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r6 shock on banshee ?


bellracing2

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  • 3 weeks later...

Sorry I didn't see this earlier, but I put one on my banshee to lower it for horseshoe drags. Basically it's a direct bolt on, however the stock shock bolts will not fit through the R6 bushings. I ordered mine from ebay for $10 (2006) and it came with the linkage and bolts. I had my buddy machine me some bushings to allow the smaller bolts to be used in the frame. I can take some pics if this is about as clear as mud. I also put 300ex shocks on the front and it sits nice and level. Here is a pic.

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  • 2 years later...

the R6 shock is a good mod for a drag bike I used one on a +8 swinger and +2 out front with over 100hp couldn't get the ftont off the ground it hooked up great but for just riding around not that great

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I tried it as a alternative to an aftermarket shock while running a +6 swingarm, i weigh 230# and it did not work well I ended up moving to top shock mount back(so the shock was more straight up and down) and running a stock banshee shock with no linkage with a +8. It was firm but only had about 3" of travel but with a +8 swingarm I wasn't planning on jumping.

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  • 2 weeks later...

im looking into the mod for flat track use only. so would it still be a good mod?

 

I use a r6 shock on my banshee for FT and ice racing . Works great helps keep the front down and just right amount of travel for the not so smooth tracks

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r6's work great as a budget lowering shock they bushings dont fit right and DONT use smaller bolts i had a locak machinest make me some lil busings that use the stock bolts and fit the r-6 shocks removed the r-6 bushings and in we go.

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