Shock rebuilds?

listermint

Anyone doing Suzuki shock rebuilds in Ireland. Need my rear refurbished it's seeping a little.

ratracer

listermint wrote: »

Anyone doing Suzuki shock rebuilds in Ireland. Need my rear refurbished it's seeping a little.

I had a Honda one rebuilt by VMTEK in Cork a couple of years ago, and they done a great job on it. I’m pretty sure they do all makes.

http://www.vmtek.ie/

Edit: it was actually the front forks I sent to them for new springs and seals/ oil etc. I had them recommended by a chap who had his rear shock done there.,

H_Lime

listermint wrote: »

Anyone doing Suzuki shock rebuilds in Ireland. Need my rear refurbished it's seeping a little.

A leaky bouncy bit eh!
Is it oem and what bike?

listermint

H_Lime wrote: »

A leaky bouncy bit eh!
Is it oem and what bike?

OEM vstrom 650 . I think there is fluid as it appears a bit damp.
.rebuilt my fronts two weeks ago as the right was leaking but cant do the rear I believe you need some specialist stuff for it.

H_Lime

For roughly 300 squid you could bolt in a yss shock. At a guess a rebuild of oem with valving and or spring change might run you 200 quid?
I know what I'd do.

BTW stay away from hagon imo, yss are the new hagon:)

listermint

H_Lime wrote: »

For roughly 300 squid you could bolt in a yss shock. At a guess a rebuild of oem with valving and or spring change might run you 200 quid?
I know what I'd do.

BTW stay away from hagon imo, yss are the new hagon:)

was wondering about the two.

OEM one has preload adjuster out the side, the YSS one doesnt. Now not that i ever touch the adjuster i think i touched it once in 5 years.

Do i need it ... ? whats the benefit i presume the YSS 300 one cant be adjusted at all.

H_Lime

I'd plumb for the one with length adjustment and it has 30 click rebound damping also. That's about 300 stg. I
F you're 12 to 15 stone the standard spri g they ship with is groovy, if not I think its like another 30 on top.

Sounds like remote preload is pretty redundant in your usage. Useful if you're taking pillions or want to fine tune sag without getting out the c spanner and doing the old fashioned way.

Height adjust is handy for tipping her up at the back slightly to sharpen steering a touch. Adjust the chain afterwards and note that she will lean over slightly more on the stand.

Single best mods I've seen on a dl is the 4 pot brake caliper transplant and ricor fork valves.

Hagon are sh1t, I've seen flaking chrome on a shaft and ovalitu of same. Yss are in a couple bikes known to me and one in particular is used hard off road on a heavy bike and keep on ticking.

listermint

H_Lime wrote: »

I'd plumb for the one with length adjustment and it has 30 click rebound damping also. That's about 300 stg. I
F you're 12 to 15 stone the standard spri g they ship with is groovy, if not I think its like another 30 on top.

Sounds like remote preload is pretty redundant in your usage. Useful if you're taking pillions or want to fine tune sag without getting out the c spanner and doing the old fashioned way.

Height adjust is handy for tipping her up at the back slightly to sharpen steering a touch. Adjust the chain afterwards and note that she will lean over slightly more on the stand.

Single best mods I've seen on a dl is the 4 pot brake caliper transplant and ricor fork valves.

Hagon are sh1t, I've seen flaking chrome on a shaft and ovalitu of same. Yss are in a couple bikes known to me and one in particular is used hard off road on a heavy bike and keep on ticking.

nice one! was looking at caliper change, but just put on EBC XC discks and pads to match and its a solid improvement. not sure id get enough to warrant the 4 pot swap.

listermint

so something like this?

https://www.wemoto.com/bikes/suzuki/dl_650_xl0_v-strom/10/picture/rear_yss_z-series_monoshock

Do these come with oil already in ? or are you having to load them ?

listermint

actually better value here


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-DL650-K-V-STROM-2004-2016-YSS-Mono-Shock-Absorber-MZ456-340TRL-21/293105063478?epid=2288231863&hash=item443e6c5636:g:djQAAOSwgslbI5nJ

H_Lime

Yeah the one above would be nice assuming your in the goldilocks 12 to 15 stone. If not I'd be buying off a seller who options the spring tailoring to suit weight.

The 4 pot mod would blow the sliding oem calipers out of the water, but generally a reassessment of fork performance is required, be it springs or valving widgets or ideally both.

To my mind I wouldn't rebuild the oem unit when there's there's good economical options that seem to be good performers.
Besides, there is nothing better you can do to your bike than improve your suspension imo. I don't and never have owned a bike without doing it, esp with our roads:)

listermint

H_Lime wrote: »

Yeah the one above would be nice assuming your in the goldilocks 12 to 15 stone. If not I'd be buying off a seller who options the spring tailoring to suit weight.

The 4 pot mod would blow the sliding oem calipers out of the water, but generally a reassessment of fork performance is required, be it springs or valving widgets or ideally both.

To my mind I wouldn't rebuild the oem unit when there's there's good economical options that seem to be good performers.
Besides, there is nothing better you can do to your bike than improve your suspension imo. I don't and never have owned a bike without doing it, esp with our roads:)

Currently still in the goldilocks zone, current plan is to stay there. This pandemic is doing its best to alter that :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac:

Fabio

listermint wrote: »

Currently still in the goldilocks zone, current plan is to stay there. This pandemic is doing its best to alter that :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac:

So say all of us

blade1

listermint wrote: »

Currently still in the goldilocks zone, current plan is to stay there. This pandemic is doing its best to alter that :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac:

Fabio

Are the YSS shocks as good as people say they are? I had the original Showa shock on my VFR 750 rebuilt by MCT in the UK about three years ago. It's been very good, probably not perfect, but it's as good as I can use.

The shock on my Deauville is coming up on 60,000 miles. Used in all weathers blah blah, probably getting soggy but it's the typical frog in hot water thing where it's so gradual you barely notice it. Would a YSS be better than getting that shock refreshed? I like having my remote preload too for pillions or heavy luggage and I'd lose that with a YSS one. They do look very good though and apparently it was an ex-Ohlins man who developed them out in Thailand where they're made.

listermint

Will see soon enough bought mine same day. Adjusting via tool is good enough for me

Lorddrakul

Any after market shock is going to be better than an unmodified, or in many cases even a modified, OEM shock.

If you can afford it at all, YSS, Nitron, Hagon, Bitubo, Wilbers, right up to Öhlins is well worth it.

When it wears out, you can be sure it can be rebuilt.

+1 for VMTek, have had them rebuild stuff from modern bikes as well as a 25 year old Öhlins.

H_Lime

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Any after market shock is going to be better than an unmodified, or in many cases even a modified, OEM shock.

If you can afford it at all, YSS, Nitron, Hagon, Bitubo, Wilbers, right up to Öhlins is well worth it.

When it wears out, you can be sure it can be rebuilt.

+1 for VMTek, have had them rebuild stuff from modern bikes as well as a 25 year old Öhlins.

Nitron have really surprised me the most. Outperforms my wilbers imo.

Japcati2020

Steve in NDM for Ohlins servicing.
Just did a great job on my Race bike suspension.