My shock spacer came today - disamapointed....

[cliveyandrews]

I guess I expected a massive great piece of milling - but when you think about the size and placing of it - it's not gonna be that big.....

Lets hope it shows an improvement...

[AMCQ46]

why be disamapointed if you can be dyslexic

[cliveyandrews]

PMPL.....

I'm not dyslexic - just "special..."

[Pete.L]

Don't be disamapointed, it'll work
What size spacer have you gone for in the end?

Pete.l

[cliveyandrews]

3mm.........

Curious to see what that'll give me...

[geodude]

.. about 3mm I reckon








































I'll get my coat.

[cliveyandrews]

Hehe - apparently 11mm...

"TRANSFORM CORNERING OF YOUR VTR1000 BY FITTING THIS SPACER TO REAR SHOCK, NO MORE RUNNING WIDE IN CORNERS, BIKE STAYS ON LINE WHEN THIS FITTED.

3mm thick

EASY 10 MINS TO FIT, JUST LOOSEN TOP SHOCK BOLT SLIP SPACER IN AND RETIGHTEN.

CHANGES STEERING GEOMETRY BY RAISING BACK END BY APPROX 11mm."

(http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VTR1000-VTR-1000- ... 6215565745)

[geodude]

heh. Let me know how you get on with it. I might nab one if works out for you.

Are you coming to OP Storm II btw?

[benny hedges]

if it was one of the little farty 3mm thick spacers they do make a difference believe it or not.
know what you mean tho - i got one & thought wtf! looks too thin to make a difference
took mine out after a while - still got it somewhere on the garage floor buried under piles of other unwanted tat.
a square unistrut washer with the hole slotted out is better imo

[Jazzscot]

It looks more than 3mm thick in the e-bay pic

[cliveyandrews]

Are you coming to OP Storm II btw?

Erm, possibly....

When/where (I'm a bit behind on the site at the moment)....?

[geodude]

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 14&t=17260

[cliveyandrews]

Yes, found it, mapped it - and commented...

[Pete.L]

It's an age old topic. Roger Ditchfield recomended 3 -6 mm. After 6 mm he said you can suffer with instability problems so not to go any further.
I cut one from a 4 mm bit of plate I had lying around and I was very pleased with the result.
Just loosen the top nut on your shocker, lean the bike over onto the side stand, slip in the spacer, tighten the nut back up and away you go As quick as that

Pete.l

[tony.mon]

I went straight to 6mm and waited to fall off.
Nothing, it's fine.

Handles better, tips in nicely but can get slightly squirrely over cats-eyes accelerating hard with squared-off tyres.

Nothing to throw you off or make you shut the throttle, though.