Any help on removing the rear shocker please? 2013 F800 Adv

[Mark Hooton]

Hi all, I`m thinking of taking my rear shock off and sending it to Calsport to fit a lower spring.

I`ve never worked on the F800 2013 Adv before - not being a total biff (not far off ) I was going to do it myself but I`d like to ask a couple of things:

1. Anyone done it before? And if so may I ask for their guidance?
2. The options are 20mm & 35mm lowered spring. Am I best going for the 35mm spring and if its too low simply jack up the preload?

Waddya think guys?

Any help greatly appreciated

 

[Bem]

Hi Mark

1) Re. taking off the shock is straightforward enough, just need a long torx bit to get to the lower mounting without taking off the chainguard etc Well within your skills (Pah Biff? not you!) Without having a proper shock/spring compressor my life was made very difficult (by me) in trying to compress the spring enough to get the wretched clamping collar on - bet you have all the bits!
2) no experience of the shorter springs

HTH
Brian

 

[curiousexplorer]

Hallo, Mark,
I had our 2 f650-ties lowered by 30mm a while ago. What I did was machine a new groove, 10mm lower than the original one, on the damper body for the circlip holding the spring in place. With a ratio of the rear fork of 1:3 you get 30mm at the rear wheel. No need to buy a new spring. And you can always revert to original quickly. The front was lowered by shortening the inner plastic distancer by 20mm, and sink the forktubes by 5mm, no effect on roadholding/stability whatsoever. Greetz Hans.

 

[Mark Hooton]

Hi Mark

1) Re. taking off the shock is straightforward enough, just need a long torx bit to get to the lower mounting without taking off the chainguard etc Well within your skills (Pah Biff? not you!) Without having a proper shock/spring compressor my life was made very difficult (by me) in trying to compress the spring enough to get the wretched clamping collar on - bet you have all the bits!
2) no experience of the shorter springs

HTH
Brian

Thanks Brian, your advice is very helpful mate

 

[Mark Hooton]

Hallo, Mark,
I had our 2 f650-ties lowered by 30mm a while ago. What I did was machine a new groove, 10mm lower than the original one, on the damper body for the circlip holding the spring in place. With a ratio of the rear fork of 1:3 you get 30mm at the rear wheel. No need to buy a new spring. And you can always revert to original quickly. The front was lowered by shortening the inner plastic distancer by 20mm, and sink the forktubes by 5mm, no effect on roadholding/stability whatsoever. Greetz Hans.

Thank you for your advice fella