In response to queries on the other thread Trevor (Sprint) confirmed the 17 inch wheelers have a longer shock and here's a photo showing the difference. It's not much but the heave onto the main stand is way less now. With the old shock and the 17 inch wheel it was 2.5 inches off the deck when on the stand now it's just over 1.
Can't say I've noticed a huge change in handling or turn in but the ride quality is much better as you'd expect. Overall a happy chap.
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| This shows the only difficulty in fitment; I had to relieve the top of the drag link (just chamfered the top edge) to allow the bottom shock mount in as it's more chunky than the original. |
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Thanks for the pics Tim. It's useful to know about needing to relieve the lower shock mounting. The small difference in shock length would be magnified many times by the length of the swinging arm so I can quite believe the overall difference of 1.5 inches unloaded. Presumably the new spring isn't as saggy as the old one too so the ride height might be higher too, depending on how much preload you have used. Is the preload hard to do, with the amount of access you have to the shock?
Access is tight but a notch filed in the adjuster spanner and a loop tied into a bit of rope means no bleeding nuckles! Just fit the spanner to the shock, the loop to the notch and heave away from outside the frame. Works a treat.
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