Mono Shock??

[chpzenker]

Has anyone contemplated putting a single mono shock vs. the two coil over’s on an xs1100?

[DiverRay]

If you do a "search", I think you will find at least two threads. Make the time at least two years, though.

[crazy steve]

It's been done by several forum members, but requires some pretty extensive mods. The OEM swingarm isn't stout enough, so you're talking a new and/or heavily modded swingarm, maybe a new rear wheel/brake, and sometimes (always?) a conversion to chain drive. Do a search for 'mono-shock' and 'swingarm mods'; you'll get lots of hits. Not easy, and usually not too cheap either.

But it is doable...

[cywelchjr]

I recall there was a guy in the Phillipines that did a monoshock mod as well as an undertail exhaust mod. IIRC he kept the shaft drive at the same time, I don't remember what swingarm he used but it was off another yamaha.

[petejw]

theres a cpl of guys on the uk site
that have done the mono shock mod,
heres a link to there site, youll have to do a search
for it tho.

http://www.benefiscal.co.uk/forum/index.php

[petejw]

heres a link to toms rat bike
using the stock swing arm and rear wheel.

http://www.benefiscal.co.uk/forum/in...?topic=1948.75

[Pat Kelly]

http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...ight=shock+mod

A link (photos are gone) of an R! shock mounted on an XS.

[chpzenker]

After looking at all the other posts and facts i believe i will go some other route. thanks for all the great advice.

[perurider]

Theres a member who put the mono shock from an r1 on one side of his xs i cant remember his name his xs had airbrush work on the tank of a skeleton with a tophat then he turned it into a cafe racer. he has 'ford' in his screen namesomeone help me out he also bought a newer superhawk. I think i have an image on my computer ill look.

[Toolmaker Tim]

Mono shock swingarm

The guy in the Phillipines used a Virago swingarm. I remember seeing it recently. I don't know the dimensions of the pivot point of the XS11 vs. the Virago. It looked pretty neat though.

[T99Ford]

I ran the R1 shock for awhile, and it worked really well. Here is a link with pics of it on my bike (gen 2).
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...hock+mod+rocks

When I went the cafe racer route, I removed it since I wanted the look of dual rears again to be a little more style correct. The stock R1 shock was a little stiff for my weight (160#), when used on this swingarm geometry. It would fit a bigger guy really well. I didn't use XSchop's mounting method, though. I actually used the stock shock locations, and just modified bushings in the R1 shock to fit the stock mounting locations. If I remember correctly, only the top mounted needed modification. Beyond that, I did have to take a little material off the edge of the rebound reservoir, to ensure no tire contact. I ran this (hard) for about a year, and never had any flex or breakage issues with it, although I did watch it pretty closely. A pretty simple mod that leaves the LH side of the swingarm looking like it is floating--a pretty cool effect.

[danteinien]

Here's mine. I used a monoshock from an '08 R1.

(XS750/XS850, but, they are the same as the '11)



http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31653

[roccet]

Yes mono shock.

Yes i have done it.. 2010 honda goldwing single arm Mono shock rear end.
a fair amount of prep work to make it work but its possible.

[IMG]http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r90/tarmacsports/?action=view&current=IMG_5514.jpg [ /IMG]

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r...t=IMG_5514.jpg

i hope this pic shows up for some reason i am having problems getting my pics to show up.

[roccet]

MONO and single side


ah there we go.