Traxxion Rear Shock Replacement for Honda GL-1800 Goldwing

[B25bsaboy]

Good morning to everyone,

Would a Traxxion GL1800 rear shock be a suitable replacement for the Lehman Monarch II straight axle OEM Honda shock?

Reason I ask is that a friend of mine recently converted his 2002 Honda GL-1800 to a Lehman Monarch II LLC (Independent Suspension) and the Traxxion rear shock was removed due to the fact he couldn’t utilize it and was offered to me as I have a solid axle set up on my 2008 Honda GL-1800 Goldwing.

Put this question on the Lehman board and it was suggested that I put the question over here instead.

Thank you for reading my inquiry.

 

[Gorilla]

Hey Jim what do you think?

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Yes, it could work.

On straight axles only, Lehman uses the OEM GL1800 coil-over shock as the primary suspension support. It attaches similar to that of the OEM swingarm.

The Monarch I uses the OEM shock mounted in the original position and 2 additional coil-over shocks mounted at each wheel to support the additional weight.

The Monarch II uses an OEM shock in the original position and a lateral mounted coil-over directed to the rear body frame section. Lehman also utilized a lateral coil-over to help the OEM handle the additional weight of the conversion.

In 2007, Lehman started sending kits to dealers with a 1100# progressive spring to eliminate sagging on the OEM shock setup on the Monarch II.

The real question is how much will it improve the ride ????

Depending on the quality of the Traxxion unit, it may improve the ride and could be a substitution for that OEM unit, on top of that it will fit on both the Lehman Monarch I and Monarch II straight axle versions.

Personally, I don't know anyone with a two-wheeler that had the Traxxion rear shock, so I have no way of knowing what the exact improvement really is.