Going to rebuild and upgrade my rear shock

New video out this weekend showing how to upgrade your old gs500 rear shock, to a much better, sv650 rear shock....

Much, much better than the stock Pogo stick......

Once the bearing security cover has been removed the spindle can be tapped out using a hammer and drift, this also removes the bearing on the other side. The speedo drive can them be gently tapped off...

The rear wheel rim is a WM2 and it was not holding air so I knew I would have to replace the inner tube, also the rim lock bolt looked to be in terrible condition....

Once the bearing security cover has been removed the spindle can be tapped out using a hammer and drift, this also removes the bearing on the other side. The speedo drive can them be gently tapped off...

Once the bearing is below part of the thread the locking cover was used to force the bearing down into place. On the other side the spacer and speedo drive where fitted back in place....

The competition models of the Tiger Cub had an extra bolt on the swinging arm to further secure the lower shock mount, these are connected to the normal lower mount via two brackets. They have been c...

The sprocket is held on with 8 bolts and was very easy to remove I have ordered new bolts and spring washers from Greystone Enterprises for when the sprocket is ready to be replaced. This Sprocket is...

Looking for neighborhood watch tools...

During a ‘street only’ shakedown run of the freshly installed (used) rear tire, two dualsport bikes pull out of a random driveway, so I followed them for a while to see if they might be heading to som...

My seat height is 93cm and ground clearance is 25cm. Stock stats are 86cm and 21.5cm....

+ Caliper protection to aluminum parts...