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Posted by gwilki
- March 21, 2023, 18:02:35 PMTks much, Chief.
At over $1000 Cdn for the 430 and over $1300 Cdn for the 444, before shipping, I need to keep looking.
I looked on amazon and did see black 412's, but none of them are the 412-4213 that Progressive says fits my bike.
Posted by chief
- March 21, 2023, 17:13:05 PMQuote from: gwilki on March 21, 2023, 06:06:04 AMTks much. I looked on their European site and saw what you mentioned. There is no off the shelf version for a Drifter. I'm going to pursue this with Cogent Dynamics. It's disappointing that Progressive has given up on us.
Looking on the Progressive (USA) site, I see 444's and 430's in black standard and HD, various lengths. Both of these are currently out of stock (03/21/23) but with an estimated 5/5/23 shipping date, so they are still making them apparently. 412's are listed but no longer come in black (though they appear on Amazon in black). Apparently my 440 series (chrome) are no longer made. BTW these are listed when you enter the info for Drifter on the Progressive site.
I have heard of riders powder coating chrome shocks... Extra expense for sure.
https://www.progressivesuspension.com/products/3139/1999/kawasaki/vn1500-vulcan-drifter
Posted by gwilki
- March 21, 2023, 06:06:04 AMTks much. I looked on their European site and saw what you mentioned. There is no off the shelf version for a Drifter. I'm going to pursue this with Cogent Dynamics. It's disappointing that Progressive has given up on us.
Posted by JagLite
- March 19, 2023, 15:13:45 PMI have YSS shocks that I am very happy with.
I bought mine from Cogent Dynamics and they had to special order the longer bottom eye to get the length I wanted.
The standard YSS shocks are for the Nomad, and others that are a bit shorter than what the Drifter uses.
HERE is the site European distributor for YSS for information.
The US distributor doesn't have a website, gee I wonder why they aren't better known here?
Posted by gwilki
- March 18, 2023, 08:50:23 AM1999 1500 Canadian model
Stock, my bike has the air shocks. One is leaking and I'm thinking of replacing them. I'm looking at the Progressive 412 black, 13" length, standard rate.
The usual retailer in Canada has told me that they can no longer get black. Progressive has told them that black 412 in 13" length don't exist.
Has anyone gone with something other than Progressive and been happy with them?
thank you