Well theres a strange twist to the story... went down my mates the other day to balance his carbs for him and it turns out he has 2 sets of Hagon shocks not in use as there "too hard".
He gave them to me and I have just put a pair on, they are 1" longer than the standard triumph ones with 1" LESS travel than the Hagons I bought.
Just went for a ride and what a difference, really good, spoke with Hagon and they say let us see them and they will give me a refund on the ones I paid for.
Just need to do a 2 up test but theres NO way these will allow the rear guard to hit the wheel and I havent even turned the preload up yet

ride height once Im on is about the same as standard so Im quite excited.
Will post the outcome.. TrOjAn