K8 rear shock for my GK76a?

[Variablevalves suck]

Not sure if the K8 is the same but gsxr6 K6/K7 is a straight fit.
earlier K series are longer so K6/K7 are my recommendation.
If you are looking at the K8 makesure the end mounts are correct as some later models changed.

[Otaroko]

Alright so a little while back I bought an 04-05 GSXr600 rear shock to replace the one on my 93 GK76a. After removing the stock rear shock and the dog bones I slotted the new shock in place. 2 things I noticed were wrong:

1: The reservoir for the new shock contacts the bottom of the air box tray/battery box. After cutting this open to allow the reservoir to protrude through, it still contacts the box which the air filter mounts to before the top mount of the shock aligns with the mount on the bike.

2: Holding the shock in place I looked at the positioning of the bottom mount and noticed it's WAY too long for anything to actually bolt into place even if the top mount were assembled.

So, my question is exactly what years of what bikes can we use the rear shocks out of? Did I just pick the wrong year bike to get a shock from? The one I purchased looked exactly the same as the one on Gavsta's blog but it seems maybe the reservoir is angled up a little more than the one he had. Any help would be appreciated because the Japanese want an arm and a leg to rebuild the stock one.

[Variablevalves suck]

Ive not fitted one so cannot say 100% but from what people on here have posted the 06/07 are not too difficult to fit, from the pictures 08 should be ok.
01/05 are too long at around 330mm and the res pushes up at an angle.
06/07 are about 320mm and i think the 08 a couple of mm shorter still plus the res is at 90 deg so will give a little more space.
You may still need to move/space things slightly.

[dsr91]

thank you guys for your answers , iv brought a k7 07 rear shock from low milage bike looks mint and found on here somewere a step by step guide on how to fit it , but im going to have to wait to fit it as bike needs full respray so in need of some sunny days to take it all apart ,but i hope by doing this conversion it will hang on better in the corners

[dsr91]

update ,new shock in !! brought from a gsxr k7 2007 750 , fits fine had to ground out alittle from lower linkage but other than that straight foward swap ,also if anyone is woundering because i noticed the topic went on for ever i brought brake and clucth levers upgraded ones but i order for a 1994 rgv 250 and they fit perfect no issues just slow deliverey from hong kong

[4hundread]

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