Hagon Classic III Shocks - 10mm mounting bolts?

Spargett · Post by **Spargett** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:31 pm

I contacted Dave Quinn Motorcycles about purchasing the Classic III shocks for for my CB77. I was advised via email that I'd have to alter my swing arm to fit them. I know alot of you have used Hagons, and was wonder what the case was for you.

Here's what was said from Maggie at Dave Quinn Motorcycles:

Hagons fork bottom shocks are supplied with 10mm/1.25 pitch bolt holes in
the fork; if your CB77 has 8mm bottom mounting bolts you will have to adapt
the swing arm to accept 10mm bolts.

In addition to:

It is likely that your CB77 has 12.5" top mounting studs; Hagons do not make
a bush this size. Most customers use Hagons 16mm top bush and turn up a
spacer, we can also supply Hagons 1/2" bushes which measure out to 12.7mm
ID, your choice.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:59 pm

Don't know if they've changed their characteristics, but I have those Hagons on my bike and they're perfectly fine. As well, I just checked them to see if there's anything unusual about the manner in which they were mounted, and it all looks totally normal to me. The only thing 'different' that I've done is replaced the upper acorn nuts with Norton seat knobs, and put the acorn nuts on the bottom, but that doesn't affect the rest of it.

I bought these shocks about 4 years ago from Dave Quinn (dealt with him directly), so unless they've changed since then I can't see what the problem might be.

If you need me to take a few photos for you, I can do that and post them.

Spargett · Post by **Spargett** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:36 pm

Cool. Thanks Vince, I'd love to see how you mounted them up top in detail. Seems like there's a bit of intricacy in getting the spacing sorted. I referenced the attached photo in an email to Dave Quinn, in which they referred to it as "an accident waiting to happen" based on the lack of a washer with a larger diameter to keep the shock from slowly slipping out.

Vince Lupo wrote:Don't know if they've changed their characteristics, but I have those Hagons on my bike and they're perfectly fine. As well, I just checked them to see if there's anything unusual about the manner in which they were mounted, and it all looks totally normal to me. The only thing 'different' that I've done is replaced the upper acorn nuts with Norton seat knobs, and put the acorn nuts on the bottom, but that doesn't affect the rest of it.

I bought these shocks about 4 years ago from Dave Quinn (dealt with him directly), so unless they've changed since then I can't see what the problem might be.

If you need me to take a few photos for you, I can do that and post them.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:17 am

Haven't shot anything new yet, but here's a photo that I did a while ago in the meanwhile.

Can't you just find chrome washers that are large enough to prevent the upper mount from sliding off?

My solution with the Norton knobs is admittedly a bit 'different', but before this I had them mounted 'normally' and they seemed fine.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:42 am

Really goofball question - but what bike is that in your photo? If that's a SuperHawk, is it me or is your swingarm slightly different than mine?

davomoto · Post by **davomoto** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:05 pm

Vince there are two different types of swingarms. The one like yours, and the lugged one like Scotts. I personally prefer the look of the lugged ones.

davomoto