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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: Bluehaze on April 07, 2009, 08:01:37 PM

Title: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: Bluehaze on April 07, 2009, 08:01:37 PM
So i finally recieved gsxr shocks from buddha..

However i am confused..   The holes dont allign properly. how do i turn the top or bottom part of the shocks so that it aligns with the holes on the motorcycle.  Here is the picture.  Is this easy to do?

(http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt133/samwesdel/gsxrspring.jpg)

(http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt133/samwesdel/gsxrspring2.jpg)

The way it is now..  if i put the bottom in.. the top hole faces forward and rear of bike and it should be facing left and right of the bike...   or am i wrong here?
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: bucks1605 on April 07, 2009, 08:11:19 PM
This happened to my Kat shock. If I remember correctly, I held one end in a vice (lightly) and twisted the other end to properly align the mounting holes.
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: joshr08 on April 08, 2009, 05:32:35 AM
that will work or you can bolt the top into place then use a screw driver or small solid rod make sure you go through both holes and turn it to the right spot.
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: The Buddha on April 08, 2009, 10:52:40 AM
Yea clamp it somewhere and turn it. Sorry about that ... but once you open them and refit them, you are in a fog about what goes where ... sorry.
Stick 2 long rods through the 2 - top and bottm and turn. Have a friend hold one end and you turn the other, some like that. No wonder they call him the budd-duh ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: intergalactic on April 08, 2009, 11:07:43 AM
Can I threadjack (somewhat?) and ask if a GSXR1100 shock will fit? Like a 1993?
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: bucks1605 on April 08, 2009, 11:50:05 AM
Quote from: intergalactic on April 08, 2009, 11:07:43 AM
Can I threadjack (somewhat?) and ask if a GSXR1100 shock will fit? Like a 1993?

I've heard the gsxr 1100 shock is pretty much junk.
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: intergalactic on April 08, 2009, 12:15:55 PM
Yeah, I was looking at a FOX shock that fit a gixxer 1100, 1993 vintage. Good to know the stock one isn't great. But would this fit? (Threadjack complete!)
Title: Re: Need some clarification with GSXR rear shocks
Post by: The Buddha on April 08, 2009, 12:36:30 PM
He's right, Do not get GSXR 1100 anything. Do not Get GSXR 1000 anything.
The 1100 shocks will fit, on a GS you'd barely know between a 750 and an 1100, but the 750 is much better.
Anyway yes, the 750 90-95 fits, looks like like this one in the pic except the blue stuff is black and dirty and rusty prolly and the aluminum body is dirty too. You dont want a rod that is rusty or doesn't keep pressure. I test for both of those when I get em. The powdercoating job was 25 bucks - I thin 20 not 25.
Anyway GSXR 750 shock I have for 75+shipping, powdercoated like this is 95 and shipping.
Cool.
Buddha.
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