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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
When restoring a 175 Jackpiner you just ask yourself "what would Dick Burleson, or Malcolm Smith or Billy Uhl use for shocks?"
Answer? The Über-expensive and unflinchingly Swedish Öhlins!! (Course, they could have as many free sets as they wanted . . .)
Yumpin' Yimminy!
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rear shocks-
cerianis=no mas
girlings=no mas
koni=no mas
bilsteins=no mas
progressive=NO WAY like putting lipstick on a pig.
works performance=sorry
race tech=quite possibly until i found they were EVEN more spendy then the ohlins.
check out race tech for old school fork rebuilds using the juan and only "EMULSIFIER" technology. could quite possibly send the 32mm ceriani jackpiner forks to them for new race tech springs and the "EMULSIFIER" treatment.
dick burlson/malcom smith were our ROLE MODELS and of course hannah decoster bad brad lackey chuck sun larry rossleer.
crap unless a 1983 HUSKY 175 WR or a 500WR falls into my lap in damn near mint condition.............this jackpiner will be the last concours frame up crank up restoration i do for myself.
20 year old restos not so bad. 30+year old restorations..............GRAB YER ASS AND HANG ON FOR THE RIDE FINDING NLA(no longer available) PARTS.