Rear shocks

[Nykielknuckle]

Gday, new member and looking forward to a full street tracker rebuild with a phased 750 in my '77 Special. Still searching and reading posts but I'll start with one question at a time. I received my Omar's street tracker kit and it looks like I need some rear shocks slim enough to fit inside the bulges at the rear of the fender. Anybody had this issue? I don't really want the cheapest either after reading about how stiff the monzas are.
Cheers

 

[jussumguy]

The chain guard gets in the way too.
Does IKON make a shock for us?

 

[grizld1]

Ikon? Sure they do. Also Progressive (Series 14 but not Series 12, which is fatter), YSS, and Hagon. Works Performance is top of the line, but I don't know if they make anything as skinny as what you seem to need, Nyk. All are good, some are better than others; you pretty much get what you pay for. Monzas are great if you don't want a shock to do anything more than keep the bike up off the back wheel. They're a classic example of the principle that you can't get something for nothing, but if you buy cheap enough you can easily get nothing for something!

 

[650Skull]

Welcome Nykielknuckle,


Here is a link to Ikon Suspension. http://www.ikonsuspension.com/ If you join the Aussie XS650club you can get a 15% off the price of whatever shocks you buy.