Originally Posted by duibhceK (Post 147039)

I'll let you know how I get along as soon as I've had the chance to take the bike for a spin (probably not before next weekend though).

Was a pita to install, not because of the shock itself, that part was easy. But some seriously sadistic Yamaha engineer routed the Y-piece of the exhaust right next to the top bolt of the shock. There was no way I could get the bolt out far enough without getting the exhaust out of the way. Which means tank plastics, heat shields, my Givi top plate, passenger grips, number plate holder, exhaust cover and then the exhaust itself... Nothing too difficult, but a lot of work to get at one simple bolt. The hardest part -as usual- was refitting the rear wheel. Seriously, is anyone able to do it on there own? The spacers, the brake, the wheel and the axle. I always need an extra pair of hands to get it in without the spacers falling out again.:102:

Originally Posted by Ni3ous (Post 147049)

- zip tied sprocket on the spokes (to prevent falling apart and squeeze it together as much as it gets, to have maximum space for spacers
- grease bearing seals, so the spacers stick together and dont fall out

Originally Posted by duibhceK (Post 147014)

Tomorrow: fit the Wilbers progressive springs in front

Originally Posted by duibhceK (Post 147039)

The hardest part -as usual- was refitting the rear wheel. Seriously, is anyone able to do it on there own? The spacers, the brake, the wheel and the axle. I always need an extra pair of hands to get it in without the spacers falling out again.:102:

Originally Posted by weeksy (Post 147048)

Did you find the springs any different on the front end Kev ?

Originally Posted by Kev (Post 147126)

Absolutely love them, I class the springs as one of the best mods for my type of riding

Originally Posted by weeksy (Post 147128)

Interesting mate... elaborate on why ? I can't say i noticed a difference... Did you install with or without Kev spacers ?

Originally Posted by Kev (Post 147130)

I can't believe you did not feel the difference, it totally change the front end feel of my XTX.

I wish I had done the mod years ago. The front end has far less dive under braking, the front end provides better feed back under load in hard fast corners. I run the springs with this setup, front fork tubes lowered 30mm, rear end lowered 25mm using XTR links & one notch harder on the rear spring. I am converted & will never go back to standard XTX springs, now want to do the rear spring.