SOOO before I hijacked He Man's thread too much, I've decided to start a new one
I did a bit of research and found the 848/1098/1198 shock is the same length as the 696/796/1100 shock.
there are a few differences, but they are closer than I thought
Travel: 60mm vs 58.5mm sbk vs monster
Spring: 80n/m vs 115 n/m sbk vs monster
Piston: 36mm vs 46mm sbk vs monster
What does the piston difference mean in real world use?
If I swap the springs would the shock work?
or would the 80n/m with the 36mm piston result is similar characteristics of the 115n/m spring with 46mm piston?
This is all assuming the housing of the horizontal reservoir doesn't hit the swingarm or subframe.
That's a TTX shock, it's got a totally different damping arrangement, a twin-tube design with smaller piston.
Very nice hardware, but I doubt it would fit.
Ok how about the stock 848 showa
the damping profile would probably be wrong, but the actual shock itself is just a component to be built. talk to a good suspension shop, they should be able to tell you if the showa is a better base point and what they can do with it.
Don't know but...email Dan Kyle, web site http://www.kyleusa.com/ (http://www.kyleusa.com/) Dan will know.
Quote from: Raux on September 29, 2012, 03:07:15 PM
Ok how about the stock 848 showa
Take a look at one, IMO the reservoir would foul on all sorts of stuff.