Suspension. Wilburs, Nitron or Hyperpro.

[Tim1989]

Afternoon all. R1200gs Adventure. Standard rear shock leakage at 25,000 miles.

Option 1, rebuild shock. £200

Option 2, Wilburs. £437

Option 3, Hyperpro. £415

Or Ohlins, Nitron etc, but these are quite a bit more. Anyone have experience?

[TwoStrokeNut]

Wilbers shocks are great on bikes half the weight. I've used a few.

No idea on the Panzer though.

[jonindorset]

Just put a Nitron rear spring/shock and Hyperpro fork spring and oil kit on my MT07 and the bike has been transformed.
The Nitron is a thing of beauty and built specifically to my weight, the sag was fine without any adjustment.

[bogie]

Ive had good experience with Nitron and Wilbers. Have the latter on my bike for 6 years now, built to order on spring weight and set up from factory for your sag (give them your weight in gear) great service, as no doubt you would get from Nitron too.

[Shadow R1]

I have a Nitron rear shock on the XSR.

Transformed the rear of the bike, still looking at choices for the front.

[Bob_Defly]

Does anyone know if Nitron does a rear shock for the RC51 SP2? I can't seem to find any info.

[YouWhat]

Bob_Defly said:

Does anyone know if Nitron does a rear shock for the RC51 SP2? I can't seem to find any info.

They do one for the Honda VTR1000 SP2 (02-06). Its listed on their website

[poo at Paul's]

Where you getting that Wilbers price from? I just paid near £800 for one for my SRAD!

[Ho Lee Kau]

I cannot say about the other brands, but I ordered a built-to-order height-adjustable wilbers shock for my F4i a few years ago, with a spring strength for my weight.
I like mine.

I put RaceTech components into the fork, springs and valves.

http://www.racetech.com/

Edited by Ho Lee Kau on Tuesday 8th May 19:05

[bogie]

poo at Paul's said:

Where you getting that Wilbers price from? I just paid near £800 for one for my SRAD!

they do a range starting about £450...all depends on how much adjust-ability you want....

https://www.wilbers-shop.de

I also had a traxxion cartridge kit upgrade on some showa forks, if you are near Yorks, the I can recommend speaking to Gareth at Reactive suspension for supply/fit/setup

http://www.reactivesuspension.com/index.php

[Bob_Defly]

YouWhat said:

Bob_Defly said:

Does anyone know if Nitron does a rear shock for the RC51 SP2? I can't seem to find any info.

They do one for the Honda VTR1000 SP2 (02-06). Its listed on their website

Thanks, didn't see that.

[cbmotorsport]

I'd be inclined to rebuild the standard one, unless I was unhappy with the feel of it first time around. Also depends how long you're gonna keep the bike.

[Tim1989]

cbmotorsport said:

I'd be inclined to rebuild the standard one, unless I was unhappy with the feel of it first time around. Also depends how long you're gonna keep the bike.

The standard one actually isn't that bad so it isn't off the table. The bike is hopefully a long term keeper.

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'll post back with pics if I get something nice!

[Pravus1]

Different brand but I had a maxton gp10 fitted to the rear of my Tuono and at that point I realised how trash the standard rear shock is. More grip, better feel and better ride.

[cbmotorsport]

Tim1989 said:

The standard one actually isn't that bad so it isn't off the table. The bike is hopefully a long term keeper.

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'll post back with pics if I get something nice!

You can afford to have 2 rebuilds for the price of the others, by that time you'll be on 75,000 miles, if you get 25000 per rebuild, but I suspect you'll get more.

[bogie]

To be fair, I think if you take a worn factory shock and replace it with any brand new shock sprung for your weight and setup properly from day one, it will be a vast improvement.....whether you spend £400 or £2000 on the shock will affect your wallet mostly

[308mate]

Tim1989 said:

Afternoon all. R1200gs Adventure. Standard rear shock leakage at 25,000 miles.

Option 1, rebuild shock. £200

Option 2, Wilburs. £437

Option 3, Hyperpro. £415

Or Ohlins, Nitron etc, but these are quite a bit more. Anyone have experience?

How will a non-bmw shock affect the ESA? Or does the ESA only wind the spring up?

[bogie]

Wilbers make ESA conversions for non ESA BMWs and their shocks work with it, probably why the difference in price ....need to go on their website and select exact bike model for all the options.

I really like my Wilbers shocks, just wish I had gone for remote pre-load adjust from the start as I use it quite often when carrying a pillion

[cbmotorsport]

bogie said:

To be fair, I think if you take a worn factory shock and replace it with any brand new shock sprung for your weight and setup properly from day one, it will be a vast improvement.....whether you spend £400 or £2000 on the shock will affect your wallet mostly

Agreed, but on the flip side, a 25000 mile standard shock will feel great once rebuilt. It's also a 1200GS, it's a mile muncher, not a track bike, so I doubt the benefits will be that obvious.

[Tim1989]

308mate said:

How will a non-bmw shock affect the ESA? Or does the ESA only wind the spring up?

It's a non-ESA (from the factory). Carry a pillion so rarely that I just don't need it on the bike.