Less Expensive Shocks

[drtim]

Has anyone found some good rear shocks that are not so pricey? Progressive 440s sound great, but they better be at $450 each! That's a little out of my wallets' reach. Anything around the $200 each?

[dougl]

I thought $450 was for two.

[drtim]

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. I was on a website which listed Progressive 440 shock- $439.00, qty. 1.
I was OK with that. When I clicked finish order button, the qty. changed to 2 and the price was $878.00. Was this a fluke on this site? Are Captains paying $439 or $878 for a PAIR of shocks?

[Flydive]

The price is around $440 for a pair.

[Toystoretom]

That price is for the pair.. I think Qty 1 means one pair. I purchased them last year and only paid $400 some odd dollars for the pair. You could always call or shoot off an email to clarify...

[Toystoretom]

Here is where I purchased them from.... Scroll down to the 440's:

ACC Whse

Looks like a good deal at $388....

Here is the applications for the Rocket III from the progressive website:

Progressive Suspension

I strongly suggest you stay with the 12.5 inch shocks, they clear the pipes.. bags... keep the stock steering angles....

[drtim]

Thanks for clearing this up for me. It was the Honda Direct site that changed the quantity and price on me when I was going to order them. I was trying to figure out all this time why everybody was willing to pay 8 or 900 dollars for a pair of shocks.

[Aussiekeeper]

Get the Progressive #412 shocks, they are JUST as good and much less money, yes they are chrome and you can get the chrome covers for about 45.00. Mine work awesome.........


Ron

[Toystoretom]

I didn't know you had those Ron (the 412's). I'll bet that if you set up two Rockets... one with 440's and one with 412's and blindfolded me I couldn't tell the difference. Wait... that's not right.

Anyone else have the 412's? They are about $200 cheaper than the 440's, that would be a great alternative to the stockers.

Thanks Ron :-D

[Aussiekeeper]

They work just like the 440's, I rode another R3 with 440's on it for comparison and couldn't tell any difference.. :upthumb:


Ron