16-10-12, 09:55 PM
I have been trawling the web and this forum regarding the rear shock on my newly acquired Gen 2. I am 12st, and having been out on two 170 mile Sunday runs, I came to the conclusion that as the bike was way too skittery I needed to do something about the suspension. The previous owner was rather more portly than myself, so today I dragged a friend around and we set about doing the sag etc.
The front is set up and just needs fine tuning, I will probably run it a tad softer than the settings that we arrived at.
The rear is on the softest preload, and with my weight it moves, but not as much as I would like, nor as smoothly.
It seems that the consensus is that the Gen 2 is way oversprung, and that an R1 shock is the way to go, the snag is, which year to go for? I have looked at a few on Ebay, but it seems that designs varied over the years.
My last question is, do they alter the ride height? I am happy with the Gen 2 seat height, so would rather retain that if possible.
Cheers
Rob
The front is set up and just needs fine tuning, I will probably run it a tad softer than the settings that we arrived at.
The rear is on the softest preload, and with my weight it moves, but not as much as I would like, nor as smoothly.
It seems that the consensus is that the Gen 2 is way oversprung, and that an R1 shock is the way to go, the snag is, which year to go for? I have looked at a few on Ebay, but it seems that designs varied over the years.
My last question is, do they alter the ride height? I am happy with the Gen 2 seat height, so would rather retain that if possible.
Cheers
Rob