Rear shock absorber

[masterbrewer]

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Hi Guys, need a little help as I have no experience with shock absorbers, thanks

Got to replace the rear shock on my '92 Mk1 but am undecided what to to.

Question1. Has anyone replaced theirs with a Yamaha one? Can you get after market standard shocks to reuse the dual spring arrangement?

Question 2. If not why not?

Question3. When you use a Ohlins or Hagon etc, do they sag much when you carry luggage.

If you set the spring rate for a loaded bike wouldn't it be too hard when you ride by yourself or are they adjustable?

The original dual spring rate levers were so easy to use ie soft or hard depending on load & by setting the spring to hard so it didn't bottom out it got me out of the bush & back to civilisation when I lost all oil in the original yammie shocker.

I've used the search function here but I can't find any comments re loaded bike weight/ unloaded bike weight setting availabilty or am I just missing something here.

Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated

Cheers
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This post was last modified: 13-04-2008, 12:48 PM by masterbrewer.