Fitting a rear shock? What's involved?

[racefactory]

Awesome, I'l have a look at that.

Just found an awesome simple mod to get NC30 ride height up and firm the rear shock in one, thought i'd post in case others come across it.

Robert Taylor, what do you think of this mod? http://www.400greybike.info/newforum...eight&start=10

[vifferman]

Hey man, that's an idea. I was originally thinking maybe you can get spacers that you pry back the shock spring and stuff them between the spring and the top of the spring guide where it rests against

You've misinterpreted what I said and meant. I was talking about a spacer between the top of the shock and where it mounts to the frame. This is a length adjustment only, and does nothing to spring rate. When I did it to the VFR, it was only 6mm, and solely for the purpose of raising the rear very slightly to speed up the steering by effectively steepening the front fork angle.
As for that other mod you linked to, if you read through it you'll find out where the original poster suggested drilling a second hole it actually overlaps with the first, effectively making it unusable. The last posts in the thread talk about a special eccentric mount, which would cost a fair bit more than just drilling a hole. Also, it's effectively changing the lower mount geometry so it's changing the whole rate at which the suspension works - another can of worms.
Generally, there's no cheap 'magic' fix. On the VFR800, I had to spend over $2k to sort my suspension to my satisfaction.

[Robert Taylor]

Awesome, I'l have a look at that.

Just found an awesome simple mod to get NC30 ride height up and firm the rear shock in one, thought i'd post in case others come across it.

Robert Taylor, what do you think of this mod? http://www.400greybike.info/newforum...eight&start=10

It has merit yes, at least with respect to attaining good geometry. Of course that stock shock is nothing to write home about and given its age the oil etc will be long past its use by date. But improvement is always a term of relativity, it will be better.