Tool Needed: Shock Spanner....

[corey]

Anyone have a source for me?
I need to pick up a spanner wrench for my rear shock on my S2R800.
I wanna goof around with preload a bit...

[CairnsDuc]

Check with the board Sponsors, a lot of those guys carry tools, If they don't have them, I know Monsterparts.com carries them.

[rockaduc]

Also try Bevel Heaven if you can't get it from a sponser.

[Spidey]

This doesn't answer your question, but as an alternative to buying a specific tool, I've always used a hammer and punch (or screwdriver).  Unless your S2r has one of those newfangled plastic collars.

[erkishhorde]

This doesn't answer your question, but as an alternative to buying a specific tool, I've always used a hammer and punch (or screwdriver).  Unless your S2r has one of those newfangled plastic collars.

I went with this method when I first got my bike. Be very patient and careful. It will bugger up any fancy finishes regardless but you can try to reduce this by putting a folded up rag under your screw driver. Also get the biggest flat head you can find.

[Spidey]

Yeah, no matter how you do it, your shock collar gets a wee bit chewed up.  I've always assumed that any bike I have will have a dinged up shock collar.  It goes with the territory.  Then again, you shouldn't be setting preload more than a few times unless you make a habit of adjusting it for passengers (more work than it is worth IMO). 

[brimo]

I just went in to my local tool supplier and bought an adjustable c spanner,they fit multiple sizes so you need to get a rough measurement of the diameter of the ring and go from there.
They look something like this.
http://brooksuspension.co.uk/shop/c-spanner-adjustable-p-413.html

[Tigermeat]

Pro-Italia

Very Cheap.  Good service.  You need 2.

[Tigermeat]

If you grind the inside tang off 1 of the wrenches it still works okay as a backup wrench for the shock but also works for chain-cam adjustment.  Wrenches are about $9 each.

[Statler]

And even with a wrench the plastic collars get beaten up.

Last time I looked, motowheels has some in stock...but they aren't hard to find.

two is much easier than one.