The new shocks finally showed up today and I can’t wait to get them on the bike then give it a test run.  I’m told that versus the stock shocks, these are going to transform the bike completely and that I am now going to hate the forks and will want to have those done as well.  The only thing is that these took a while to get here and I lost 20 pounds during the wait time and they are now sprung for a heavier weight than I am.  I doubt it will really affect anything however.