Gears suspension

[Clancy oto]

Anyone else running these Gears rear shocks? Be interested in your thoughts/settings for fully loaded off road use.

So far really enjoying these. Holds like it’s on rails on tar sweepers. Night and day off road.
About to embark on a 700km camping trip with 7L of extra fuel, food, water and camping gear for a 5 nights solo hopefully without fellow human contact. Will report back but so far a massive improvement. Smooth as silk.

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[m in sc]

spendy but nice.

since you went that far, id consider removing the crappy rubber swingarm bushings and going bronze bushings. have these on my 2 stroke grom after i destroyed the stock ones.

MNNTHBX Bronze Swingarm Bushing Kit for Honda Grom / Monkey

Big Time Small Bore

mnnthbx.com

 

[Gene56]

Looks nice! Wish I had that set up!

 

[Clancy oto]

spendy but nice.

since you went that far, id consider removing the crappy rubber swingarm bushings and going bronze bushings. have these on my 2 stroke grom after i destroyed the stock ones.

MNNTHBX Bronze Swingarm Bushing Kit for Honda Grom / Monkey

Big Time Small Bore

mnnthbx.com

Good call man. Will look into it.
Thanks


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[Clancy oto]

2 stroke grom? Heck yes. Do tell.


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[m in sc]

2 stroke grom? Heck yes. Do tell.


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OG i bought new, blew up original motor after i went way too far with a 4v setup. put in a suzuki LT250R motor. LOTS of fab work but its been done for a few years.

DGR 2021:

Deals gap 2020

 

[dmonkey]

Great DGR shot!

 

[Mick In VT]

m in sc - are the grom bushings the same as required for the CT? I checked out the parts diagram on Partzilla, but they don’t give parts numbers for the bushings.

 

[Cpd419]

There’s no stroke like a two stroke. I would love to have a 60’s street two stroke.

 

[m in sc]

as far as i know they are all the same bushing. The bushings are considered part of the swingarm.

 

[Mick In VT]

Thanks. I’ll email the company you referenced and see if they have additional info.

 

[Mick In VT]

MNNTHBX replied within minutes of my writing them to say they expect the bronze bushings would fit but they don’t have direct experience. They also said that if we could provide good dimensions on the oem bushing they could be more definitive. Is there anyone out there who has replaced their swingarm and could give us some good measurements on the original?

 

[m in sc]

i know if you pull one of the side supports off you can measure it. when i did the grom there were no options and i made them, thats how i checked. i did replace them later with the ones i listed though. mine were 'ok' but never got the final finish where i wanted them. I however DID (after i installed the new ones) add a grease fitting and drill the outer bushing and arm. should now be good... forever.

 

[Mick In VT]

That sounds easy enough to check by removing the side cover. I’ll try that on a milder day in March. Not expecting to get out on Vermont roads until April.

 

[Clancy oto]

About 1000km on the new suspension.
Cannot recommend enough. Fully loaded out bush for 4 nights on the snowy river and vic high country, performed flawlessly. Absolutely changed the bike.

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[Little_Thumper_Boy]

Anyone else running these Gears rear shocks?...

Nice
So what fork mods/upgrades have you done (or planning)?

 

[Clancy oto]

Nice
So what fork mods/upgrades have you done (or planning)?

Just the chimera fork caps so far. Nothing else really planned. For me it was the rear that was suffering the most. Especially loaded on dirt roads and trails.


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[m in sc]

thats a great series of pics, nice.

 

[SneakyDingo]

Just the chimera fork caps so far. Nothing else really planned. For me it was the rear that was suffering the most. Especially loaded on dirt roads and trails.

+1 this experience. Rear upgrade made a huge difference.

 

[m in sc]

had the RH rear plate off did a quick comparison. yup, 99% sure the bronze bushings for a grom will work on one of these.