Pbassred Posted June 30, 2021 Posted June 30, 2021 I'm considering fitting a Nitron Rear shock to my VFR800, because stock are natoriously carp. Its not that the ride is bad, but the damping adjustment does nothing and VFRs are usually under sprung. The choise is between the R1 (damping adjustment) and R2 (independent rebound and damping adjustments). Would I be able to notice the effect of independent adjustment on the road? Quote
bonio Posted June 30, 2021 Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) I got Darren at MCT to fitted an R1 Nitron shock on my Tiger, for the same reason. He resprung the forks at the same time. The bike was completely transformed from an overweight nag into quite a fine stallion. He was happy with the choice of the R1, so I reckoned it would be more than good enough for my uses. My guess it would be more than good enough for the VFR too. By the way, I went for the version with the separate preload control, so I could adjust preload for luggage at with just a few twizzles of the knob. Well worth it, I reckon, if you ride with and without luggage or pillion. Edited June 30, 2021 by bonio 1 Quote
Pbassred Posted July 1, 2021 Author Posted July 1, 2021 On the VFR I will definetly go for remote preload. I was just interested in whether the average rider could tell if the rebound was set differently to the compression. I can see how you could get it hoplessly wrong though! 1 Quote
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