Bitubo Performance Suspension Install

Today I install my performance suspension from Bitubo. They are an Italian company that has been in the performance suspension space for a very long time and is now in the V-twin space.

[@gasmann6746]

Top job Ryan & Bob . You will be impressed. I fitted the Bitubo shocks to my 07 Deluxe they are so good..👍🏻🇦🇺

[@kidmoto22]

Good to know!!!!

[@darrenschneider9722]

Looks nice

[@FranBunnyFFXII]

Out of curiosity why Bitubo over SE Ohlins or Ohlins? I went with SE Ohlins because I ride my bike hard enough I got orange peel and rebound wear(stuff you see on track bikes), and I was in need of total adjustability. I was super tempted to go with the HyperPro which has a remote res with Low and High speed compression adjustment, but no one had done an SE Ohlins on a Softail video, so I said, why not? A tip, once you start riding that bike real hard through corners, keep a watch on your front and rear tire wear patterns. If you start seeing a sharp ridge on the back edge of the tread and the front edge is wearing round, that means your rebound is too slow. Almost everyone who does these after market shocks on harleys has too slow of a rebound setting(I made that mistake myself). If you dont ride fast or twisty roads enough you probably wont see this kind of wear though. Tire wear will give you a good insight into how off your rebound setting is.

[@kidmoto22]

Bitubo is a lesser known brand but has been making race suspension for sport bikes since the 70’s. They have a very long history of race suspension. It’s fully adjustable like the Ohlins but for a fraction of the price with ZERO sacrifice in quality. The front and rear are all fully adjustable rebound, compression and sag. That said I have it on pretty good authority that the SE Ohlins are a licensed name product not an Ohlins true product. I’m also looking for an upgrade from stock not looking to race my bike. I just spent six days riding CO and WY from my place in ND. This was close to 3k in six days so the upgraded suspension did exactly what I wanted it to do.

[@FranBunnyFFXII]

@@kidmoto22 Oh the SE Ohlins shock is 100% made by ohlins and licensed by HD under and exclusivity deal. They secured ohlins making them a compression resevoir version of their shock and to be the sole distributor of the part. It's just an HD 516 with a compression reservoir added, and tuned to HD's specifications, which generally means for a broader range of weights of riders so it can be sold to more people. The performance is excellent reguardless of who made what where, and that's what matters about it in the end. It was expensive though, yes.