Mono Shock Questions ?

[koolaid_kid]

Thanx Koolaid kid. Your explanation was very clear. I guess I need to find a compatible stiff shock. Do you think the gsxr one in my first post would work ? Though it is off an 1100. Is the shock length, and the eye ends what I am looking for when I ask sellers about for info ?

You are welcome. You first need to determine whether you have eye-to-eye or eye-to-clevis (what my GPz has). Second, you need to find out the approximate length of your shock. Third, you need to find out whether you have room for an attached reservoir. If you do, the world opens up for you, there are lots. Remote reservoirs are much more difficult to find. I used one from ~96 Gixxer 750. With minor adjustments it bolted right up and I found a place for the reservoir.
And yes, the shock length and end bolt up types are questions you will need to research. Your bike is about the weight of a Gixxer 750, so that sounds like a good starting point.
My Gixxer shock was cheap for ~$75 shipped, and I could not be more pleased.

[kingofvenus]

You need an eye to eye style like that '88 1100 gsxr shock, the top eye might be too wide for the bellcrank to bolt up to it. I've got a hagon on my '83.

[koolaid_kid]

I milled down the eye on my shock using my high-tech bench grinder. But I suspect a 1100 might be too heavy of a bike. The 98 750 Gixxer is eye-to-eye, but has an attached reservoir. You'll need to see if there is room on your bike. Looks like one of the adjustments is on the reservoir (I believe that is the compression dampening), so you'll also want to be able to access it.

[salty_monk]

Ducati Monster 900 Shock from about 1998. The length is right at 330mm & the stock spring will probably not be too bad for you either. Was extremely stiff with my 165lb on it.

The ducati shock also lets you run more preload on the stock spring if you swap that onto the ducati body - that's what I did.

[bccap]

Oh no. You mean the eyes aren't all the same size ? I like yours but don't really want to spend $500 on a shock. Wish we had a compatibility list like we do for r/r's.

[Clone]

The big black knob will add preload, turn it so the red indicator is all the way to 5, I ride with it at 1, with the wife on it is dialed to just past 2.
check the rebound adjuster, the little plastic gear in there is probably stripped.