Swedish Butt Jewelry

A little swag trade ended up with a brand new Ohlins TTX shock that is found on the MST-R bikes from the factory. The MST ships with Ohlins forks and a progressive rear shock. Quality shocks, but the low speed bump compliance of a Ohlins is unmatched.

 The factory shock and linkage is an easy removal- take off the tank, unbolt the shock, link, and pivot while the bike is on the center stand...pull out of the frame from above.

The Ohlins is not nearly that easy...notice the 'mini-me' reservoir at the top. That gets in the way of EVERYTHING.

 The tire must come off, then the suspension pivots removed. The swingarm is lowered enough to slide the shock in, bolt the suspension pivot on later. 
Wait, didn't I ~just~ do this?

While you are at it: try once, twice, and for fun take things back apart to get it right. It's a bit of a puzzle to get it all to fit in the correct order and be able to get all the bolts in and nuts on.

Lucky I have an R for visual reference. It's tight.

Yep, get someone who can fit their fingers in there to adjust the comp and rebound clickers.

Damn, they must of designed the bike around the rear shock. Everything works great, but there is not much leftover room.

Be aware of the remote preload adjuster routing. There are a few moving parts in the path that it wants to take to get to the mounting tab. The progressive and Ohlins remote mount to the same tab, but with different screws.