cb750 rear shocks

[bladeboy]

Hi guys, I'm after some advice my rear shocks r well over due a new pair, should I  fit standard new shocks or is there something better on the market these days that can replace them?? Cheers

[Bryanj]

If you can afford them fit Ikon from Australia, newly made Koni's which were always the dog's

[Green1]

Almost anything is better than the originals 

[bladeboy]

Thanks for yr input lads..

[Trigger]

Almost anything is better than the originals 

These are much better than the OEM ones and not a bad price from George.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB750-K0-7-SOHC-shock-absorbers-chrome-shocks-/222117056322?hash=item33b7354f42:g:tFoAAOSw5dNWr7EB

[steff750]

Almost anything is better than the originals 

i have too agree with green1i paid £180 for a set of originals utter rubbish out of the box but they do look nice and shiny,i was out on the very same bike today it was like a bouncy castle also the brake disc pads i fitted was crap not sure if they was genuine honda probably not, i nearly run into the back of a car near abergaveny, so ive just come in from garage after fitting a set of gilring pads and i can stop again now, the  japs made awesome engines but they could not get the handling sorted like us britts

[bladeboy]

Hay steff750  I was out abergavenny today. ... bus station was a tad busy, r u local to Aber? ?

[steff750]

  no not local as such i live in port tablet,but go there as often as weather permits i was on my red cb750k0 about 3 o clock at bus station, went on to hereford and back too hay on wye breacon senni bridge crai swansea valley and back home done about 200 miles today so glad sun stayed out. was u on a fireblade (bladeboy?)lol i done the isle of man tt on one of them they awesome bikes

[bladeboy]

Oh u put in some serious miles then.... great countryside to ride through,  I was in the bus station until 3, lol yeah I was on my fireblade , I was hoping to have my cb on the road this summer but I don't think it's gonna happen  .

[RGP750]

I have to agree with trigger.
I don't ride hard but have those on my K2 and they seem fine.

[royhall]

Almost anything is better than the originals 

These are much better than the OEM ones and not a bad price from George.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CB750-K0-7-SOHC-shock-absorbers-chrome-shocks-/222117056322?hash=item33b7354f42:g:tFoAAOSw5dNWr7EB

When I rebuilt my F2 I fitted TEC gas shocks (also from George) that were supposed to be spring and damper rated for the CB750.

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"DONT FIT THESE"

When the bike went on the road I had a strange bouncing on the front end. Thinking I had an out of balance wheel or badly fitted tyre I took both wheels to Raceways at Fleetwood. They found the tyres were on okay, but the front wheel was out of balance. Thinking problem solved, I refitted the wheels and it was just the same.

More in desperation than anything I decided to return the shocks to more standard just in case. I bought a pair from George (as in Triggers post) and fitted them without any issues. First time out, bouncing problem solved. The bike now handles really well, the shocks also look great with good chrome etc. Would definitely recommend, and at the price you cant go wrong.

[MrDavo]

Having owned a CB750 K1 in the 1970's, with Koni shocks fitted, I thought they all shook their heads a bit at high speed, and when I tried the one I've got now over the ton it did the same thing, a very unsettling, bum clenching feel. As is the way with these things, and as I soon found out when I went racing, tensing up and gripping the bars tight, or rolling off, just made things much worse.

As the rear shocks didn't look right, I replaced them with a pair of George's shocks via eBay (aka 101turbogas on there). The change was dramatic - a much better ride over bumps and no more high speed wobble at all.

To think all those terrifying tankslappers when I was a young man were probably down to the wrong (or clapped out) shocks and quite unnecessary - after becoming a card carrying Brit biker I used those experiences to slag off the handling of Jap bikes for years.

[ST1100]

Possible that the compressed length/sag of the shocks differs, changing the steering geometry by raising/lowering the rear?