Mounting location for shock reservoir on a '97

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  1. HondaVRider

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    I am (finally) getting the Penske mounted on my '97.

    I was curious as to anyone else who may have experience with one as to where to mount the reservoir and the routing of the hose.

    I've got the shock mounted now and am still getting it sorted out.


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    Pic of the shock mounted in the bike, and the routing of the reservoir hose.


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    Right now I have the resevoir hose exiting UNDER the sub-frame. Does it work better to route it OVER the sub-frame?


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    It seems that under the black box is probably the best place to mount it.

    I figured that I would cut four small slits in the fender for the hose clamp to affix the reservoir to the sub-frame.

    Any suggestions or advice?

    Thanks
     


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    FWIW. I made a mounting out of a solid block of rubber and mounted it here.

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    Thanks for the reply and pics on how you mounted yours.

    I mounted the tail section and it looks like the reservoir will fit in that spot under the black box. It seems that the diameter of the reservoir is small enough that it will fit with the rubber mounting blocks that came with the shock.

    Thanks again.
     


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    No problem, this took like a week to figure out making up a few what if I put it here trail and errors. IMO it needed to also look like it came that way, thing i was trying to ovoid was it looking like an after thought, almost APITA
     


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