Great job, I'm planning build for my girlfriend and I was going to replace the shock mounts on the swing arm. Your solution is much better. Thanks.

please make me a pair! just found your channel THANK THE LORD :D looks great even all the way from the UK

Thanks for this. I’m building my own bobber bmw and I have to do this same thing

Does 400mm shock enough?

Thanks for the video, man. Really helpful. How did you calculate what length of shocks to get?

@roodlum

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! These shocks, YSS RZ362, are purpose built for this style of bike so I started with the shock length first - 420mm- and worked backwards to decide where to place the upper mounts. I tried to mimic the geometry of an R80 monoshock model a friend had at his shop.

@themosaito

2 жыл бұрын

@@roodlum Thank you!

Do you think the original brackets you cut off are strong enough to support the shocks (ignoring shock angle etc)

@roodlum

2 жыл бұрын

They seem pretty robust, since they need to be strong enough to support the subframe (which holds the original shocks, after all) but I'm not sure they were designed to be strong in the directions the shocks would supply force.

Looks great but I think the shocks might bend or deform on a hard bump because they're mounting angle isn't true to the radius of the swingarm travel arc.

@roodlum

3 жыл бұрын

My aim was to replicate the suspension geometry of the later monolever models, but with twin shocks. If I have any problems with bent shocks I'll bring it up with BMW :)

please pass me the link... where can I buy the handlebar and the suspentions thank... awesome the videos 💪

@roodlum

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man! The shocks are from a company YSS - you'll have to go through a distributor in your country. If you're in the US, I have used EPM Performance: epmperformance.com/ they're great to work with. The handlebars in this video are the factory ones. I replaced them with Renthal Fatbars but I just bought those at the local powersports store.

Did you make the bobber seat bracket?

@roodlum

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you check out the second episode you can watch how it was made!