CA77 non-OE rear shock options

[the-chauffeur]

How do

The rear shocks that came with the CA look very shabby - in particular, the chrome is pitted and scruffy to the point where I need to get them redone. There's a very good chance I'll have the bike ready before the chrome (I'm still trying to find a reliable plater who doesn't take six months). And given my findings when I pulled the front shocks apart, I strongly suspect the internals will be very tired.

Quite apart from the disassembly process - which I'm still not entirely sure I understand - I was wondering what other folks do for rear shocks when the standard ones either give up the ghost or need to be substituted out? For anyone who's done that sort of thing, what shock length did you go for and were there any other considerations you had to work with/around?

Thanks in advance

Neil

[Geoff Hastings]

Disassembly is quite straight forward but you will need to make up some sort of Spring compressor. There are some good photos on this site of the strip down method, I made my tool out of a couple of pieces of wood and some threaded studding, I got my units rechromed and all the pitting filled as part of the process in about a week so there is no need for companies to take months.