Rebuilding suspension S2R 800 - where's my credit card? But first your advice?

[COWBOY]

I like your plan but being 1 a cautious tinkerer and 2 newly risk averse to spending money unnecessarily I'd recommend the following tweak.  If you're considering a WP Rear then first buy the WP spring appropriate for your weight and ride it first. 

If it gets you what you want/need great problem solved.  If it doesn't then at least you've narrowed down one of the critical variables you'd need to work through to properly define what you are looking for.  The spring itself would then just be put on the WP shock of your choice (if I recall they build to spec like Penske/race tech) since regardless of using old or buying new the spring will have to be for your weight.

My .02

Cheers

[stopintime]

I like your plan but being 1 a cautious tinkerer and 2 newly risk averse to spending money unnecessarily I'd recommend the following tweak.  If you're considering a WP Rear then first buy the WP spring appropriate for your weight and ride it first. 

If it gets you what you want/need great problem solved.  If it doesn't then at least you've narrowed down one of the critical variables you'd need to work through to properly define what you are looking for.  The spring itself would then just be put on the WP shock of your choice (if I recall they build to spec like Penske/race tech) since regardless of using old or buying new the spring will have to be for your weight.

My .02

Cheers

So, you're saying that the stock shock of the S2R800 MIGHT be good enough? If that could be right I would save important money, but I doubt that it will be slow enough and it does not have compression adjustment - only rebound. Thoughts?

[COWBOY]

Hard to tell since your spring and weight are so far out of range.  If it were ME -- After I got the forks resprung and sorted out then I'd buy the WP spring.  I'd get sag and baseline set and then ride.  Make some adjustments (though limited) and then ride some more.  By the end of a weekend I would know for sure whether I NEEDED the new shock and would be able to accurately convey to the specialist what I was lacking and wanted in the new one.

What I've learned the hard way over the past 3 years of mods on my S2R is not to assume I need the more expensive upgrade.  I've redone things 2 or 3 times on some parts of my bike where if I'd taken a more cautious approach I'd have gotten it right sooner and cheaper.

[PizzaMonster]

What I've learned the hard way over the past 3 years of mods on my S2R is not to assume I need the more expensive upgrade.  I've redone things 2 or 3 times on some parts of my bike where if I'd taken a more cautious approach I'd have gotten it right sooner and cheaper.

I like your thinking COWBOY.  I thinks that's what I was trying to say.  (Albeit a bit clumsily!    )

[Ducatiloo]

mprovement with them. I think the springs were about $120 Cdn and the dealer took about an hour to install them.

Racetech p/n   FRSP S3732 095 
37.0 X 34.5 X 315 mm long   .95 kg/mm  spring rate

Here is a link to the Racetech spring rate calculator:  http://www.racetech.com/evalving/SpringRateCalculation/dirtspring.asp?brand=Ducati&yr=00-01&ml=900%20Monster&formuse=form1&SpringType=Fork

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So you used the 900 CC monster?  Does it use the same forks?

[PizzaMonster]

So you used the 900 CC monster?  Does it use the same forks?

 I don't think so.

I believe the 900 used Showa forks and the S2R800 uses Marzocchi but AFAIK they are the same diameter.  I  never saw both springs side by side as the dealer did the install but I got the old springs back in the box that the new springs came in.  The part number I posted came straight off the box.  I've put 6000kms on the bike since and nothing has blown up yet. 

I got the impression from my dealer that he has made this mod for many of his customers.

Maybe a real guru can chime in here and confirm?