are all 89-99 rear shocks the same?

mjw7800 · Post by **mjw7800** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:23 am

just like the title says

i have a 1989,which we all know has a hand full of different parts compared to the 1991 and up

i just wondered if i could take a rear shock assembly from any other year FZR 600 and swap it out with mine without any problems?

thanks

Post by **thatkid** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:25 am

yes you can and no there will be no problems. They are all the same.

Post by **ragedigital** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:01 am

thatkid wrote:They are all the same.

Unfortunately....

yamaha_george · Post by **yamaha_george** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:09 am

ragedigital wrote:
thatkid wrote:They are all the same.
Unfortunately....

they are all a minimum of TEN YEARS old to the ripe old age of 20 years old with who knows what lard ass(es) riding them
If you are not happy with your current shock :-
look for a FOX twin clicker (rare and expensive)
GSXR 6 shock,
R6 shock

the latter 2 will require some very well documented modification with guys on this list selling the required parts at reasonable prices to board members.

mjw7800 · Post by **mjw7800** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:13 pm

so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks

R3TARD · Post by **R3TARD** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:32 pm

mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks

the latter 2 will require some very well documented modification with guys on this list selling the required parts at reasonable prices to board members.

fzrbrandon · Post by **fzrbrandon** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:24 pm

mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks

Check with Reelrazor on this. He'll hook you up.

yamaha_george · Post by **yamaha_george** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:30 pm

fzrbrandon wrote:
mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks
Check with Reelrazor on this. He'll hook you up.

Brandon,
I hope RR is giving you a discount on yours

haro504 · Post by **haro504** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:02 pm

i think the 08 r6 shock it easist to fit in

fzrbrandon · Post by **fzrbrandon** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:41 pm

yamaha_george wrote:
fzrbrandon wrote:
mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks
Check with Reelrazor on this. He'll hook you up.
Brandon,
I hope RR is giving you a discount on yours

Actually, I bought the shock off EBay and had the spacers and dogbones made locally. He DID hook me up with his adjustable dogbones though which will probably make their way onto the track bike (which has an Ohlins on it). If he had the complete swap set-up back when I changed mine over on the 600 I would've been all over it like flys on.... well you get the idea...

Post by **sweekster** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:22 am

mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks

Unless it was made specifically for the FZR it won't be 100% bolt on.

Here are some examples of what has been tried and proven to work:
06 R6 (Red Spring with a Low Slung Horizontal Reservoir)
07 GSXR 600/750 (Yellow Spring Low Slung Horizontal Reservoir)
01 FZ1(this requires swapping in the FZR600 spring)

If i still had an FZR600 I would go with one of the three I just mentioned (unless an Ohlins, Penski, or Fox fell into my life magically). ReelRazor happens to sell complete kits using the R6 shock I mentioned. These are COMPLETE bolt on kits. No guess work. And no, he's not paying me to be a spokesperson...Click here for more details.

yamaha_george · Post by **yamaha_george** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:10 am

sweekster wrote:
mjw7800 wrote:so the last 2 shocks you listed will bolt right up??

any certain years i should be lookin for?

thanks
Unless it was made specifically for the FZR it won't be 100% bolt on.

Here are some examples of what has been tried and proven to work:
06 R6 (Red Spring with a Low Slung Horizontal Reservoir)
07 GSXR 600/750 (Yellow Spring Low Slung Horizontal Reservoir)
01 FZ1(this requires swapping in the FZR600 spring)

If i still had an FZR600 I would go with one of the three I just mentioned (unless an Ohlins, Penski, or Fox fell into my life magically). ReelRazor happens to sell complete kits using the R6 shock I mentioned. These are COMPLETE bolt on kits. No guess work. And no, he's not paying me to be a spokesperson...Click here for more details.

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Fartblood · Post by **Fartblood** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:10 am

yamaha_george wrote:...with who knows what lard ass(es) riding them ...

Were you thinking of me when you typed that Geo!

Oh, and can we have an 'R' in Arse please - we must protect the English language!

Seriously though, the Gixxer shock in it's various permutations is a straightforward and effective conversion.

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