OH MY ACHING A$$......

ok so im out for a ride today on my 1100A and one of the bladders in my rear air suspension blows! thus i have no rear bouncy bouncy, which SUX.
i stop by the 3 shops on my way home and they all tell me to get Progressive 12 series hd suspension components at about 650 dollars.
Screw that im broke.
so with the collective knowledge of all the wizards on this site i know someone has an alternative to 600 bucks.

i even toyed with the Idea of filling em with spray foam as a quick fix.

ok....j/k but i do need a better way. Any ides?
does anyone make suspension other than progressive? its all i can find. WTF!
btw. im a big friggin guy need good support

You don't say which model you have, but if it's a 1983 KZ1100-A3 Hagon lists shocks for it. I don't know if they would work on an A1 or A2, but you may want to check with Hagon to see if they do. Hagon makes quality shocks; I've been using them for several years and am very pleased. Ed

oh oops ty ed it is the 1100-A3 shafty

anyone ever heard of IKON www.ikonsuspension.com

has anyone seen a rebuild kit for the air shocks?

Searching KZ1100 shocks on ebay produces several listings of possible interest.

Or just click here > motors.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=KZ1100+...sid=p4506.m270.l1313

Good Fortune!

jdbusch wrote: oh oops ty ed it is the 1100-A3 shafty

anyone ever heard of IKON www.ikonsuspension.com

has anyone seen a rebuild kit for the air shocks?

Have heard of them, was looking at them as an option for my project bike. There are a number of companies you can get shocks from. There are cheapos on the Fleabay if you just need something temporary.

Have you looked at the Progressives from Z1Enterprises? I don't remember them being $600 when I looked at them.

www.progressivesuspension.com/prodSearch...akeID=41&modelID=876

www.z1enterprises.com/Progressive-Suspen...35--121207B-522.aspx

www.z1enterprises.com/Progressive-Suspen...90lb-Black-2066.aspx

They aren't the "HD" line (can't tell, that might just be which springs are used), but they'll get you shocks from just under $250.

when the bladder blew in my lincoln air ride you guessed it can of fix a flat and was good for the summer that was 10 years ago not sure it's still the same formula but the shock is fubarred anyway

IKON is an Australian company that took over the Koni motorcycle shock line.


Edit:

From the Ikon link above:

This building served well until Koni decided to close it’s production of motorcycle shock absorbers (which it began in 1967) in 2000. This decision lead to a special licence agreement being struck between Proven and Koni allowing proven to make the motorcycle shocks under its own name for the worldwide market.

Ikon, about the company





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thanx for the info guys you are all a big help i have a "new" used set from a member here who got me some awesome parts before. a set of air shocks to tide over my riding addiction till i have better funds. plus im gonna tear into my old set and see what i can do to rebuild them stronger ( i was a mechanic for 10 years) im sure i can engineer something durable and safe and stock looking.

www.partsnmore.com/parts/kawasaki/kz1100a/?filters [category]=chassis&filters[fitting]=universal&filters[per_page]=100

They have different lengths so if you want to go shorter that is also an option. I lowered my rear by over an inch on my KZ1100, and if feel so much better. I think the shortest ones they have are 290MM which is abotu 11.5". I orderd the parts on Thursday, they came form Canada the next week on Friday. By that afternoon I was stylin' and profilin'. I highly recommend them, the service was great, the parts are good quality. they come with different size bushings and a tool for adjusting the preload.