Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: Noggin1000 on 21 January 2016, 08:14:42 pm
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Any advice on which aftermarket shock is worth buying. I've read the comments around r6 shock mods but would rather just replace the old one. I've already had the forks sorted out with new k-tech jobbies. 2004 model. Fantastic bike by the way, and owned from new.
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R6 shock is near as dam it a straight swap + dog-bones job done.
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The OEM shock has a remote reservoir and individual adjustment for both compression and rebound damping. In my mind any replacement that doesn't have these features is a downgrade which eliminates the budget options. On this criteria I went for a Niton Track shock which I've been very pleased with. Nitron will set the shock up for you at the factory based on your weight, riding style and pillion requirements, they got this pretty much spot on in my case, I just had to decrease compression damping by a click as I have shorter dogbones which slightly alters the standard geometry. Also you can return the shock to Nitron for a full strip down and rebuild which I've just done after 4 years and the difference was very noticeable.
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FWIW, I've had an Ohlins on mine for ages. A few years back, though, I sent the Ohlins off for a service and slotted in an R6 shock to see how it compared.
Didn't bother changing back to the Ohlins for 6 months, which kind of tells you something. ;)
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I have a 2012 BMW S1000RR rear shock on mine, also an easy change, no change to dog bones required and raises the rear by 10mm
Transforms the bike :thumbup
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+1 for the bmw shock. I've got 30k miles on mine now and it's still in good shape.
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In order of cost
Re-gas and new properly weighted spring
Hagon
R6/bmw conversion
Nitron
Oh my gods!
Imo a resprung standard is adequate for most situations.
The R6 is very good for road use but overheats on track as it's a 40mm oil chamber designed for a 600.
I've no experience of others but have used ohlins on other bikes and they don't like to be abused and need servicing more often than the bike.
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Conversely, the Ohlins on my bike has now done 100,000 miles and is pretty much exactly the same as when new. Looks almost like new too. It was the budget 400 quid job without the reservoir so maybe the expensive ones need more love.
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The basic ohlins doesn't have as many fiddly bits or range of adjustment and is a jack of all trades unit and requires less attention than a remote unit.
Bet if you had it serviced you'd notice the difference.