18-03-12, 03:59 PM
If you're going to stick with the standard shock for the time being I would deffinately reccomend shorter dogbones but hopefully you'll soon know whether you have these or not, the shorter bones give you more ground clearance but also noticeably firm up the action of the shock which helps overcome some of it's weakness. Most owners end up replacing their shocks or having them re-sprung / re-gassed & serviced. Had Luke's R6 shock mod been available at the time I would probably have gone that route but as it is I have a nice Nitron shock sprung and set up for me and would never want to go back.
Raising the front up will make the steering noticeably slower, you may or may not like the difference but as a compromise I'd start by raising it so you still have about 10mm of fork leg showing through the yoke rather than raising it all the way up. Best way of doing this is to support the front of the bike on a jack then once the bolts are undone you can just jack the bike up the forks and clamp at the right position.
I'm based in Devon so if you want some suggestions for roads to ride / places to visit drop me an email at pie dot eater at blueyonder dot co dot uk.
Raising the front up will make the steering noticeably slower, you may or may not like the difference but as a compromise I'd start by raising it so you still have about 10mm of fork leg showing through the yoke rather than raising it all the way up. Best way of doing this is to support the front of the bike on a jack then once the bolts are undone you can just jack the bike up the forks and clamp at the right position.
I'm based in Devon so if you want some suggestions for roads to ride / places to visit drop me an email at pie dot eater at blueyonder dot co dot uk.