Should be putting the H2 back together very soon to start another season…. Winter has its drawbacks but it does give a guy time to fiddle
I have been playing with the rear shock for a bit now, different springs and lots of questions
Posted some of it here;
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11339I bought a 1250lbs spring that will work with the spacers I made for the shock, also bought a thrust bearing that I am going to mount above the spring to aid in adjusting the preload. With all the extra spring pressure of the 950lb spring I figure it will help with the 1250 lbs spring. The shock will undoubtedly need to be re-valved.
I also had the engineer we use at work figure the load on the plate holding the top shock mount and his exact words were "are you actually planing on riding it?" He said it is well overloaded.
I am not sure he is right but what do I know
The reason I asked him is because I have had a couple people say it looked a bit flimsy, its just a 3/16" steel plate, I have talked about it before, it has been a concern of mine from the start.
So I am making a couple brackets up to help it out.
Here is the latest spring and the bearing;
And here is the shock mount and the mock up of the bracket, it will connect the back motor mounts and wrap under the frame member and will be connected with a longer bolt on the shock mount with spacers in between, it still needs a bit of work. Some rounding and reshaping before I make the steel ones nothing original or sexy just functional (I hope) ;