hello,Im new to this forum but long time rider, I just buy a 95 1100w and I was working on it,reading this forum and making mi ride better!. Ok,the rear shock wassufering of the *cadillac simdrome*,so after reading on this forum about the busa o gsxr shock,I buy one on ebay for $25 total,and after 4 hours I swaped the old one for the new one. So,I buy a 09 busa shock,I have the stock air box but I find no problems to fit the shock,other that now the bike sits a full 1" higher!,also,now she leans a lot more with the sidestand....but,what the hell,she runs 1000% better now,and I can actually turn without weaving !!!. one last thing, my thacometer is going loco,is there any way to perform a test o something?, I read here that usually is the thach that is going bad, any sugestions? thanks mark
09 busa shock on 95 1100w, done! with pics
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Lol^^
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I should have seen that coming:biggrin
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Thanks for having a sense of humour!
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Thanks man! I've been doing alot of work to it.....almost got it to what i want!
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I left it at the stock settings, was just right as far as I was concerned for my riding style. Body weight will make a lot of difference, I'm in at 265. Spring on the 'busa shock is a monster, lighter rider will want to let the collars out a fair bit. Stock is set in the middle fo the threads. Damping... not sure. Didn't mess w/ it, seemed fine for my style as is.
I'm getting conflicting advice all over about this.
I don't know if they're different dimensions but I got a '99 'busa shock.
One guy I was speaking to assures me it won't fit and I'll have to use the shorter Busa knuckle, or it hits the back of the swingarm.
Sadly as far as settings go the shock came with the adjusters turned fully in on comp & rebound.
I was told it's fine just that the shop tested the adjusters were fully free.
Another line of attack on this might be the 07 750 shock I've read here it goes in easily.
I don't know if they're different dimensions but I got a '99 'busa shock.
One guy I was speaking to assures me it won't fit and I'll have to use the shorter Busa knuckle, or it hits the back of the swingarm.
Sadly as far as settings go the shock came with the adjusters turned fully in on comp & rebound.
I was told it's fine just that the shop tested the adjusters were fully free.
Another line of attack on this might be the 07 750 shock I've read here it goes in easily.
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Bullshit. Speaking from experience on this one, the 'Busa shock knuckle won't fit because of the geometry and the 1100 frame mount. I tried. And that was w/ the stock 1100 s/arm. No other spacers required, direct fit. Search for 'Busa shock swap' and you'll find my thread where I showed the installation.
Once I installed a 'Busa s/arm, I used 3" lowering links to get the bike back to a stock-ish ride height.
Once I installed a 'Busa s/arm, I used 3" lowering links to get the bike back to a stock-ish ride height.
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Found it - http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112502
Great job & nicely explained.
Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.
I can see your's is a 98 bike so you'll have the same top-braced swinger set-up as my '96.
Thanks. :cheers
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Uh oh, just noticed you haven't got the std airbox on.
I was hoping to keep mine.
Found it - http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112502
Great job & nicely explained.
Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.
I can see your's is a 98 bike so you'll have the same top-braced swinger set-up as my '96.
Thanks. :cheers
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Uh oh, just noticed you haven't got the std airbox on.
I was hoping to keep mine.
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I had pods on when I bought the bike, so the airbox wasn't even in the equation.
Ive got a complete 09 Busa swinger, shock and everything in my 7/11.
The shock dont just fit straight in, you have to move battery, and i had to cut a bit of my airbox lid.
Waste of time that so i junked airbox and fitted individual filters and jetted up.
The shock dont just fit straight in, you have to move battery, and i had to cut a bit of my airbox lid.
Waste of time that so i junked airbox and fitted individual filters and jetted up.
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