Installing a shock with a remote reservoir

[nldaniel]

Ladies, gentleman,

today I received my new used shock, made by WP suspension. This shock has both the hydraulic preload and a remote reservoir, connected to the top of the shock by a braided hose of about two foot long.

I have not yet tried to install it (Got some minor crash damage to repair on the wife's 1150GS first..). I mailed the importer, so hopefully they will get me the installation instructions, but for now: Anybody got any clues where i'm supposed to mount that reservoir?

Thanks,

Dani

 

[stoc445]

Daniel,
I had the same issue with my Penske shock. I made up a bracket and mounted it on the left side of the bike. Here is my thread with pictures of the installation.

https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?58406-Penske-Reservoir-Bracket&highlight=

 

[tlartist]

Left side. If you look where the old one went there are some clips toward the front part of the rear wheel well. I was able to run my penske line through there and it kind of clipped in there. You may need to try out some different placements. I used the old mounting bracket and made a mount out of misc metal. Not pretty but it works.

 

[Killtimer]

You've got two items to mount if I understand correctly. The remote reservoir, possibly containing the compression damping clicker, can usually be mounted in place of the OEM remote pre-load adjuster. If it's as large as the Penske reservoir I have, this is probably the only place there's room. You might have to get creative with the pre-load, possibly on the side of the battery box, or the sub frame on the right side of the bike. With the Wilbers, I've seen the remote and the pre-load piggybacked in the void left by the removal of the OEM pre-load but it's tight. Pics/dimensions?

 

[nldaniel]

Ah, pictures:

Here is the shock:

and the remote reservoir, which features compression damping adjustments:

about 14 cm's or 5.5 inches.

Denny, love the bracket you had made.

Thanks for all pointers so far, I may start off using the idea of using two hose clamps together.

Thanks,

Dani

 

[nldaniel]

Not really sure, as I bought it secondhand, of a crashed bike.

It appears to be a standard body with options, but like
I said, not really sure.