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Is this Rear Shock a standard 1992 fj1200 shock

Started by wainot-Phil, June 04, 2018, 04:18:51 AM

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wainot-Phil

Hi ,I bought this Shock just for a spare to have in the shed,,   ,It came off a 1992 FJ1200 ,,, Can any one out in FJ Land  please advise if the Shock on a Standard 1992 FJ1200 came out with the Spring painted a "Bright Red" ,This Shock does not have any numbers or ID on it that I can see ,,I have added a few photos,, thanks for that ,,
""Past Bikes""
Suzuki Stinger 125        
Honda 350/4
Kawasaki Z1000
Suzuki GS1000
Kawasaki GPZ900R
Yamaha FJ1100 84
Yamaha FJ1100 85
1991 FJ1200
1990 FJ1200  Pinky
2006 FJR1300
1980 GS850
Z500 /4
XJR1300
"""Present Bikes""": 
  1985 FJ1100
FJ1200  94
GSX1400

FJ_Hooligan

Aside from the red spring, it looks like the stock shock
DavidR.

fj1289

I thought the stock shocks had a single cable style adjuster at the top (that adjusted preload and damping at the same time)?  This appears to have a preload adjuster at the top similar to progressive suspension shocks and a damper adjuster at the bottom?  Or did the shocks for the late model FJ's change that much from the 89/90 models?

FJ_Hooligan

DavidR.

JMR

The Progressive Suspension springs were red.....that looks like one.

fj1289

Quote from: FJ_Hooligan on June 04, 2018, 11:26:10 PM
The shocks changes over the years

Big changes for the later shocks - are they rebuildable like the same era FZR1000 shocks?  Are they better than the earlier style shocks?

Bezmozek

Quote from: fj1289 on June 05, 2018, 05:52:38 PM
...Are they better than the earlier style shocks?

Anything is better than earlier shocks. :bad:
Mounting points changed over the years.
For pre-dogbone rear end: http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=6549.15
Did that in February, great improvement :good2:
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