R1 Monoshock Mod

[Dennyz]

I really like the clean (no shock) look on the drive side.

[xschop]

finally stopped raining

Liked the color of the shock so well that I had to add a silver stripe to match.....Time to start putting some real miles on her now....Blue streak has been laid to rest.....

[DeanR]

Chop.... What kind of bars are those?

I like what you're doing to the bike and reading about your mods.

[xschop]

bars

I took the original RUSTY standard bars and copied them in stainless steel, ran the control wires thru them afterwards....

[skids]

Re: bars

I like the looks of the bike. Nice. OK, slap me down, it needs another shock for symmetry.

[livelifenowff]

yeah i love that fender, seat, bar setup. that paint really brings things into perspective. Good lookin project man.

Kyle

[cajun31]

Looking like a twin

You have it looking amazingly like a v twin. I like it and I bet it eats up most twins on the road.

[mro]

pepe le pue

Do like color verses the blue.
Personally think black is the best color for a bike, car, pants, jacket............just about every thing but a house

While my G is stock colors, do have a few black XSes too...


mro

[xschop]

twins

Yeah, it can take out most twins....After @ 100 hiway miles this weekend, I will be tinkering with the compression rate to see if I can lighten her up.....Around town is great as it is set....

[xschop]

stability

I'm guessing the top adjustment screw is for compression speed, so I turned it CC all the way to test highway bumps at speed. Took her out on the "Oklahoma Autobahn" Turner Turnpike to Tulsa, Ran her at 100mph for a minute or two before passing Thru Chandler where the Po-Po's can't turn around in the median, Then wound her out to 125 for @ a good minute......smooth high speed sailing even with some sudden dips....passed a few Harley guys on the test run

[TomB]

Hey Chop

I'm doing a cantelever monoshock conversion on an XS using a Fazer 1000 shock which is very similar to the R1 shock



I got passed on to a site with the Fazer shock setting up info.

Hope its useful

Click

[Pat Kelly]

How has going to the R1 shock affected the ride height?
I'd like to keep mine stock or even raise it a bit.

[xschop]

height

if you mount it the lazy way (resleeve top R1 mount with 14mm hole) then the ride height will LOWER by 1". Or you can fab a top mount bracket to keep it stock height or raise it.....I mounted my top bracket where the swingarm is parrallel to the road when I sit on the bike....Chop

[snowdog51]

r1

i just got r1 its just like xschop sez its just
awesome as ever bill

[xschop]

r1

got a pic? I have mine on its lowest setting and love it...I am adapting another R1 shock to my single sided swingarm setup cuz I like the ride so much