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Had my new RaceTech shocks installed yesterday. Sweeeeet! Best yet, they are MADE in Corona, CA. Took 2 weeks for them to be complete...made to order as per rider/passenger weights, riding style, etc. Cost...you get what you pay for. The decision to get them may have saved my life, or at least prevented me from getting into an accident. The nut on the top bolt of the left shock had just a few threads left before it fell off, which would have resulted in nothing good if running 75 mph when the bolt would have fallen off.
Wonder how many other riders have loose nuts on their shock bolts? Another item for me to check.
2008 GS SE5 in 2008
Traded at 43,000 miles for a left over
2010 RT SM5 in 2011
Traded at 57,000 for a left over
2014 RTS SE6 in 2015, which has 35,000 miles
Oct 19th, 2017, totaled 2014 RT while killing a Javaline
Dec 12th, 2017 drove a 2017 F3L home. What an awesome machine!
Never had any breakdown stranded issues.
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Good thing you changed out your shocks.  Do you have any pics of the new shocks?
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 Originally Posted by Dudley
Had my new RaceTech shocks installed yesterday. Sweeeeet! Best yet, they are MADE in Corona, CA. Took 2 weeks for them to be complete...made to order as per rider/passenger weights, riding style, etc. Cost...you get what you pay for. The decision to get them may have saved my life, or at least prevented me from getting into an accident. The nut on the top bolt of the left shock had just a few threads left before it fell off, which would have resulted in nothing good if running 75 mph when the bolt would have fallen off.
Wonder how many other riders have loose nuts on their shock bolts? Another item for me to check.
More info on the shocks please. Went to their site and found nothing listed for Can Am -except CALL for information.
Thanks
Jer
Last edited by Jeriatric; 06-08-2012 at 11:49 AM.
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Originally Posted by bo9roadking
Good thing you changed out your shocks. Do you have any pics of the new shocks?
Thought about the "before" pics after I got home last night...was a looooong day. Rode 160 miles one-way to have them installed and some light tune done...iridium plugs, K&N filter, "bolt on frame causing vibrations" fix, etc. Completely forgot the camera at home. I could have taken some great pics for the work done. I will take some pics of the shocks on the Spyder later today. The man you see in the pic (on the RaceTech site) with the custom Spyder paint job is my Spyder tech who ordered the shocks and installed them.
The shocks look like the ones pictured on the site except they have been redesigned without the canister to better accommodate the RT.
http://www.racetech.com/page/id/99
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Last edited by Dudley; 06-09-2012 at 01:25 AM.
2008 GS SE5 in 2008
Traded at 43,000 miles for a left over
2010 RT SM5 in 2011
Traded at 57,000 for a left over
2014 RTS SE6 in 2015, which has 35,000 miles
Oct 19th, 2017, totaled 2014 RT while killing a Javaline
Dec 12th, 2017 drove a 2017 F3L home. What an awesome machine!
Never had any breakdown stranded issues.
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Added pics of the shocks, as best I could take them.
2008 GS SE5 in 2008
Traded at 43,000 miles for a left over
2010 RT SM5 in 2011
Traded at 57,000 for a left over
2014 RTS SE6 in 2015, which has 35,000 miles
Oct 19th, 2017, totaled 2014 RT while killing a Javaline
Dec 12th, 2017 drove a 2017 F3L home. What an awesome machine!
Never had any breakdown stranded issues.
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Looks good Lots of adjustment to be had there. I don't think I have ever seen the outside casing threaded all the way from top to bottom .
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VERY NICE!! Do you have your old RT shocks up for sale? I am 5 minutes from corona next time your out for another adjustment. 
"My old self has been crucified with Christ.It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
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Originally Posted by CRUCIFIED
VERY NICE!! Do you have your old RT shocks up for sale? I am 5 minutes from corona next time your out for another adjustment.
With 23K miles on them, the old shocks were gone. They will be in the next trash pickup.
2008 GS SE5 in 2008
Traded at 43,000 miles for a left over
2010 RT SM5 in 2011
Traded at 57,000 for a left over
2014 RTS SE6 in 2015, which has 35,000 miles
Oct 19th, 2017, totaled 2014 RT while killing a Javaline
Dec 12th, 2017 drove a 2017 F3L home. What an awesome machine!
Never had any breakdown stranded issues.
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"My old self has been crucified with Christ.It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
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Wow! no kidding! Enjoy the new shocks! If your ever local again hit me up it would be cool to meet. 
