Before I torch my Mono...

[Rob Farmer]

I let one of the guys at work who's into racing try the mono. He reckons it's a nice rear shock bolted to a blamongue.....After a racing Honda he was never going to be impressed was he

It's the rear compression damping that's the problem at the back. Far too hard for the bike, be fine on a sports bike but not the Mono. The fronts just too soggy and needs new springs.

Nice to have an independent opinion

 

[lurcher]

I recommend a nice fat pair of paioli forks, seperate pre load and rebound adjustment

 

[Rob Farmer]

paioli forks


I've just sent an Email to Every accessory to see what can be done with this Wilbers shock.

It's definitely the compression damping thats far too hard. backing the spring and the rebound damping right off and it still feels as though someones kicking you in the backside over the smallest bump, this obviously throws more emphasis on the front springs. unfortunately the compression damping is pre set in this shock. I've put the worn original back on the bike and it feels great again but fades when the oil gets hot in the shock.

Just a minor glitch. I'm sure it will get sorted out.

I had a go on a 600 Honda thats been setup for the track yesterday. May as well have had solid struts instead of suspension. I suspect they assume that all bikes need a fast road setup instead of a squidgy one to suit the old Beemers.

 

[Sylvester]

I have a Wilbers on my wobble box and it works well but.... I have a Wilbers spring kit in the front. My spring has lots of pre load set so it sounds as if the spring is to hard. I know you can get lots of different spring rates so contact Wilbers and see what the score is. I can recommend the front srpring kit though. I had to talk to them to get the approval papers for the shock to get the bike through the Tuv and they were very helpfull.

 

[Sylvester]

Just read your last post where you backed off the spring!! That will teach me to dive in. You should still contact Wilbers as something is not right with the shock the damping settings on my can be adjusted and it makes a big difference to the bike bike but at only at the "hardest" setting is the damping too stiff.
Sorry for being an Ars& but it is early for me.

 

[Beemerboff]

The Wilbers is a copy of the Ohlins, and, despite what the instructions that come with the shock say the damping adjusts both compression and rebound.

At least mine does - just remove the spring and try yours for yourself.
Mine varies from almost unmovable in either direction at full damping to very little in either direction full out.

8 clicks out and there is a fair bit of damping, just movable with the ends in either hand and slightly more rebound than compression.

One thing I have learnt from having the ability to adjust both front and rear on the move is that most of what you read about suspension tuning is a bit off the mark.

Too soft can feel like too hard, and vice versa, and the end which is wrong is just as likely to show at the other end.

It wouldnt cost much to have a technician check it out. Mine is in for a 60,000 km strip, check and service and it will cost the equivalent of 40 quid plus parts if required.

I have refitted the stock shock pro tem and it feels horrid compared to the good one.

 

[Rob Farmer]

I spoke to the guys at Every accessory at lunchtime (nice blokes to talk to) I'm posting the shock back to them to be checked out. Mines the 630 shock and definitely has seperate compression and adjustable rebound damping. I can take the rebound out completely but the shocks still stiff in compression. I wish I'd paid more and had the remote resevoir with adjustable high/low compression damping.

 

[Solo Lobo]

The Ohlin on my mono only takes 3-4 clicks on the comp and reboud to feel like a very different shock...

Well that was after putting the correct spring on! The previous one was way too stiff and adjusting the comp and rebound did little on the wrong spring!

 

[Solo Lobo]

YSS make inserts for the mono forks.

Munich Motorcycles in Perth , Australia is the only place I have seen them..

Dropped a line to Munich to see is what these buggers run...