? for all those with 929 shock on 5 gen

Gentlemen. I am about to embark on my first round of suspension mods on my VFR. I was going to wait until winter, but since my brother glanced off a nearly stationary truck at 30mph and laid it down, and I now have the bike torn apart, I might as well take care of that list of mods now.

The bike is fine. There was lots of cosmetic damage but most of it minor, and the force of impact on the bike was minimal. The punch line (if there is one) is that he didn't just lay it down and ding up one side, no no no, he had to glance off the truck messing up the right side and then lay it down on the other side!! Thanks Bro...

To the point. Has anyone running a 929 shock on a 5th gen had any issues with it? I have designed and fabricated an excellent spacer that will be quite strong and sturdy (can post pics if anyones interested), but lowering the upper mounting point of the shock will place added horizontal force on the mount when/if the shock doesn't exert upwards force perfectly in line with the mount. This makes me a bit nervous considering the likely results of a failure here.

So, anyone with a few miles on a 929 shock have any input or experience? Hopefully no ones has any catastrophic stories to tell... TIA!!

 

Well not to respond so late but I have never heard of any issues with the conversion. Im putting one on my 4 gen and a lot of guys over at VFRD have done many conversions with no bad results. Then again maybe we didnt hear about it because they are no longer around?? Post up a pic of your mount and install if you have it. Thanks Brian