F4i on an '86?

[oldktmdude]

Two more questions on this that I haven't seen answered. I think I read that you, Arnie, used an '06, but everyone else seems to have used something around an '02. Best I can tell, after '02, the cartridge becomes a fixed object instead of a separate canister connected via tube.

I've fitted an '05 CBR shock to my '85 and it has the separate gas canister connected via a hose.

[Arnie]

Kyle,

I was told (I think) that my shock was from an '04, but I don't really know. 
It looked just like the one in aviationfred's photo except it was cleaner.

Since I added a clevis to the UPPER mount, I mounted the shock upside down with the hose near the swingarm linkage and have the canister mounted to the swingarm.

[fintip]

I think I found out that the F4i has the canister connected via hose, while the CBR600RR (nonf4i) has a solid unit. The solid unit is supposedly a higher quality shock, but not by much. (This is from info I found on skymasteres post, he put a link to a guy who dissected several shocks, included both of these.)

Put here for posterity.

Thanks for the info. Will be sending you a PM about the shock Fred, interested. Feel free to preempt me by sending me some more info about it.