R6 shock

[lt61173]

Can anyone tell me if I buy an R6 shock should I get the one with the yellow or red spring? I would like to buy the kit I have seen but seem to be having trouble getting in touch with reelrazor. I don't mind buying the shock and having the adjustable bones made but the complete kit would have been nice. Any help would be great.

Larry

[haunter]

red spring 06+

you can get an 06+ with a silver spring, that just means its from an anniversary bike

[lt61173]

So I wonder what years the ones with the yellow spring are. There are a few on ebay. Does anyone know if reelrazor still makes the kit. I am guessing he is a busy man cause he does not seem to get on here too often.

[mazterlee]

I also try contacting reelrazor for a few weeks but no answer. So I went and bought and made my own kit. The yellow spring shock should be 08 - 09. I just bought one off ebay and it practically drops right in Have to curve the bottom and make some spacers. This seems pretty cheap. -->

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/YAMAHA-Y ... ccessories

Danny

[lt61173]

What did you do to restore the ride height? I am 5'11" and ride 2up with my girlfriend so do not want to loose the height.

Larry

[haunter]

thats what the dogbones are for

I have a set of the 138mm dogbones that restore it to stock ride height, and I dont plan on using them.

[haunter]

also yellow are the 1st gen(99-02) shocks



if its red and has a vertical res, its 03-05,


06-10 are the same, horizontal res


or the 50th LE version:



I found a 06+ with Yellow, not sure where it came from, could be an ohlins spring

[mrfreeze5]

The 06-10 R6s uses the red spring, the 08-10 R6v(is it still v?) has the yellow spring. Either will work fine with a stock FZR swingarm, and the lengths are the same. The big advantage to the 08+ yellow spring shock is when you do a swingarm swap to a bigger swingarm that would hit the reservoir of the shock, you can flip it around 180* so the reservoir is facing forward and it clears fine with no extra modification, 06 shock has to have the mount modified. If youre still running a stock swingarm, then either will work the same. I made my own dogbones out of some 1/4" x1-1/4" flat stock.

[lt61173]

What were the lengths of the new bones to get to stock or a little higher. This seems to be the way I will go.



Larry

[haunter]

The 06-10 R6s uses the red spring, the 08-10 R6v(is it still v?) has the yellow spring. Either will work fine with a stock FZR swingarm, and the lengths are the same. The big advantage to the 08+ yellow spring shock is when you do a swingarm swap to a bigger swingarm that would hit the reservoir of the shock, you can flip it around 180* so the reservoir is facing forward and it clears fine with no extra modification, 06 shock has to have the mount modified. If youre still running a stock swingarm, then either will work the same. I made my own dogbones out of some 1/4" x1-1/4" flat stock.

yeah I think its still a V.

[lt61173]

I just bought the shock. Now I just need the bones. Can anyone tell me whet length to make them to give me an inch or 2 extra height? I am 5'11" and weigh 190 and ride with my girl sometimes so the extra heigh will be good.


Larry

[haunter]

I just bought the shock. Now I just need the bones. Can anyone tell me whet length to make them to give me an inch or 2 extra height? I am 5'11" and weigh 190 and ride with my girl sometimes so the extra heigh will be good.


Larry

138mm for back to stock

130 gets you 1.5ish-2 of lift.

i have a set of 130's laying around

35 shipped, made out of T7 7075

[lt61173]

Haunter,

I am waiting on a reply from reelrazor as he did contact me. If I do not hear from him soon I will gladly buy the 130s from you. The adjustable from reelrazor would be nice. Thanks


Larry

[yamaha_george]

The 06-10 R6s uses the red spring, the 08-10 R6v(is it still v?) has the yellow spring. Either will work fine with a stock FZR swingarm, and the lengths are the same. The big advantage to the 08+ yellow spring shock is when you do a swingarm swap to a bigger swingarm that would hit the reservoir of the shock, you can flip it around 180* so the reservoir is facing forward and it clears fine with no extra modification, 06 shock has to have the mount modified. If youre still running a stock swingarm, then either will work the same. I made my own dogbones out of some 1/4" x1-1/4" flat stock.

Mr.F,
with the 08 shock with the reservoir facing forward did you have to alter the battery box in any way as i seem to remember reading that the reservoir lifted (read hit) the bottom of the battery box ?
Thanks
Y-geo.

[mrfreeze5]

The 06-10 R6s uses the red spring, the 08-10 R6v(is it still v?) has the yellow spring. Either will work fine with a stock FZR swingarm, and the lengths are the same. The big advantage to the 08+ yellow spring shock is when you do a swingarm swap to a bigger swingarm that would hit the reservoir of the shock, you can flip it around 180* so the reservoir is facing forward and it clears fine with no extra modification, 06 shock has to have the mount modified. If youre still running a stock swingarm, then either will work the same. I made my own dogbones out of some 1/4" x1-1/4" flat stock.

Mr.F,
with the 08 shock with the reservoir facing forward did you have to alter the battery box in any way as i seem to remember reading that the reservoir lifted (read hit) the bottom of the battery box ?
Thanks
Y-geo.

I dont have a stock battery box, and havent for a while, so I cant comment with
absolute certainty but I am about 95% sure the 08 shock fits flipped with no other mods necessary aside from the normal r6 shock stuff and no interference. Heres another member's setup on a 400. Looks like its got plenty of room. From this pic, it looks like it would only be a problem in its normal rearward configuration, but it clears.



And another member that I modded a YZF swingarm for is running a 08 shock flipped with stock tail and battery with no interference problems that he mentioned.