R6-Shock Swap (Pics included)
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:11 pm
Well, after buying the shock in late Oct. I think, I decided to give it a go and put it on the 400.. It went fairly smooth, with a couple of hang-ups, but it's in there.. First, I CNC'd the dogbones & required spacers a little while ago so those were taken care of.. Next, after shoe-horning the shock in place, well not really until we hoisted the back of the bike up so it would pass between the wheel and the frame, we realized that the upper bolt has issues. It's certainly long enough, however the diameter of the shoulder is too big to go through the hole on the collar/bushing on the upper part of the shock. So we drilled the bushing bigger, to 29/64" roughly, and the bolt fit through no problem.
The other issue has to do with my chain guard in that it's hitting the horizontal cylinder on the shock. We've bent the mount for the guard out of the way, and will permanently fix it in due time.. All in all, it's a very easy swap to do, and I know it'll vastly improve my ride. The only "other" thing we had to do was grind away some of the bottom mount area because it was catching on the shock knuckle. There are a couple of pics closeup of what I am talking about..
Enjoy:
Bushing installed on top mounting bracket. The R6 shock mount is slightly wider than the stock FZR one, so these spacers/bushings were milled out of aluminum.
Just a close-up of the lower mounting bracket.. Damn I need to get rid of some of that grime down there.. meh.. I'll get to it.
Another shot from up top. Fits nicely.
Here you can see the 138mm dogbones installed on the bike as well as the area that needed to be ground off the lower mounting bracket on the shock. Otherwise you cannot get the bolt through it. Nothing a little grinder couldn't fix in 30 seconds.. Another note is that the current dogbones I put on there are considerably thicker than the stock ones. I don't think it's going to make much of a difference in the end, however if I notice anything off, I'll just re-mill some more out of a thinner aluminum..
Pretty much the same as the one before it.
Another view from the top, with the battery box reinstalled.
One final shot from the back.. It's complete.
The other issue has to do with my chain guard in that it's hitting the horizontal cylinder on the shock. We've bent the mount for the guard out of the way, and will permanently fix it in due time.. All in all, it's a very easy swap to do, and I know it'll vastly improve my ride. The only "other" thing we had to do was grind away some of the bottom mount area because it was catching on the shock knuckle. There are a couple of pics closeup of what I am talking about..
Enjoy:
Bushing installed on top mounting bracket. The R6 shock mount is slightly wider than the stock FZR one, so these spacers/bushings were milled out of aluminum.
Just a close-up of the lower mounting bracket.. Damn I need to get rid of some of that grime down there.. meh.. I'll get to it.
Another shot from up top. Fits nicely.
Here you can see the 138mm dogbones installed on the bike as well as the area that needed to be ground off the lower mounting bracket on the shock. Otherwise you cannot get the bolt through it. Nothing a little grinder couldn't fix in 30 seconds.. Another note is that the current dogbones I put on there are considerably thicker than the stock ones. I don't think it's going to make much of a difference in the end, however if I notice anything off, I'll just re-mill some more out of a thinner aluminum..
Pretty much the same as the one before it.
Another view from the top, with the battery box reinstalled.
One final shot from the back.. It's complete.