MZ5
Well-Known Member
It's cooled off this week, back to ~100F, so I'm thinking about all the things I would normally do over the winter when the weather's nice. I've also been planning a long ride or two that my wife wants to come along for, which has me contemplating rear suspension. I have Gold Valves up front, but an Ohlins (or Penske, or Race Tech if they were cost-competitive) is certainly appealing. I have a bit over 41k miles on the bike as I write this, so I'm wondering:
If I take the shock off for any reason, should I expect to need to service the bearings in the linkage? How about the swingarm? I live where it doesn't rain, and I don't ride off-road (except that I do rarely take gravel or dirt roads, but that's very rare). It is, however, HOT. Supposed to be back to 120F this coming Sunday. That plus the sun often kills things that would last forever if I lived somewhere northward.
I found this thread:
http://nc700-forum.com/forum/nc700-technical/7815-rear-suspension-service.html
wherein re-greasing was done by member Garnet, but it didn't look like it was _needed_, just wanted to be done. No one else then had so many miles on their bikes as several now have. I haven't looked in the manual for procedures yet. I have no vice these days, no press, and extremely little other than hand tools, so I won't be removing any bearings myself unless they fall out on their own by design.
Any thoughts or experience?
If I take the shock off for any reason, should I expect to need to service the bearings in the linkage? How about the swingarm? I live where it doesn't rain, and I don't ride off-road (except that I do rarely take gravel or dirt roads, but that's very rare). It is, however, HOT. Supposed to be back to 120F this coming Sunday. That plus the sun often kills things that would last forever if I lived somewhere northward.
I found this thread:
http://nc700-forum.com/forum/nc700-technical/7815-rear-suspension-service.html
wherein re-greasing was done by member Garnet, but it didn't look like it was _needed_, just wanted to be done. No one else then had so many miles on their bikes as several now have. I haven't looked in the manual for procedures yet. I have no vice these days, no press, and extremely little other than hand tools, so I won't be removing any bearings myself unless they fall out on their own by design.
Any thoughts or experience?