Has anyone had any difficulty fitting a Nitron road shock?
Quote from: clunkie66 on 27 November 2020, 10:16:27 amHas anyone had any difficulty fitting a Nitron road shock?Some great replies by Gnasher and b1k3rdude, they are very good shocks.As Gnasher implies if buying second hand I would personally factor in the costs of sending the shock to Nitron and getting it serviced and resprung / revalved for your weight and riding style, or at least bare this in mind as something that you will need to do to get the best out of the shock and the bike. Nitron's service team tend to be quiet at this time of year so you may get a discount on servicing if you call them and ask for prices.Fitting is straightforward and I couldn't add anything to what b1k3rdude has said, I use a chock for taking the weight of the rear when dissasembling the linkage as sometimes you might want to go up or down a couple of mm and a chock helps with this. I recall the top mounting bolt for the shock can be tricky to get to and I had to use a universal joint on my socket set but I don't have an extensive tool kit so other methods may work.Obviously if you have any specific questions then post back.
Just wondering has anyone in the forum installed the Nitron R1 shock on a Gen1 and how do you rate it?
Quote from: clunkie66 on 27 November 2020, 10:16:27 amHas anyone had any difficulty fitting a Nitron road shock?No, fitted a good few over the years, great shocks. There's 3 types NTR 1 - 3, each number represents damping adjustment, 1, 2 or 3 way, cost goes up with each, all can be fitted with hydraulic preload adjuster at extra cost. All are built to suit you and your riding style when buying new, if you buy second hand, check if possible what they had the shock built to or it could be too soft/hard to suit you. That said it could be rebuilt to your spec. My advice if your planning on keeping the bike buy new, direct from Nitron using their website. These are the best replacement shocks out there in my opinion, even the base version is 100 times better than OE, R6 or BMW, as good as Ohlins this side of a track, half the cost like for like and it's British