Couple of noob questions re. suspension customising

[vifferman]

All you need now is a can of CRC.

Not.
CRC is useless apart from for cleaning tar off (and even then, there's better things). Buy some WD40 instead.

[magicmonkey]

I've got loads of CRC at the moment although I've found that a combination of kerosene, steel wool and autosol have been getting a nice finish on even the most nasty areas, it's just about impossible to get in the nooks and crannies though!

[avgas]

Swingarm still standard?
Old ZXR4 I had actually had a later ZXR7 swinger with shock as it was better kit (banana rather than straight etc).

[magicmonkey]

Swingarm still standard?
Old ZXR4 I had actually had a later ZXR7 swinger with shock as it was better kit (banana rather than straight etc).

Looks like it is, as far as I can tell anyway, my manual is from a 'c' model so I can't be sure (the 'a' model ones are in japanese and I can't even find one of them for the pictures!) I was going to spend a bit of time in the garage yesterday and post some pics of the rear suspension to ask opinions but following an unexpectedly heavy Saturday night I decided to spend the day watching crap on tv whilst groaning instead, hopefully I'll have a bit of time for it tonight...

[magicmonkey]

ok, so I've worked out how I'm going to sort out the front suspension but I'm still a bit stumped on the rear. On searching the interwebs I've found this picture:



which shows the spacers exactly how they are on mine, could anyone tell me if this is just 2 different people employing the same mod or if it's standard to have those spacers there?

[avgas]

ok, so I've worked out how I'm going to sort out the front suspension but I'm still a bit stumped on the rear. On searching the interwebs I've found this picture:



which shows the spacers exactly how they are on mine, could anyone tell me if this is just 2 different people employing the same mod or if it's standard to have those spacers there?

Sorry for sounding a bit like a blind noob here - but I think my perspective could be a bit different to yours.
When you were saying spacers I was thinking around the linkages to hold the shock in place. But could your draw a circle around what you mean in the photo?
Cheers
Stew

[magicmonkey]

Sorry for sounding a bit like a blind noob here - but I think my perspective could be a bit different to yours.
When you were saying spacers I was thinking around the linkages to hold the shock in place. But could your draw a circle around what you mean in the photo?
Cheers
Stew

I'd love to, just haven't got any image editing software at the moment (fresh install, being lazy!) I mean the bit right at the top, above the frame, with the 2 bolts and the 3 washers on it. Looking at how it goes together I can't see that it makes a difference to the suspension set up, it just makes getting the airbox out a pain in the tits!

Other than that, I strapped the bike up and got the front suspension to the right height earlier so that's all good a bit of 'percussive persuading' helped out a treat