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Old June 16th, 2014, 02:59 PM   #1
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new rear shock swap... perhaps i went a little too far?

Ok here is story in a nut shell

Did gsxr shock swap... it was ok, found out the hard way (or stupid way) i had no high speed compression dampening adjustments.

after i lost most of the oil out of the shock i ended up needing to get the gsxr shock serviced, local dealer wouldn't touch it because book states it is unserviceable and no specs for anything are given. Would have cost more to get it serviced than i paid for it

So i figured i could put oil in myself, but would still need nitrogen but would still have a shock i wasn't super crazy about so that is when ebay happened.

used aftermarket ohlins gsxr 1000 shock

think i got it for a decent price, otherwise well i would not have bought it.
Bought new spring for it because the one on it was a 10.6kg/mm

Figured it would swap on similar to gsxr 600 shock. It did... kind of
Needed to trim the battery box a good bit more, i need to clean that up a bit yet. I already had hugger so this is non issue, the hugger keeps everything in that area clean.

i also had to grind a little bit off the bottom of the upper shock mount on the frame I was in to deep to go back at that point. It is non issue IMO besides my bike is to much of a botch job at this point to consider selling it anyway, plus i never plan to either way. So yeah, took a little off the bottom, painted it up and GTG!

It is a little longer than the OEM shock so i went back to the stock dog bones (had shorter bones for gsxr600 swap) which means the rear will be up a little bit vs stock. I could make new ones or buy adjustable bones to get things back to stock spec if i feel like it in the end, but for right now will ride it as is.

Ok to the goodies

3 clicker Ohlins with hydraulic hand adjustable preload
Rebound, high and low speed compression dampening adjustments

Bolted everything up yesterday took it for a ride today and sought out some ****** bumpy roads...(didn't have to look very hard ) and first impressions are good. Purposefully seeking out the rougher line never felt so good. Felt good in the turns as well but wasn't able to push it to hard... these roads were **** to say the least.

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Old June 16th, 2014, 03:03 PM   #2
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Old June 16th, 2014, 03:16 PM   #3
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^hell ya, i just need to start adding the chrome now
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Old June 16th, 2014, 03:20 PM   #4
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Getting into some hardcore mods. Looks premo.

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Old June 16th, 2014, 03:25 PM   #5
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Old June 16th, 2014, 04:07 PM   #6
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Old June 16th, 2014, 06:44 PM   #7
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I like it. Time to get some drop-in cartridge fork internals though. Gotta match the front to the rear.
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Old June 16th, 2014, 07:58 PM   #8
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That's a bike I'd actually like to look at, not those crappy 'custom bikes' at the car show I was just at. Good work. Jelly.
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Old June 16th, 2014, 10:16 PM   #9
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Old June 16th, 2014, 10:27 PM   #10
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Old June 17th, 2014, 03:01 AM   #11
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Old June 17th, 2014, 05:48 AM   #12
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I like it. Time to get some drop-in cartridge fork internals though. Gotta match the front to the rear.
might as well just put the whole gas forks on at that point right? go big or go home.

or as I say, go big and then go home likely because you either hurt yourself or are broke as result of "going big"

oh it has adjustable length as well, forgot to mention that, but unfortunately the shortest it goes is still a couple mm longer than OEM shock. So it will go a good bit longer but no shorter so it doesn't help much.

I did think about getting lowering links and then making up the drop from the links with the shock adjustment but I am not sure how that much change in geometry would effect the performance of the shock? and if there was the clearance for it? So figured it was probably better off this way with stock bones. I might end up making new bones just to save some weight if anything, the T6 bones I made for the gsxr shock swap worked great and were way lighter than the OEM steel ones.
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I was thinking about the same thing lol. Find a used aftermarket GSXR shock lol
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aftermarket race shocks are typically stiffer (valving at least) than stock. Be careful that the thing doesn't ride like a steel rod.
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or as I say, go big and then go home likely because you either hurt yourself or are broke as result of "going big"
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What model # is the shock?
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I fitted a new gen Ohlins to my ZZR250, lifts the rear 2" & works great . A 750's spring would be too stiff.
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What model # is the shock?
Could have told you a year or two ago but it eludes me at the moment. I want to say it is a SU503?? SU530??? Something like that. I will see if I can't find any stamps on the shock when I get home or dig up some old info laying around that has it.
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Shock info

Ohlins SU503 Rear Shock Suzuki GSXR 1000 05-06
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