. I've no experience of their piggy back shocks but Maxton's standard classic shocks are superb , they are also half the weight of a standard non-piggy back Marzocchi.
Ron Williiam's pedigree in motorcycle suspension speaks for itself. And they take customer service very seriously.
I don't know what the stats are but I wouldn't mind betting that more TTs have been won on Maxton suspension than any other brand.
When you order a set of Maxton shocks they ask for swing arm measurements and shock mounting positions relative to the wheel so that they can work out the mechanical advantage acting on the shock. I like the fact that they apply a bit of science to the job instead of just asking your weight and shipping out a set of shocks.

Bob
 
I admit to being influenced by the fact that Rob, perhaps one of if not the  the fastest rider of the moment on a Lav, seems to mange on the rough 'n ready Wilburs :D Hey Bob, 'ave a word in Maxton's shell like? Those coloured anodized fittings etc look tarty, don't they? :-*
Nick7
 
...oh, and I like the fact that Wilburs know the bike they are for, so you don't have to get the tape measure out ;)
Nick7
 
Nice one, Clem!  :D

Rob,

Looking for new shocks on my SF1 and woiuld like to know what model Maxtons you went for on your 750, so that I can get a price.
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Andrew - they are the twinshock variety...from my dodgy memory about ?420 earlier last year.  No tarty anodising means they don't look out of place either, Nick!  :P
 

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I beg to differ..if my eyes do not deceive me, there is some tarty purple there on the adjuster...and  the piggy packers are dire, frankly, though no doubt work superbly. My oil cooler lines are stylish trad go faster red and blue and cannot be meaningfully compared with tarty purple. :P
Nick7
 
Grant,
thank you, I stand corrected. If you rub hard enough you should be able to remove them, though? ;) I had another look at the Maxton website at the pics of the piggy back shocks.. not to my taste..what do you think?
Nick7
 
The stickers on mine peeled off easy enough. They were quite thick, with reverse-printing on a thick clear flexible plastic. Unlike the Hagon stickers that are made of Kryptonite and almost impossible to remove.
 
So what sort of prices are we talking for the various options ? I have a set of Marzocchis for my 180 and this thread convinces me I should forget refurbishing them.
Hagons are around ?150 for the chrome bodies / Ikon ? / Maxtons don't  quote a price so I am guessing they might come into the "if you have to ask " category ???? ?

Ally
 
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