What is this rear shock off???

ouchmyhand · Post by **ouchmyhand** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:13 am

I bought this for my 91 FZR600 and after taking the original out, found that this is about 100mm too long and my original doesn't have an adjustment knob like this one does.
Any ideas what its off?
Its 365mm long from bolt hole centre to bolt hole centre.
I'm going to try and sell it seeing as i can't use it, so if anyone is interested or knows what it's for, please let me know.

Any help much appreciated.

straygator · Post by **straygator** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:18 pm

If it'll fit an '87 I'm interested ... I'm still kicking myself for not getting that Fox shock off of ebay a while ago. Wireless broadband modem coughed an I missed it by a few seconds

orionburn · Post by **orionburn** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:10 pm

straygator wrote:If it'll fit an '87 I'm interested ... I'm still kicking myself for not getting that Fox shock off of ebay a while ago. Wireless broadband modem coughed an I missed it by a few seconds

Esnipe my friend, Esnipe.... http://esnipe.com/

Tim bugged me forever about using it, and now that I have I love the thing. No worries about being home or watching the auction til the last minute. Definately worth the (very small) price to pay for their service.

ouchmyhand · Post by **ouchmyhand** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:50 pm

How can i find out if it fits an 87?

ouchmyhand · Post by **ouchmyhand** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:54 am

anybody???

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:06 am

I don't know for sure but it looks identical to the one on my mate's Fazer 600.
That could be why someone thought it would do the FZR600

John

Post by **Hooligan** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:53 pm

you'll need an '87 shock to compare geometry to.

jpm600 · Post by **jpm600** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:54 pm

Quite sure that is identical to my YZF600r shock that broke a while ago.

94-95 model. It was recalled by yamaha, so who knows if that's a defective or a good one.

sickle44 · Post by **sickle44** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:50 pm

Looks an awful lot like my FZR 1000's, if you wanna take some measurements for comparison, I've got mine sitting in a box now. Although, can't help you on the internals and that's obviously what really counts. Maybe see if you can find some part numbers or something on it and I'll also look for comparison.

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:49 am

The FZR doesn't have that convenient but crumby preload step collar, it has threads. (Unless my memory's shot completely)

John

sickle44 · Post by **sickle44** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:53 pm

No my FZR doesn't have spring preload adjustment but I didn't really see one there unless that black slotted thingy is "the step collar in question".

Cheers.

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:50 pm

that black slotted thingy

is indeed a pretty standard preload adjuster.
The problem with a budget shock like that is that you can adjust the preload but not the rebound, so your bike turns into a pogo if you try to firm things up a bit.

John

ouchmyhand · Post by **ouchmyhand** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:55 pm

The yellow triangle sticker has this string on it, but other than that, there is no numbers or markings on it.
4AA-22259-40

Its 365mm long from bolt hole centre to bolt hole centre.
Spring length on shock is around 216mm

If anyone knows what this shock will fit, I'd really appreciate the info, as i don't want to sell it without knowing what its for.

Thanks,
Ed

creed12r · Post by **creed12r** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:52 am

Yoniboi wrote:
that black slotted thingy
is indeed a pretty standard preload adjuster.
The problem with a budget shock like that is that you can adjust the preload but not the rebound, so your bike turns into a pogo if you try to firm things up a bit.

John

The notched aluminium wheel on the l/h side of the photo is the rebound damping adjuster (same system as EXUP shock)

The stepped collar on r/h side of photo is the pre-load adjuster.

Sorry I don't know what it's off though.

Chris

KontoBoy · Post by **KontoBoy** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:39 pm

I couldn't find a 4AA-800259-40 part number. However 4AA-800259-XX-00 designates the part number for warning stickers on a wide range of dirt bikes, mostly YZ, YFM and YFZ 250 and 350s.

Kontoboy