Gen2 Penske 8975 shock photos / Info

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It arrived today . Beautiful craftsman ship by Penske Racing Shocks . In the box was full owners manual with parts break down . Set up along with a Dyno sheet of this actual shock . Weight 4 pounds 5 ounces . In the video it is mentioned the compression adjustment is difficult to access . Surprised it is not for me, and quiet easy to reach . I'll be getting some photos up in a bit , and more tomorrow . First ride is set for New Years day with friends of about 200 to 300 miles . Will give a ride report after that .
Of course the new shock received some titanium mounting bolts from Race Ti in the UK .

 

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Stella making sure I'm doing it right

 

[mabupa]

Looking forward to a ride report on this Bryan!

 

[fallenarch]

Congratulations Bryan! That shock looks pretty nice and very light!

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

That Penske does look nice , I to am looking forward to your ride test .
Hey Bryon , is that a custom piece that the shock and dog bones pivot on ? Did you get ti bolts for that and the dog bones etc ?

 

[sixpack577]

Man that's alot of preload

 

[Rocketmn]

Is that the triple adjustable?

 

[Cantab]

Man that's alot of preload

Gonna be tricky adjusting that in place, no remote ?

 

[c10]

Is that the triple adjustable?

Dual , but can be upgrade with the remote to have high speed comp / damping .
The only option I chose was ride height of + 6mm or - 6mm of stock height shock .
Six its a Short spring for my light ass . I counted the adjustments , and wrote them down . Going to try it how it is out of the box besides checking sag . Andrew i'll be ordering dog bone bolts in Titanium soon . I know they are M12 , and their length . Do you know the pitch ? 1.5 pitch ?

 

[c10]

Gonna be tricky adjusting that in place, no remote ?

Remote adds weight , and 300 to the price average on most makes of shocks . Once set it wont need to much fiddling with . Also Fernando set me up with a swingarm builder . I have that in the works for future , and that arm will open up access to preload adjusting ring .

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

Dual , but can be upgrade with the remote to have high speed comp / damping .
The only option I chose was ride height of + 6mm or - 6mm of stock height shock .
Six its a Short spring for my light ass . I counted the adjustments , and wrote them down . Going to try it how it is out of the box besides checking sag . Andrew i'll be ordering dog bone bolts in Titanium soon . I know they are M12 , and their length . Do you know the pitch ? 1.5 pitch ?

I'll check for you bro , I got 1.25mm pitch on the 2 dog bone bolts from the SAE Outlaw inc. kit , but got lighter ones sourced through UK , and tapered socket even and still lighter ?? , haha , think from race ti in different pitch on my L2 , but forgotton pitch etc because so long ago . DME have the bolts available to buy seperately , now is that a light weight aftermarket pivot like DME / Schnitz sell ? that allows you to lower the bike more effectively , or from some other place and lightweight type ?

 

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Stock pivot Toad . Just clean

 

[Nastee]

Dual , but can be upgrade with the remote to have high speed comp / damping .
The only option I chose was ride height of + 6mm or - 6mm of stock height shock .
Six its a Short spring for my light ass . I counted the adjustments , and wrote them down . Going to try it how it is out of the box besides checking sag . Andrew i'll be ordering dog bone bolts in Titanium soon . I know they are M12 , and their length . Do you know the pitch ? 1.5 pitch ?

Think that

Dual , but can be upgrade with the remote to have high speed comp / damping .
The only option I chose was ride height of + 6mm or - 6mm of stock height shock .
Six its a Short spring for my light ass . I counted the adjustments , and wrote them down . Going to try it how it is out of the box besides checking sag . Andrew i'll be ordering dog bone bolts in Titanium soon . I know they are M12 , and their length . Do you know the pitch ? 1.5 pitch ?

Looks like the one that is adjustable 28 clicks forget how much for rebound. Very nice choice it is beautiful Bryan.

 

[jeffgordons24]

Looking forward to a ride report on this Bryan!

Same here!!
That is a very nice looking piece.

 

[jeffgordons24]

I'll check for you bro , I got 1.25mm pitch on the 2 dog bone bolts from the SAE Outlaw inc. kit , but got lighter ones sourced through UK , and tapered socket even and still lighter ?? , haha , think from race ti in different pitch on my L2 , but forgotton pitch etc because so long ago . DME have the bolts available to buy seperately , now is that a light weight aftermarket pivot like DME / Schnitz sell ? that allows you to lower the bike more effectively , or from some other place and lightweight type ?

If you guys are interested in parts from sae outlaw let me know. They have been reaching out to my partner and I to do some custom turbo headers for them so I can always try to leverage them a little on pricing. We have been pretty busy so haven’t really sat down with them but if it will help a fellow oRg member I’m all in lol

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

Stock pivot Toad . Just clean

That almost looks shiny !! I got to test the pitch on the standard m12 that holds pivot to frame , that is also 1.25 pitch . I would think the dog bones bolts would be same .

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

If you guys are interested in parts from sae outlaw let me know. They have been reaching out to my partner and I to do some custom turbo headers for them so I can always try to leverage them a little on pricing. We have been pretty busy so haven’t really sat down with them but if it will help a fellow oRg member I’m all in lol

Sounds good Steve , I will remember your excellent offer of assistance bro . I probably want at least another swingarm axle , I would like to test DME though for possible weight advantage , for the rest of kit , but a way down the track for now , as for next Busa . Like someone mentioned in another thread , only a couple of years ago , there was difficulty to next to impossible to source ready packaged kits of titanium engine long bolts etc. , to buy . That's why my L2 has different , ti bolts in places fitted early in the build , thankfully she is now , full ti finished .

 

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Nastee 32 clicks rebound , and 40 comp . Thanks Toad on the 1.25 info . Both bolts are same in question .

 

[Johnnie Phatt]

so please refresh my memory
did you still go with the Drag Shock? I seem to recall there was not as much difference to a "regular shock" as I originally thought
Looks fabulous. I always wanted Penske's on the rex. But they did not make them. The rep did offer to make me a set of one off customs because he liked the bike too But the price was just out of sight
A suspension up grade is definitely in my future plans for the Busa