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showa shocks

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I have a pair of showa gas charged shocks on my 82 gs1100e the only identifying marks on them are the numbers 438 671. One is leaking so they will need to be rebuilt. What I am wondering is; are these a shock from the early eighties or are they newer than that. I am doing a complete rebuild and i want to keep everything correct for around 82.

I looked around on line but couldn't come up with anything to give me any idea. I assume they are worth rebuilding if anyone knows different let me know.

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thanks,
nick
 
Those look like Honda shocks from the early '80's. Most likely not rebuildable. Progressives are about $200 or there are cheaper generic options sold under various brand names (do a search on "shocks" and you will get more info).

Good luck.
 
interesting, so your sayin, nothin special and there are better out there?
 
They are from an '83 Honda CB1100F and are not rebuildable.
If you like the performance they do come up for sale on E-Bay occasionally in the $50-$100 range. The CB900F shocks are similar but do not have the rebound? adjustment.
www.cb1100f.net is an excellent site for more info on the shocks and an active classified section if you want to replace them with another set.
 
thanks for the help, time to start looking at new shocks, bummer:-D

nick
 
Just curious, how well do they work aside from the leaking?
Looks like they fit OK.
 
very limited time on the road as i got her running mid winter and decided to do a complete tear down, about three weeks ago. I didn't notice any problems everything felt soft when it was supposed to but didn't seem to soft. that being said I probably only put 15 miles on her.

anybody have any experience with hagon fork springs? just wondering how they stack up to progressives version. I think i am going with hagons for the rear so i thought i might keep it all the same.

thanks
 
Once again I'm amazed at the info that comes from this forum....


Hap
 
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