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Got the shock installed on the original mounts and its sitting about the same height it was with the old shock and my loweried mounts.
its shorter by 40 mm. so lowers the bike a couple inches compared to stock.
Ill snap some pics in the Morning.
it has adjustable preload and rebound. as well as a shrader valve for charging.
it can be disasembled so rebuildable perhaps.
so this means the hawks shock was 320mm and must be very close to a 1200 spring.
I left the preload at the setting it came with, maybey half way, and set the rebound to 5 of 10 for an initial setting. the preload may be a touch loose but Ill have to ride it to tell.
the original shock was unable to cope with the increased leverage being applied. Riding at Limestone Saturday I fear has mixed the gas with the oil ruining the dampening.
the new shock required shimming to center it in the mounts. the shims I already had made for the replacement mount on the bottom worked fine, and i made 2 half as thick for the top mount. bolts were a match at 10mm thick.
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