Ever seen these?

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These shocks came on this 1979 RM400 I bought from a friend. Like the Fox Air shocks they have internal springs. These though are KYB brand. The Fox have two air chambers with high and low pressure, these only have one air chamber. I was just wondering if anyone else has these or knows much about them.
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newmann 9/14/2012 12:03pm
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I have heard those work quite well. They also offered a complete fork/triple clamp combo like Fox and Simon's did as well. Billett triples and billett lower legs, trick stuff for the day.
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Moto Mofo 9/14/2012 1:43pm
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Looks great. You need to ride that thing!
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TX24 9/14/2012 3:19pm
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We'll put you on it. For me, not enough weekends in a year.
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Moto Mofo 9/14/2012 5:44pm
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TG130 9/14/2012 10:15pm
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Yeah, I remember those from back in the 70's. I keep thinking that some of the factory guys (Howerton and Schultz ?) may have used them at one time, but I'm not sure.
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TG130 wrote:
Yeah, I remember those from back in the 70's. I keep thinking that some of the factory guys (Howerton and Schultz ?) may have used them...
Yeah, I remember those from back in the 70's. I keep thinking that some of the factory guys (Howerton and Schultz ?) may have used them at one time, but I'm not sure.
Close, but I remember Koji Masuda using them and on occassion Bob Elliot (RIP).
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TX24 9/15/2012 6:47am
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Thanks guys, While I've got your attention here's what a friend of mine Matt K. did to his 200 in E. TX the other day. Hit a downed tree really hard he did not see because of the dust. Look at the stem. Didn't want to put it on the front page.


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oldmxdog61u 9/15/2012 2:37pm
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Ouch! Another reason I like mx in az. No trees. That left a mark I bet!
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TX24 9/15/2012 2:53pm
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Just bruised a bit he said. A good thing, he said when our friend that was leading came back and looked for him. He rode right past him on the trail and did not see him. He finally came back again, but they were like two hours getting back to camp.
UpTiTe 9/15/2012 8:00pm
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I spent 6 weeks in a hospital bed modifying a triple clamp like that.
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TX24 9/17/2012 8:34am
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Brand new, those are nice.
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Steve125 12/26/2015 7:07pm
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I had a set on my 79 RM 125N. I still have the service manual from when I rebuilt them.
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Mike P. 12/27/2015 12:26pm
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The KYB fork & shocks were sold through DG Performance back around 1979...In fact Hannah used the forks that year, which apparently worked quite well even through they were only 38mm at a time when the factories were using like 41mm forks. I've also seen these shocks on ebay from time to time (a pair can be had for a decent price).
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MaxPower 12/27/2015 11:08pm
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Those shocks are trick!
My friend had them in 79.
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heckenzwirn 8/25/2019 5:29am
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Steve125, do you still have this Manual? I just rebuild a set of them and need a manual. will be very nice if you can help me
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RIchieRich99 10/18/2020 10:25am
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Steve125 wrote:
I had a set on my 79 RM 125N. I still have the service manual from when I rebuilt them.
Do you have the PSI and oil fill specs for the 17.5's
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Paw Paw 11/3/2020 5:59pm
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They were the top of the line shock back in the day. Pricy at that time, but great units .

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