Stallions 250 max - The Rear Suspension and My Butt.

[vegerad]

Hi, Guys!

I bought myself a Stallions 250 max (2017).

It feels great, except for one thing - the rear suspension even on small bumps hurts my butt ???? I can feel even small bumps in the road. It feels like the suspension is practically non-existent. 
 

As far as I understand, I have the base shock absorbers from back in 2017 and it's time to change them. 
 

I've never done a suspension replacement. Can you help me pick out shock absorbers for this bike. What parameters do I need to consider when choosing? 
Want more or less budget option up to 4000 baht.

[MartinL]

I had one of these for 5 years and loved it. From new, the suspension was hard so i reduced the spring preload which improved things.

 

Before you spend your money, check your spring adjustment nuts.

 

From the picture, I can see you could reduce the preload on your springs a bit. Slacken the two locking nuts on top of the spring, turn them anticlockwise until no more thread is showing then lock them again. Same both sides.

 

You'll need two c-spanners (or drift and hammer if you're a butcher) to slacken and tighten the nuts.

 

From my experience of this bike, it likes to be thrashed rather than treated gently. 

 

Have fun.

[vegerad]

37 minutes ago, MartinL said:

I had one of these for 5 years and loved it. From new, the suspension was hard so i reduced the spring preload which improved things.

 

Before you spend your money, check your spring adjustment nuts.

 

From the picture, I can see you could reduce the preload on your springs a bit. Slacken the two locking nuts on top of the spring, turn them anticlockwise until no more thread is showing then lock them again. Same both sides.

 

You'll need two c-spanners (or drift and hammer if you're a butcher) to slacken and tighten the nuts.

 

From my experience of this bike, it likes to be thrashed rather than treated gently. 

 

Have fun.

I'll give it a shot. Thank you. If I buy new ones, how do I choose the right ones? I'm thinking about the YSS brand.

The rear suspension from a W175 might fit, or are they weak for this bike?

[MartinL]

Ordinarily, I'd say go to your chosen suspension manufacturer and ask their recommendation. However, my experience of YSS Thailand is that they're useless and don't respond to requests for information. However, it won't hurt to try them or their local agent.

 

How to order:-

- You need to know the free length of the units. If you can, get the rear wheel off the ground and measure between centres of the top and bottom fixing bolts. Maybe a mate can lift the back end for a few minutes, it's not that difficult. 

 - Then try to measure how much movement is needed. At the bottom of your shock, on the chromed rod, you'll find a rubber sliding piece - I can see it in the picture. With the back wheel still off the ground, AFTER adjusting the spring nuts, measure the length of chromed rod exposed between rubber and the black cylinder below the Shofer label. 

- Diameter of top and bottom fixing bolts, length of the bush the bolts go through.

- How much do you weigh in riding gear? The spring should be suitable for your weight.

- I doubt you need adjustable damping on this bike. It's just added expense and complication. On the shocks you have, that canister doesn't seem to do much so, if new shocks don't have it, it doesn't matter.

 

BTW if you need spares, I found Stallions spares dept. on LINE to be excellent - fast and cheap. Go to their web page and, right at the bottom you'll see the LINE symbol. Scan QR and you're ready to chat. They might even have a set of OEM shocks in stock.

 

Hope that's easy to understand.

[vegerad]

Changed the shock absorbers - everything became super ????

Used - YSS FOR HONDA CT125 - 385MM

Edited October 10, 2023 by vegerad