Its a well known fact that one of the biggest design flaws of the TLR was the hydraulic rotary rear damper - this was a complicated system designed by Suzuki as a real alternative to the traditional centre mounted mono shock. A great idea in theory but in practice it just did not work !! With the roatry system and when pushing the bike hard thrrough corners the swing arm had a hard time keeping up. The stock POS was just to slow.

Fortunatly all is not lost, there are a few shock manufacturers who make kits for the TLR, Ohlins, Bitubo and Penske to name but a few. The Penske and Ohlins units are hard to find and very expensive ! A high quality and good performance alternative is the italian made  Bitubo Rear shock. This a fully adjustable shock with a seperate resevoir which replaces both spring and rotary damper unit onthe bike, ohlins and penkse only replace the rotary part.

The Bitubo unit weighs tonnes less than the stock damper and it works brilliantly, set up is real easy and the necessary guide and tools are supplied in the box from the factory !

Heres a pic of the shock on the bike

heres a pic i borrowed from www.tlplanet.com - the bitubo unit versus the stock unit !!!!

This great shock is available in group buys on both www.tlzone.net and www.tlplanet.com

Get yourself a winner !!!