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I have been in touch with Nitron and they did say they could make me a shock with a longer hose if I could find somewhere else to mount the reservoir. Were you thinking about positioning it between the subframe and the airbox on the outside of the bike or tucked away inside behind the pillion peg. I had thought of somewhere in this location but I wanted to keep it away from the heat of the exhaust (something Nitron agreed was sensible) and as my bike has the akrapovics fitted I have a pipe running up each side of the bike. Having said that, there doesn't need to be much of a space between the exhaust and the reservoir to ensure heat transfer is minimised. You only need to look at the distance between the heat shield on the pipes and the exhaust itself to realise how small a gap is needed to prevent heat transfer. I'm just a bit worried about ordering a shock and then finding out the hose is too short or too long. |
I can have a measure later for you if you want mate, to give an idea of hose lengths and possible positions?
I would have suggested either of the positions you mentioned, or if your pipes allow it, on the subframe between the pillion peg mounts and the grab handles. You could always wrap a little heat tape around your silencer link pipe if it was too close. |
Right, just been out and done some measuring.
First off I used a can of Wilkos fake WD40 as it's pretty close dimensions to the Nitron reservoir. http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d/IMG_4121.jpg Looks to be the best place to put it. No chance of it snagging on the tyre, or your feet. I measured up the hose from the shock to reservoir and it came up at 350mm �10mm (it's hard getting a tape in there). I put that length onto a spare braidewd hose I had and it would reach the Wilkos can fine, with a bit of spare (15-20mm). Hope that helps fella. |
I put my Wilbers external reservoir in exactly that place. Fits nicely.
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Those look like damper rods...
Kinda disapointing, but I suspected that the fork internals were old school. I hate the front end dive on the R, the rear shock is fine. I wonder if having the rear shock rebuilt by racetech is possible. I'm pretty sure they already have cartridge emulators that would fit inside the 43mm Paioli forks, but I guess I'd have to take them apart to measure the damper rod, stanchion and spring for them to figure out which ones will fit. I'm pretty sure that the cartridge emulators will make more of a difference than the springs, the stock forks are a bit underdamped. |
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http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2227/ts2mq.th.jpg http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/443...derbein.th.jpg Length of hose should be easily adjustable by suspension experts. Phil |
Hi Flatboarder,
Is that a WP shock? Do you mind me asking which one it is? I was just looking at the WP site today and I thought it said they didn't make a shock that would fit the Ten. I'm not sure it solves my problem as with the twin pipes I have fitted, the exhaust runs beside where you have mounted the reservoir, and I don't think it would be a good idea to have the reservoir close to that heat. Thanks for the pictures anyway, it's all interesting stuff. |
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http://flatboarder.de/cgi-bin/index....nere#federbein It is a certain MX4014 Spin type shock which was modified completely both internally and externally to fit inside the Tenere. WP do not make a rear shock that would fit out of the box. However, carefully check the rear shock travel available with all of those aftermarket shocks (see mentioned table), since most of them will definitely reduce rear travel considerably. You would not feel that right away, since they work far better than stock rear shock, but in case you need all of the rear travel you would need to take into account. Phil |
hi travelling light ,
since you saw the installation yourself , I have a question, I'm thinking to do exactly the same setup , I only have on bike , I have no car , and I drive it all year long , no matter what surface or weather , The front forks I would like to have done at my dealer , since this does not seem to be that easy to do yourself ... I'm far from a handy mechanic, but I'm just trying to find out if I can fit the rearshock myself , looks quite easy as it is only held by two bolts , so then I'm thinking, remove some stuff like exhaust and so on , remove shock , and replace the new one ... is there some grease needed or is is just switching them ... install and ready ... I would like to do this together with a friend as two sets of hands are very welcome I suppose doing something like this Your thoughts on this are highly apreciated ! |
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For the installation of my Wilbers I did everything myself. I'm not really a mechanic either so I made it easy on myself. Imho there is no strict need to completely dismantle the entire front fork. You could do what I did: remove the caps, take out old springs pump out old feul and let the remainders drain out for a couple of hours. Then install new springs and oil put the caps back on and reinstall. Replacing the "bourages" as well is probably a good idea, but honestly, as long as the current ones are in good condition I don't do it myself. I know some people have different opinions on this, but it has work very well for me so far on both the SV and the XT. It Also keeps the job a lot simpler ;) Rear shock is not that difficult either, but indeed requires a lot of stuff to be removed first. Not hard, but a bit of work. If you'd like some help, let me know. I'm far from an expert, but an extra pair of hands and a bit of experience at the job might come in handy :D |
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