Rear Shocks

[Jamie]

The bikes load limit is 265lbs, I weigh 200lbs and I would like to have my wife as a passenger for going from the campground to the store/restaurant/etc. I am thinking a beefier set of rear shocks should allow her to be on the bike. Just seems daunting to pick a pair. Any suggestions would be most welcome. What have you all done?

 

[dmonkey]

YSS, Gears, and Ohlins are just some of the adjustable rear suspension options. The YSS without remote reservoir seem like they may be the more popular choice. I have the Ohlins ones and they're very spendy but have been great. I'm not riding 2 up though so can't comment on that.

CT 125/trail Suspension upgrades

Please use this thread to post up detailed Mods/Upgrades for the CT125. Forks/Rear Shocks IF I missed a similar thread, I'll delete this one.

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Option for rear shock, not yss

Ordered a set of these from treatland, these guys are awesome to deal with (have used them for other stuff). have a set of these coming considering the YSS shocks i ordered have a non traceable tracking number.. which means i think i got screwed or they will show up in may or june. who knows...

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YSS Basic Shocks

Went with the 69.95 special for rear shocks not including the shipping gouge. The big appeal here is they are adjustable. Being 6’2” and 195-200 something had to be done. Went on easy enough, 5 clicks to stiffen them and I can say it’s made a noticeable improvement over stock! I do have the...

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Gears suspension

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...

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Suspension Upgrade - Öhlins fork springs and shocks

With about 2 months on my Ohlins suspension setup I figured I'd share my thoughts for anyone else interested. My motivation for upgrading was that I was frequently bottoming out the stock suspension off-road, and the bike would easily go into a bounce on-road which didn't inspire confidence at...

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You can find some CT125 + YSS content on YouTube such as install videos and reviews.

 

[theazexpedition]

Love that one of my posts was tagged- appreciate that!

The YSS basic shocks have done justice along with the chimera caps in the front. Seems to be one of the cheapest ways to firm up the bike and make it more comfortable for a 200lb person.

Only passenger I’m planning to put on it is my small Aussie, though.

 

[SneakyDingo]

The bikes load limit is 265lbs, I weigh 200lbs and I would like to have my wife as a passenger for going from the campground to the store/restaurant/etc. I am thinking a beefier set of rear shocks should allow her to be on the bike. Just seems daunting to pick a pair. Any suggestions would be most welcome. What have you all done?

I used the 2nd post's recommendation from m in sc, saying it was like it was made for the bike sold it for me. Got black instead of silver. I wrote a post on my install if you want to see what's involved.

#2425 doing maintenance, probably like an idiot

I'll be adding to this whenever something interesting or new is done on the bike, hopefully remembering to take photos as I go. For new and prospective owners, this will be a reference for what they'll probably have to do themselves. For me and for everyone else, it'll be because my dumb arse...

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[Backwoods]

Got my new shocks on , ride is much better and very noticeable improvement soon as I saddled up. My local railroad crossing was uneventful when I crossed it at 15mph, the shocks ate the bumps and no noticeable rebound and the Chimera fork caps round out the suspension quite well. Many Thanks to the members that aided in shock selection and installation tips. The bike feels solid now, the stock suspension was like slinky springs compared to now.