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Posted by 45 Bravo
 - August 20, 2012, 17:02:37 PM

They are oil filled air adjustable shocks on the 1500.

It takes a special pump to adjust the pressure in the shocks.

There is an a manual adjustment on the shock, but it think it just adjust the dampening rate.

From the factory the 1500 shocks are set on the light side (for a rider less than 180 lbs.)

I had not had my shocks adjusted for my weight before i started riding mine, and hit a hard bump and ruptured a seal on one of the shocks.
The price from kawasaki for a direct replacement for a 99 was OMG high, so i went with aftermarket nitrogen filled shocks.

Progressive suspension makes shocks for the drifter, but I went with a company in England that custom built a set for the weight i needed to carry.

Ride Safe.

45 Bravo

Posted by mbk
 - August 20, 2012, 15:28:39 PM

Does the '99 drifter have air shocks are are they coil over?  All the pictures I see seem to have a coil over system on them.  Thanks, Mike

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