Rear shock upgrade opinion

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Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by VFR400-NC30-SWEENEY » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:18 am

I know theres a lot on this, however there is currently a rear shock on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Do you think its worth paying more for this when I could just get a CBR600 or GSXR600 spring for cheaper? The battery box has to be moved slightly for both anyway, but I think this one has a better spring rate for the VFR

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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by Drunkn Munky » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:31 am

If you get a cheaper standard cbr or gsxr shock then you've still gota buy a spring so why not buy this one?

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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by skinnydog0_0 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:44 pm

I might be wrong, but that looks like a cbr600rr shock to me?
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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by Drunkn Munky » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:29 pm

It's gsxr mate

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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by skinnydog0_0 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:13 pm

Ahh, nice one DM :peace:
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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by VFR400-NC30-SWEENEY » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:39 pm

O, so people are paying a hefty premium for this, I hope the suitable spring is attached! The bidding is now up to £163

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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by VFR400-NC30-SWEENEY » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:42 pm

Has anyone tried fitting a Triumph Daytona/Street triple rear shock, I hear good things about handling and quality with these bikes. Were can I find dimensions?

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Re: Rear shock upgrade opinion

Post by fourfingers » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:13 am

Get a ohlins cataloge, they give you eye to eye mesurements, stroke, and spring rate(in ohlins code).
However i can not see how all this mods are working properly withot revalving. Most shocks have longer stroke than NC´s, so valving should be off.
NC stroke: +-38mm
cbr600rr: 59mm
GSXR. 63mm 74mm

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