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I've been offered a sweet deal on an used r1 rear shock I'd like to know if it's possible to addapt it.
Any toughts?

A) what's a sweet deal?

B) If the R1 shocks are similar to the R6 shocks, the early (up to '05 or '06) ones had an eyelet at the bottom which will complicate conversion. The later R6 shock has a lower clevis mount like the stock FZR. If the R1 shock you can get has the clevis lower then it should be pretty straightforward.

sweat deal is getting it for some land rover parts I have laying around...
bout the rest i have no idea.

_LM_ wrote:sweat deal is getting it for some land rover parts I have laying around...
bout the rest i have no idea.

if the land rover parts are useless to you, then go for it

I wish I had the money for this setup
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-200 ... 240%3A1318

shredex wrote:

_LM_ wrote:sweat deal is getting it for some land rover parts I have laying around...
bout the rest i have no idea.

if the land rover parts are useless to you, then go for it

I wish I had the money for this setup
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-200 ... 240%3A1318

I'd say that'd be alot of work getting that swingarm to work. You see the '06-07 R6 rear shocks going on ebay every day for under $25. I'm currently looking for spacers so I can do the swap. There's someone here that's doing custom dogbones I need to talk to, I think he's got a ad in the parts section.

Yeah ebay is cool but i'm not in the States, I'm in Portugal and the postage is a killa...
But if anyone wants to sell me one cheap

trust me fellas you dont want a any R1 swingarms. i had the 04-06 style and entire set up. shock mount is off center, its 4" longer the stock also. and you cannot machine it down like the r6 swingarm or yzf600r swingarm.

now move along, nothing to see here.

Yes but as anyone tried a r1 shock?

_LM_ wrote:Yes but as anyone tried a r1 shock?

It shouldn't be an issue making it work as long as it has a clevis(fork) at the bottom. Otherwise you get into changing the FZR's cast alum/with bearings 'relay arm'

FZR shocks are really close to 12 inches long mount to mount. The R6 shock is approx 11.75".

Do you know how long the R1 shock is?

None of the R1 shocks will work easily, they all have the eyelet style bottom as opposed to the fork style that the fzr has.

Yes it's not easy but it can be adapted very easily i think.
I'm also checking ebay for anything that would work but the postage kills me!

And how about a zx6r shock?
Some cheap ones on ebay...

_LM_ wrote:Yes it's not easy but it can be adapted very easily i think.

I hope your sure about that. If you get it to work be sure to take pictures and post them up.

Since i'm finishing a engineering degree i should know

636 and z1000 shock will fit from what i looked into this summer. high spring rates too...just be prepaired to pay a good price for one.