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Chance encounter with a motorcycle

0 Comments 24 January 2012

CHANCE ENCOUNTER from Josh Manning on Vimeo.

Starts a little slow, but love the direction…. As hard as it is to miss a few days of work, it’s always worth it! Ride More.

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970 Series Piggyback shocks for the Triumph Thruxton

0 Comments 27 December 2011

We are again adding to the application list for the 970 Series Piggyback shocks. This time it’s the Triumph Thruxton and year range covers 04-12 with a stock height as well as 1″ lower version. The 970′s feature; External Compression Adjustment, Piggyback Reservoir, Mono-Tube, Deflective Disc Valving, High Pressure Nitrogen Gas Charged and Threaded Spring Pre-Load Adjustment designed to dramaticaly increase suspenson performance. Special thanks to RSD for pimping out his latest Triumph build with a set and getting the word out!

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I am Motorcycle – Documentary

0 Comments 19 December 2011

Pretty amazing. Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.

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BMW F800GS love

0 Comments 16 December 2011

Yeh, we admit it… We may have an unnatural affection for the BMW F800GS. It’s pretty, willing to get dirty and likes to play rough. Hard to beat that combination. Some more shots from Cleveland National Forest in SoCal.

Product

What fits my Touring Bike?

0 Comments 23 November 2011

We get that a lot, so we built a page specifically to help answer that question. Take a look, if you have more questions, drop us a line at info@progressivesuspension.com

New Products

Adventure Touring

2 Comments 21 November 2011

We’d like to welcome Gretta to the Progressive Suspension stable of machines. Gretta is a BMW F800GS as a well as a platform for new product testing and development. The folks at Happy Trails supplied the obligatory bag and bar combo and now it’s time to see how dirty she can get. Look for an update next month on our progress.

New Products

RSD’d Triumph Thruxton

0 Comments 07 November 2011

The RSD folks are killing it with the new gen Triumphs. We love the classic lines of these machines and they’ve only made them better. This one uses our 970 Series Piggyback shocks. http://www.progressivesuspension.com/970/index.html

News

Cafe Racers are the new chopper/bobber/custom?

0 Comments 19 October 2011

Maybe. Maybe not. Café styled bikes (stubby tail, clubman/clip-on bars, etc) have been around for close to 50 years and the look has been applied to everything from the original Brit bikes to mid 70’s Honda 4’s and more recently Milwaukee iron. Each has its own flair and all maintaining the original café flavor (all puns intended). Are these things the next chopper/bobber/custom? Well, they do follow the “built, not bought” mantra of the aforementioned machines and like the bobber and choppers, are a renaissance of classic styling exercises. Hmmm… Is there nothing new? Are Café’s the skinny jeans of the motorcycle world? Will Clubmans show up in the Harley P&A catalog? Is this hipster blasphemy?

Short answer? Hell no to all of the above. If you’ll set the wayback machine for just about any year in the past 50, push away the layers of Easter egg colored Softails, 12 foot long “factory” customs and V8 powered trikes, you’ll undoubtedly notice a bunch of guys in their grungy garages cobbling together Café type machines. Less is more and chrome is taken off not bolted on. Go far enough back and you’ll see an abundance of two strokes, too. How cool is that? Café Racers a trend? History would say not really, but they certainly are enjoying a well deserved resurgence in popularity. Hipsters be damned, its guys like Herm at Dime City Cycles, Ryca Motors and countless hard working regional shops that are driving the style now. For whatever it’s worth, we think they’re doing one hell of a good job (and not just becuase they use our stuff!).

Inexpensive and fun to ride is once again the magic recipe for two wheeled happiness. That being said, take a look at Dime City’s latest vintage/modern Café eye candy. All show, no go? Hardly… It’s already been on the track a handful of times and been flogged by none other than the Bostrom brothers to prove its worth. If this is trendy, then pass the skinny jeans and fedora because we’re going riding.

Events

Why do we sponsor more world travelers than racers?

0 Comments 18 October 2011

Why do we sponsor more world travelers than racers? Things that happen on a perfectly groomed track are not real world. How often do you brake deep into a left Hander, third gear pinned and drop your knee to the pavement? Loaded bikes, poor terrain, surprise pot holes and two up riding all day on the bike are what we focus on. Racing is awesome and we love it, but you’d really hate how a race bike rides! With that in mind, couple of shots from the recent Horizons Unlimited Travelers meeting in Cambria, CA. Ride More.

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