Revalving a stock shock

[bsasuper]

I'd like to get a rear shock revalved simply to improve it, but is it really worth it?
A new shock can be had for a grand, but maybe the revalved/resprung stock (Showa) shock with perform as good? Mr CKT?

[lostinflyz]

its a question of what are you revalving and whats going to cost you 1000 bucks. for a grand you should get a reasonable shock, but itll still need revalving, and the shock may be no better than what you got......

[Robert Taylor]

I'd like to get a rear shock revalved simply to improve it, but is it really worth it?
A new shock can be had for a grand, but maybe the revalved/resprung stock (Showa) shock with perform as good? Mr CKT?

Please advise make and model, year, application, your weight and height and typical loading scenarios?
We in fact now have a large range of a new model of Ohlins shock for just over a grand and it will arrive within that price sprung and valved for you. Way way better than a revalve and respring etc of a stock shock and its got great residual value at the end of it. Modular construction and the ability to purchase or often re-machine every individual part is also a major advantage, affording the possibility of respecing to suit a later bike purchase. If that works out too expensive we then exercise option B by trading used Ohlins for new ( not applicable if you purchased offshore )
What is also lost in translation is that many stock pistons cannot be successfully revalved because the port sizes and max flow rate are too restrictive. That requires a piston kit and often a flow seperator, adding to the cost of repecing something that in all remaining areas will still have limitations in tolerancing and friction minimisation. Oil capacity and cooling is also very marginal.

[bsasuper]

Thanks for reply,so ill be putting up with the stock shock till I have got a grand mad money to flick at a new unit.

[Robert Taylor]

Thanks for reply,so ill be putting up with the stock shock till I have got a grand mad money to flick at a new unit.

Yes, because if you re-piston and re-spring the stock shock you are well on the way to spending close to a grand anyway with that expenditure largely non-recoverable and not the same big result. With the Ohlins option the shock is essentially transportable to the next bike by way of respec to suit or trade in. Not once only dead money.