Hagon shocks

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Ares

03/11/2007 at 14:53

Bike-related post, sorry.

I'm wondering what people's experiences have been with these.

I had one fitted to the VFR in April and it has either started leaking or the valving has gone south. It pracftically bottoms out when I sit on the bike and I haven't put on that much weight.

It is under warranty so not a massive problem but I was a bit surprised that it gave out 6 months and 5000 miles later.

Freak occurrence?

Katana

03/11/2007 at 14:59

Ares wrote

Bike-related post, sorry.

I'm wondering what people's experiences have been with these.

I had one fitted to the VFR in April and it has either started leaking or the valving has gone south. It pracftically bottoms out when I sit on the bike and I haven't put on that much weight.

It is under warranty so not a massive problem but I was a bit surprised that it gave out 6 months and 5000 miles later.

Freak occurrence?

Thought they had a 2 year unlimited mileage waranty

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Zanx

03/11/2007 at 15:16

They're crap and belong on tractors. IMHO of course.

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Ares

03/11/2007 at 15:19

Zanx wrote

They're crap and belong on tractors. IMHO of course.

Yeah Katana it is under warranty.

What would you suggest Zanx? I'm nowhere near a good enough rider to justify Ohlins.

Zanx

03/11/2007 at 15:29

Ares wrote

Yeah Katana it is under warranty.

What would you suggest Zanx? I'm nowhere near a good enough rider to justify Ohlins.

IMO Hagons are good for one thing, getting a bike though an MOT because the old one is shot to bits. Can't really help much here, I had a couple of Hagons on different bikes then decided to jump to WP or Technoflex. There isn't really enough price difference between Hagon and WP/Bitubo/Technoflex/Maxton to make the Hagon worthwhile. Everyone's different, depends on how much value you place on the handling of a bike, for me it's almost the No.1 priority after reliability.

If it's bottoming out then surely the spring has sagged?

DefTrap

03/11/2007 at 15:37

I'm disagreeing with Zanx. Have had a Hagon monoshock on my bike for over 5 years, must have done over 80-100k in that time. It's been rebuilt once. Handling is absolutely fine, the bros is a decent handling bike, a pogo stick would show itself awfully quickly. Build quality is brilliant, it's durable and cheap. I would absolutely recommend it (on a Bros and on the road anyway, I'm not going to pretend I've tested one all makes of bikes on the track or anything).

It's not awfully adjustable, rather basic - but then I'm not one that spends forever tweaking.

About 250 quid? - still must be 150 quid cheaper than Maxton or Technoflex.

That said, if it was going on a spendy sports bike I'd prolly go for the bespoke option - horses for courses.

My 2p.

egypt220

03/11/2007 at 15:52

when i first started as a courier way back when i used to fit hagon shocks as i got them cheap,
they always started out really hard then with in 4 months they were rubbish.
it took me about 2 year the i always bought ohlins after that as it was cheaper in the long run as they could be rebuilt and worked properly.

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Ares

03/11/2007 at 15:54

egypt220 wrote

when i first started as a courier way back when i used to fit hagon shocks as i got them cheap,
they always started out really hard then with in 4 months they were rubbish.
it took me about 2 year the i always bought ohlins after that as it was cheaper in the long run as they could be rebuilt and worked properly.

Interesting, thanks.

That mirrors my experience....

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03/11/2007 at 16:25

Just had one fitted to the Fazer, well about 6k miles ago, bit of a bugger to set up as the damping adjustment is all in the last bit of travel on the grub nut.

Once set up it's fine.

A mate, who weighs around 20 stone, had one on his B12 for 4 years, never missed a beat in all that. He put about 60k miles on the bike, every where from British winters to Spanish summers.

Quite a lot cheaper than the competition as well. If I rated my riding more highly I might have bought a Maxton shock, but know how crap I really am

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03/11/2007 at 16:26

PS, they are also fully rebuildable

egypt220

03/11/2007 at 16:33

they are but it takes them about a week to turn it around,ohlins they do it in a day,and ohlins take a year or 2 if used on the road to go saggy

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Lhibou Sage

03/11/2007 at 16:36

Ares wrote

Bike-related post, sorry.

I'm wondering what people's experiences have been with these.

I had one fitted to the VFR in April and it has either started leaking or the valving has gone south. It pracftically bottoms out when I sit on the bike and I haven't put on that much weight.

It is under warranty so not a massive problem but I was a bit surprised that it gave out 6 months and 5000 miles later.

Freak occurrence?

My own past experience is that they are bloody awful quality.
That said the last set I used was on an XS650 so it's some while ago.

They may have improved.

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03/11/2007 at 16:43

Seems to me like the ones posting that Hagon are crap have been using the old dual shock stuff???

egypt220

03/11/2007 at 16:47

no i had a mono shock on my cb1 lasted 5 months,put an ohlins on from a cbr600 it last till past when i sold the bike 3 yrs later.
and all courier work only.

http://www.technomoto.co.uk/ 15% discount to VD members 0207 328 7659(ring for a nice price)

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Taipan

03/11/2007 at 16:48

I always knew Hagons were a budget shock and shouldn't be compared to ohlins etc, but this is the first I've heard of them being useless?

Always heard Hagons were a decent firm to deal with too. Try the warranty route?

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lynne

03/11/2007 at 16:48

I put one on my hornet and promptly rode 1500 miles around France, up hill and down dale, and it was first class.

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03/11/2007 at 16:51

egypt220 wrote

no i had a mono shock on my cb1 lasted 5 months,put an ohlins on from a cbr600 it last till past when i sold the bike 3 yrs later.
and all courier work only.