kc5555

quick update....been out for a few km with the 929 shock & new tires so tough to say which has made the improvement, but over rough surfaces and potholes the bike feels alot more planted where before it would get a tad loose in the back end. Not sure what to attribute that to really, assuming the shock is planting the rear end better than before. So far money/time well spent I think though.

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but this was 1 of the winter projects. Last night I got the 929 shock installed, using a 39mm aluminum spacer. The shocks reservoir is facing backwards, away from the head & exhaust, under the plastic tray that is the battery box, but also holds the wiring harness loom. When bolting up the shock, I did notice the reservoir pushing up against this plastic lip that shields the harness. I dont think its too much of an issue. Is there much movement of the shock & reservoir itself? Another thing I noticed, the lower adjustment screw on the 929 shock sticks out a little long, and is coming awfully close to the 3 point triangular linkage where I fear contact. Has anyone had this issue? Can post pics if it helps. Any input appreciated.

Didnt have a metric bit for aluminum, ended up with a nice spacer, but not a tight fit around the metric 10.9 grade bolt. Should this be ok? Something tells me, not ideal, could introduce movement or slop in the connection. Another argument is that the forces are up and down, once bolted in snug, there should be no torquing laterally. That doesnt seem right either though. Or does an imperial bolt (sorry the sizes escape me) pass through the frame ok, in which case I would use it....

i installed mine today, easy to do, especially with the instructions. The air box cap was a nice surprise. My reed vavles were caked in carbon which is kind of worrying. What do the exhaust valves look like. Should I take some sort of action to try and clean the top end? some kind of magical additive? Anyone inject water into a running engine to clean carbon with reasonable results?

Do need to defeat an ecu component of the pair system as is eluded to in an earlier post?

seeing as I'd be 5th and 5 is my lucky number, count me in.....