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The shocks on the H2 I'm fixing up looked pretty rusty and grungy. I didn't want to take the time to take them apart and send them to the chromer so I took the easy way out and bought the H2 replacement shocks that a number of vendors have. I was not happy when I got them and actually thought they were for an H1 or maybe even an S2 but I went out in the shed and even the S2 shocks are bigger around. They are way too skinny to be used as a restoration piece, period. I wonder why if someone is going to go through the effort to reproduce an item they don't try to get a little closer to the proper dimensions, or God forbid even the correct dimensions. I am one of these weird people that expects things to be done correctly so I would be happy to pay what it's worth to have a part that is right. Anyway with the advice of a couple of the members here I made a compressor and took mine apart. As I found when I restored the B8, you would be surprised how much rust is actually on the surface of some parts that has not eaten into anything yet. They shined right up with 0000 steel wool and I painted the plastic inserts with a light coat of adhesion promoter and then a couple of coats of gloss grey. The color isn't perfect but it's better than having the wrong shocks on.

Here is the repop shock beside an H2 shock.


Here is the dirty parts.


Here is the reproduction beside my spruced up H2 shock.


And the finished pair.


For the price of a piece of steel wool and a nickels worth of paint they are presentable.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

Would love to see a YT video of taking the old ones apart. I looked at mine, bought a used set.

Very nicely done, Mr. Too Many Triples owned! In fact, you may have found a little side resto service to offer to others here on this board...

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"Only cheat the cheaters, boy - you can't cheat an honest man!" Mordecai Jones - The Flim Flam Man.

Nicely Done - but the Damping of those original shocks (and who knows, maybe the repos) especially after all this time with original "fish-oil" (!) is the weakest link in the Triples cornering ability, they are over-sprung, and under-damped. I don't know how hard you are going to ride it, and we did ride them hard in the day, so you might be fine! Either way they came up really well!

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