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Originally Posted by northwind
Personally... I'd find it fairly hard to justify spending £250 to revalve a stock shock vs, say, £300 for the basic Nitron. Various reasons for this, but mainly it's the return on investment. Your stock, revalved shock will be basically worthless while your £300 Nitron will still be worth £200 in a year and you'll have the stock shock to put back in if you sell the bike. You're also more likely to get a good result- as YC says you've introduced unpredictable factors, the stock KYB shock isn't worth rebuilding and the Showa one wasn't built for this bike so the tech working on it will have to make some guesses. In this case, probably build it exactly as he would a C-model.
I don't think the linkage rate should be a worry, it's either the same or very similiar- I can't remember exactly which but I wouldn't have done the swap on scooby drew's if it was substantially different, changing linkage rates is a job for the pros. If I had to say either way I'd say it was identical but that's a wee bit hazy. The reason for swapping the linkage was just that the clevis is narrower on the C model shock than on the B, 30mm vs 32mm I think, and wouldn't have worked without machining.
To be quite honest... I'd sell the bike and get one that works properly. The engine's a peach, for a 600ish bike, but other than that it doesn't measure up, and it should never have been launched with the suspension it had. If it's still got enough value for that to be an option, I'd simply call it a bad deal and buy a 600 that handles like a modern 600 should, hopefully one that's better put together into the bargain. But that's just me, I have no affection for your bike, and you might  |
Pretty much agree with Northy here....in the main
Basically spending £250 to revalve an OE shock is mostly a waste of money IMHO.
I'd say, if you can afford it, get an after market shock. A double clicker(compression and Rebound adjustments), ride height, and usual preload would be my preference. Hi/Low speed compression just gives more knobs to confuse ones self hehe.
Oh if penske is your list, I believe there has been a slight change to their range. The double clicker IIRC used to have 6 levels of adjusment but should have more now, as they have changed the specs or summin like that.
Zadar will know for sure
Ben