shock replacement RG150

**SHELRACING** · 10th December 2007, 07:12

I want to replace the rear shock on my rg framed bucket racer, I need something a bit stffer with good adjustment options.

Anyone have any Ideas on what I could fit in place of the original ??

Cheers
Steve

**Coyote** · 10th December 2007, 08:04

I put a VFR400 shock in my old RG150. Solid as fuck, but better than plush as hell in my opinion.

It's a bucket racer, find the cheapest shock on trademe and bung it in

**Robert Taylor** · 10th December 2007, 09:15

Originally Posted by Coyote

I put a VFR400 shock in my old RG150. Solid as fuck, but better than plush as hell in my opinion.

It's a bucket racer, find the cheapest shock on trademe and bung it in

Even a bucket bike needs a shock that works properly! Beware of ''if it will fit it might work'' advice.

**koba** · 10th December 2007, 09:39

Originally Posted by Coyote

I put a VFR400 shock in my old RG150. Solid as fuck, but better than plush as hell in my opinion.

It's a bucket racer, find the cheapest shock on trademe and bung it in

I bought that bike with that shock in it, I removed it that night, Altho coyote probably disagreed it handles like absolute shite!
Far FAR worse than the stock shock.
I think fiddling with length of the dogbones MAY be a good place to start, but I'm no expert.
(KEEPING the stock ones in case you need to revert back to them!)

I would go that way myself because it is easy and MAY give some results, if it makes it worse you will still learn a bit about how changes affect the bike, with minimum outlay and the safest place for it, the bucket track!

I would NOT put a VFR shock in there, it made the full weight Road legal RG to high and hard in the rear, and the back would lift and slide SOOO badly!

That effect would probably be even worse in a stripped down bucket scenario

If in doubt, leave it and practice practice practice, you may find that cracking the throttle open earlier or some other wee trick solves whatever it Is you are hving probs with!

Good luck!

**Coyote** · 10th December 2007, 13:06

Originally Posted by Robert Taylor

Even a bucket bike needs a shock that works properly! Beware of ''if it will fit it might work'' advice.

I was joking really. By all means, get ohlins suited for a 100kg bike if you're serious, but considering the rest of the bike only costs about $500-1000 I wouldn't be putting too much into it myself (though I've never had the money myself).

Originally Posted by koba

I bought that bike with that shock in it, I removed it that night, Altho coyote probably disagreed it handles like absolute shite!
Far FAR worse than the stock shock.
I think fiddling with length of the dogbones MAY be a good place to start, but I'm no expert.
(KEEPING the stock ones in case you need to revert back to them!)

I would go that way myself because it is easy and MAY give some results, if it makes it worse you will still learn a bit about how changes affect the bike, with minimum outlay and the safest place for it, the bucket track!

I would NOT put a VFR shock in there, it made the full weight Road legal RG to high and hard in the rear, and the back would lift and slide SOOO badly!

That effect would probably be even worse in a stripped down bucket scenario

If in doubt, leave it and practice practice practice, you may find that cracking the throttle open earlier or some other wee trick solves whatever it Is you are hving probs with!

Good luck!

The shock wasn't really meant to be part of the deal...

The harder shock was better for me since I was beginning to ride 2 up more often and the harder shock handled the weight of 2 people far better than the original which bottomed out often. But as I've said I've never owned a bike that had good suspension so I don't know what I'm missing out on. Hopefully it's inmproving my control rather than just keeping me at a constantly bad level of danger.

**Robert Taylor** · 10th December 2007, 16:49

Originally Posted by Coyote

I was joking really. By all means, get ohlins suited for a 100kg bike if you're serious, but considering the rest of the bike only costs about $500-1000 I wouldn't be putting too much into it myself (though I've never had the money myself).

The shock wasn't really meant to be part of the deal...

The harder shock was better for me since I was beginning to ride 2 up more often and the harder shock handled the weight of 2 people far better than the original which bottomed out often. But as I've said I've never owned a bike that had good suspension so I don't know what I'm missing out on. Hopefully it's inmproving my control rather than just keeping me at a constantly bad level of danger.

At no time did I mention Ohlins nor would I have had for a budget application as this. My inference was to make a sensible choice.