Just talked to Matt at Ohlins in North Carolina. He said they are now only stocking 1 Superhawk rear shock per year, because that is all they sell each year. It is the top of the line HO701 shock, 3 way adjustable with remote preload. It is due to arrive on their shelves in a few weeks.

That is now the only shock that Ohlins has directly available for our Superhawks without getting into a custom build. MSRP is a little over $1200.

Matt said the Superhawk rear shock will probably be discontinued this year.




James

 

im glad i have it already!

 

+1

Best mod ever was redoing the soft VTR suspension

 

must warn the vtr men

 

but the bottom line is Ohlins has to make money, and by now with the newest of the hawks being 9 years old already, most people that wanted to add one to their shawk by now already have done so. it is a bummer but IMO a great upgrade. when i bought my bike it already had the ohlins shock but i did ride a stock hawk a few months back and its deffinatly worth it. id get it while you can before they become a rare jem. plus everyone loves saying something on their bike is ohlins. its always the first thing people notice on my bike. still a bummer that they are discontinuing the shock. i wonder what a custom shock costs compared to the HO701

 

I have the said Ohlins on my bike and it works well. I wish it also had high-speed adjustment, however. I wonder if it can be retrofitted (as can be done on Penskes, for example)?

 

Yes it can... However I have no idea about the North American Ohlins... I do my business straight with the main source here in Sweden... And it helps to know some of the tech/race engineers...

 

So we have a source with an "in" then?

I've run a Penske 3-way for about 55k miles which I just had thoroughly and completely rebuilt by Trackside Suspension Engineering* in WI (second service but 1st full rebuild) but the weather and work has kept me from completing cleaning, lubing bearings & reinstalling swing arm, shock linkage and new chain/sprockets and then go for a ride. Of course -10F and 4 feet of snow plus 10 foot snow drifts & piles may delay a test ride.

BTW you never replied to my last inquiry regarding SWMBO and your homestead?

* http://www.tracksidesuspension.com/

 

Well, I suspected as much, as a buddy who has a suspension shop had added a reservoir (from a Ski-Doo race sled) to my stock unit which gave me high and low-speed comp adjustment. I guess at some point I may have to contact the powers that be at Ohlins and see what specific parts (ie. which model reservoir) I need. Perhaps next rebuild.....