rear shock dimensions please?

[rich-racing.co.uk]

could anyone tell me the length to bolt centres, widths across the fitting holes, and bolt sizes to save me taking my shock out to find out please?

thanks.

[993ti]

[rich-racing.co.uk]

that's a great help, thanks for that.

looking at a shock on ebay and hadn't got time to take the unit out the bike.

[Coose]

That drawing is rather useful!

Which shock are you looking at? Chances are that someone may have tried it already and could let you know whether it's a simple fit and/or what would need to be done to make it fit if possible.

[rich-racing.co.uk]

That drawing is rather useful!

Which shock are you looking at? Chances are that someone may have tried it already and could let you know whether it's a simple fit and/or what would need to be done to make it fit if possible.

was looking at a technoflex on fleabay. said it should fit an early blade, which meant it should fit a rap too. from the drawing it 's 15mm too short tho at 195mm.

I've got a showa unit out of my 748, and also an R1 shock from a '99 4XV. going to look into those while I'm at it, tho would have to move the battery box..

[Coose]

Aye, just seen that Technoflex. If it had adjustable ride height it might've been worth a punt!

One thing to consider is that you can always go for a longer shock - my 'Blade Maxton is set to 315mm with Bike Farm jack up plates fitted also (+25mm I think - I'll have to measure them sometime), so you could easily go for a longer shock with standard plates. The turn-in on mine is cracking!

[rich-racing.co.uk]

Aye, just seen that Technoflex. If it had adjustable ride height it might've been worth a punt!

One thing to consider is that you can always go for a longer shock - my 'Blade Maxton is set to 315mm with Bike Farm jack up plates fitted also (+25mm I think - I'll have to measure them sometime), so you could easily go for a longer shock with standard plates. The turn-in on mine is cracking!

bike came with jack up plates. might look at a 1999 R1 shock I already have, also a showa unit off my 748. but both have piggyback reservoirs so the battery box is in the way

sorted the forks so back feels pretty wallowy now.

[kev]

ive got a penske race shock from an r1 on mine its the dogs high/lowspeed compresion etc adjustable ride ht oh endless twidling

[Coose]

Battery box relocation is simple - join the TL Zone forum and search for fitting a TL1000R battery box to a TL1000S by Sam (a neighbour of mine - have a look at his fine collection of TLs too. His race bike chucks out 140bhp at the wheel and he's building one with a Rotrex supercharger... )

This mod moves the battery to the left-hand side of the motor, just below the radiator. It's pretty straight-forward, where you should only need to make a bracket and possibly knock up a spacer. I have an "R" battery box which I picked up as I was going to go down the route of an Aprilia RSV Ohlins shock but the 'Blade Maxton appeared. It's a bit battered (the box), otherwise I'd offer it to you for nominal beer tokens....