This is a discussion on This an old article, but I just within the General Tech Talk forums, part of the R3Owners Forums category; came across it. Can you believe it?
Rocket, Roadliner, Road King - Motorcycle.com...
One more reason not to listen to magazine guys. I truly wonder sometimes about them. I'll agree the stock shocks are not great on my R3 but this guy seems to have a lot of it plain wrong.