picked up a brand new 2014 rear shock off ebay awhile ago. planned on having it all redone with racetech springs ect.. Im 215lbs stock spring is 12mm recommended for my weight would be about 12.08mm.. i do mostly aggressive street riding mountains ect dont plan on doing more than 5 track days a year.
my question is, with this setup would their be much a difference to buy a whole new race tech shock penske ect or would their be not that much of a difference for what im using it for.. is this a good route? also going to have my mechanic do my forks as well
What about if my suspension is too strong for my weight, would changing the spring get it down to my weight range or is that in the shock itself and I would need to change the entire shock?
There are many suspension shops in California , Racetech, Dave moss , Lindeman Engineering , call one and get some real advice .
I'd recommend Lindemen engineering . Motorcycle Race Suspension - Lindemann Engineering
If i was you i would send and email to brad first. He can probably offer somethig new close to what you would pay for an used one.
I installed a 2013 shock on my 2008 thinking that i could get a "cheap ohlins" after respringing it.
Even though it worked better than the horrible OEM 2008 shock, at the track that thing was cooked after a few laps. I ended up respringing it. Noticeable improvement but still suboptimal. In retrospect i think i would have been better off buying a used ohlins or racetech (less time spent dialing and testing and a couple hundred bucks difference).
Mine was a trackbike, so comfort was never high on the list...
Yeah I've been talking to a guy around where I live he owns a store, is an instructor for Fasttrack riders, and the Dunlop tire representative for all their events. He's been helping me sort out what I can do for my budget which is not big enough even for even a decent used ohlins. I've tried picking his brain a bit so I can try and learn something too.
So, the '12-'14 shocks are a drop in? i have 50k on mine and was thinking I should probably refresh the suspension, this seems like really good bang for the buck for my street-riding. All you have to do is modify the hugger, right?
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