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Average Customer Review: 4.67 (based on 526 reviews)

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(4 stars) reviewed on 11/14/07 by Michael (mbrock29609) from Greenville, SC, United States, for a 2007 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Really helps with handling. More subtle counter steering now moves my bike. love the increased responsiveness. One important note for Aero 1100 riders. The 5.75" spacers they recommend are really too long for most riders. A tech at Progressive told me for a bike the weight of the Aero 1100, and for an average weight rider, use spacers that are long enough to stick out only 0 - 0.25" above the top edge of the fork (with the front wheel off the ground). That means you really need spacers that are about 5.5" or a hair smaller, not 5.75" as their paperwork recommends. A 5.75" spacer will create more preload than what they recommend, and it will raise the height of your front end. Review Details  4 out of 4 members found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 05/15/07 by Cam (cmcgown) from Kansas City, KS, United States, for a 1999 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: I bought these springs and cut new spacers to match the shorter shocks in the rear. You can lower the bike using these springs rather than the lowering kit from Progressive and save a little money and also avoid having to completely disasemble the forks. Review Details  Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 06/04/06 by zen (zenbeer) from Kansas City, KS, United States, for a 2002 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Get a 24mm socket, makes the job go faster since you;ll have a bear of a time torquing the nut back down with just a wrench. This was a pain to install if you are changing the fork oil. Even if you siphon out the oil and think you got it all you haven't. There is oil in the lower forks you cannot access unless you use a real thin piece of tubing (think thin brake line to get inside the lower fork area). Honda shows that there's a drain under the fork but you need to remove the front tire and axle rod to get to a 6mm hex nut that is inside the area the axle rides, and it's torqued on so tight you'll never get it loose yourself. I wound up draining out what i could with a 10 ft. length of 3/8" tube, measuring the waste oil in an empty oil container. I wound up using 1/2 the fork oil I thought I would which diluted the old oil in the lower fork - good enough. They say you need to cut 2 new 5.75 inch PVC spacers but only provide you with a 10 inch piece of PVC pipe, piss poor ... Review Details  11 out of 11 members found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 06/08/05 by Paul (DelawAero) from Wilmington, DE, United States, for a 2000 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Just put 'em in. No more nose dive when braking! Review Details  Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 05/11/05 by Keir Asher (keir_asher) from Eagle Lake, MN, United States, for a 1998 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Chopping the spacers to lower it. Greatly improves overall ride. Review Details  Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 11/30/02 by Mike Page (aeromike63) from Valdosta, GA, United States, for a 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Used them to help lower my front end 2". They also got rid of the mushy feeling of the front forks. I took some advice and just changed the springs without changing the fork oil or taking the forks apart. It took only about 30 minutes to do both forks. Review Details  Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

(4 stars) reviewed on 09/27/02 by Steve (sababu) from Renton, WA, United States, for a 1998 Green 'n Cream 1100 Shadow Aero wrote: Installing this right now. The front end just feels mushy, and this hopefully will fix that. More later Update: This was a really good upgrade to the suspension. The front forks are quite a bit stiffer, but feel more stable over all kinds of road conditions. Review Details  Was this review helpful to you? Yes No