Posty turned up today with my Wilber suspension, a big UP to "Everyaccessory", extremely helpful, know their stuff, and their attitude is a nice refreshing change...
and..they Under promise and Over deliver
told me 3 weeks delivered to my door in 2.5..
I opted for the "sportline" colourways rather than the stealth "classic" ones..OK I'm a tart...bite me !
Did the rear first, simple job achieved from start to finish in around 20 mins, inc faffing with the damping bottle...
theres a lovely alloy clamp for the preload but just some rubber blocks and hoseclips for the remote damper, still didn't look too bad when fitted, but ended up being the only thing I was slighty dissapointed with...
next I tackled the front, which while basically simple there were enough pitfalls to catch you out, I ended up removing the centre section of the crash bars, and the rear wheel again to give me enough lift to get the shock out, I also had to remove the tank cover to gain access to the top nut.
refitting was easy but, it didn't look right and I ended up taking it back out , eventually the penny dropped, theres a spacer on the OE shock which you need for the new one, at first glance this look like it's part of the shock rod, but no, it IS seperate and you DO need it.
Once I'd sorted this it all went swimmingly and around 15 mins later the bike was stood on its own two wheels again, I re-fitted the engine bars and the started on replacing the filler cap/tank cover....
Well what an UTTER utter Bas*rd THAT is !
it took longer to get the filler cap bolted back on than the rest of the bloody job !
eventually all the bolts went back in and the rest of the bike went back together in double quick time.
Dropping the bike down off it's centre stand my first impression were "very controled" throwing a leg over it for the first time, ride height with the hydraulic pre-load at min is roughly the same as the OE shock at Max, as it's sprung for my weight now, the bike gives but not too much, again damping feels taut...so far so good !
so first ride..now I'll be the first to admit, I've only managed about 5 miles on it, I've a lot on atm and ended up rushing slightly but, first ride impression are..
Taut ride, with nice damping, kinda firmer but plusher if that makes sense.. ?
over some ripple bumps, again it felt composed, a good test will be to see if it's lost that grip/slip feel whilst leant over on ripples...but that will have to wait till next time..
there is no longer a "sinking" from the rear when you gas it and it seems to tip in well in corners but again time will tell....
Over all first impressions are very positive, and seem to be worth the money, certainly if it stops me draggin the main stand around like a dog with worms I'll be well happy
some pics below...
I fitted some side panels today as well so the damping bottle ended up hidden after all...
and..they Under promise and Over deliver
told me 3 weeks delivered to my door in 2.5..I opted for the "sportline" colourways rather than the stealth "classic" ones..OK I'm a tart...bite me !
Did the rear first, simple job achieved from start to finish in around 20 mins, inc faffing with the damping bottle...
theres a lovely alloy clamp for the preload but just some rubber blocks and hoseclips for the remote damper, still didn't look too bad when fitted, but ended up being the only thing I was slighty dissapointed with...
next I tackled the front, which while basically simple there were enough pitfalls to catch you out, I ended up removing the centre section of the crash bars, and the rear wheel again to give me enough lift to get the shock out, I also had to remove the tank cover to gain access to the top nut.
refitting was easy but, it didn't look right and I ended up taking it back out , eventually the penny dropped, theres a spacer on the OE shock which you need for the new one, at first glance this look like it's part of the shock rod, but no, it IS seperate and you DO need it.
Once I'd sorted this it all went swimmingly and around 15 mins later the bike was stood on its own two wheels again, I re-fitted the engine bars and the started on replacing the filler cap/tank cover....
Well what an UTTER utter Bas*rd THAT is !
it took longer to get the filler cap bolted back on than the rest of the bloody job !eventually all the bolts went back in and the rest of the bike went back together in double quick time.
Dropping the bike down off it's centre stand my first impression were "very controled" throwing a leg over it for the first time, ride height with the hydraulic pre-load at min is roughly the same as the OE shock at Max, as it's sprung for my weight now, the bike gives but not too much, again damping feels taut...so far so good !
so first ride..now I'll be the first to admit, I've only managed about 5 miles on it, I've a lot on atm and ended up rushing slightly but, first ride impression are..
Taut ride, with nice damping, kinda firmer but plusher if that makes sense.. ?
over some ripple bumps, again it felt composed, a good test will be to see if it's lost that grip/slip feel whilst leant over on ripples...but that will have to wait till next time..
there is no longer a "sinking" from the rear when you gas it and it seems to tip in well in corners but again time will tell....
Over all first impressions are very positive, and seem to be worth the money, certainly if it stops me draggin the main stand around like a dog with worms I'll be well happy
some pics below...
I fitted some side panels today as well so the damping bottle ended up hidden after all...
