Ohlins, where to buy (NSW Sydney)

Hey guys, thinking about an Ohlins for the Bandit (it's either upgrade
it or sell it and I'm vacillating between the two)

Who sells them and is there anything particularly I should know (ie are
there heaps of different models etc), what do they cost usually ?

96 Bandit 1200 BTW

Thanks

JL

 

what about other suzuki shocks like GSXR etc , any of those fit ??

if so your chance of used has just increased enormously

 

Ohlins part number SU 601, type 46HRCS.

Retail about $1250.

http://www.ohlins.com/cgi-bin/dbsok/newmenu.pl?list&category=mc

Boxer

 

GSXR1100 fit, but I'm not sure what year model (I think it was early
90's - trying to find the archive of the Bandit list discussions from 2
years ago now)

But realistically, is a fully adjustable 10 year old shock going to be
much improvement ? sure I can twiddle with rebound and damping but
without getting it revalved and refreshed is there any point ? How much
would a rebuild cost and would it be significantly different to buying a
new ohlins ?

JL

 

Ta.

Do I correctly recall you saying earlier that you could get them cheap ?
(and should I erase my .sig before asking that question ?

JL

 

Actually come to think of it, that's not a bad price, it's less than I
expected, how do I order one please ?

Email address above, minus the obvious spam trap, if you'd like to take
it offline.

Emu, I guess the Bandit is off the market again, seeing as you didn't
email me anyway

JL

 

ah but this is where you keep an eye on ebay and gixxer.com for a ohlins to
fit a
10 yr old gix11

 

Ahhh ! Now I see where your evil mind* is taking this !

JL
*you know it's what we like about you.

 

and then get it resprung , serviced etc

still trying to work out how to fit the ZXR400 Ohlins to the VFR which came
from
ebay for sub $400 in very good nick

 

1974 GSXR 750 shocker will fit , or a shock from the 1974 model 1100 GSXR
but will raise the rear about 20 mm IIRC
I've got the 750 shocker in mine and it makes a heap of difference from
standard.(fully adjustable ).
Another alternative is to get the standard shock rebuilt with a spring more
suited to your wieght .
Some good bandit links and info here here:
http://www.maximum-suzuki.com/
http://www.banditalley.com/

 

oops ,
that was a 1994 750 GXR shock

 

Ta, I assume you mean a 94 not a 74 GSXR...

Thanks for the links

JL

 

Yes and Yes.

Boxer

 

From my experience getting one for the Hornet, you are better off
buying the thing from Ohlins, over the 'net.

I actually made the mistake of ordering mine from the Ohlins agent
(someone in Vic), who faffed about for nearly five months before I got
the thing...:-( and it ended up being 50% more expensive, too!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Consider it done <grin> ....snippety doo dah snippety day....all gone,
even the previously posted one above

How would you like to organise it ? My email address is above less the
bleeding obvious spam trap if you'd like to drop me a note.

Thanks

JL

 

ooops he already had - sorry !

JL
....snip.sig...

 

Hmm that sux.

The ohlins website doesn't allow you to order directly, they list their
distributors- there's no online shop. The only other option is to order
it through another country's distributor and have it shipped here.

JL

 

Hmm that sux.

Yeah, I think you'll find most larger-than-5-guy automotive
manufacturing operations don't sell direct through their websites. Too
many distributor agreements in place with non-competing clauses.

I reckon eBay/used is your best bet... $1500 is a pretty pricey mod for
a bike worth well south of $10k.

Jules

 

Probably worth about 6K, but as pointed out by someone not that long ago
(Al Pennykid ?). You can take the Ohlins off again after 10 or 20,000Km
and sell it for 2/3rds what you paid for it, while selling the bike
seperately.

In which case it becomes a cheap mod.

Besides which, I had a think and my choice is to buy a new bike that
suits me better (circa 18-20K with mods) which I'll then have to sell
when I bugger off O/S in '06 (and lose probably 6K-8K on), versus
spending 2 grand on a bike to make it acceptable for the next
12-18months, and do maybe a grand when I sell it. The Bandit isn't going
to drop much value in the next 12-18months, and the Corbin seat and the
Ohlins shock should sell for at least 50% of their purchase cost in 12
months time. And I'm not tying up an extra 10-15K worth of capital in
the meantime.

I'm trying to be rational here !!

JL
(besides then I can put the extra 10K into buying another bike <grin>)

 

You're welcome
Yeah sorry it was a 94 .