Nitron NTR R1 rear shock for Yamaha MT10 unboxing
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Unboxing video of Nitron rear shock for Yamaha MT10. This is the NTR R1, the basic model of the family. Unboxing only - sorry, it's too wintery to install! Purchased from HPS: www.bikehps.com/
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Your assistant totally sold me on the prospect of receiving free stickers. Yeahy stickers!
Just ordered one for my Triumph Tiger but without the remote adjuster. It can be added later if necessary but I rarely carry a pillion and was a little concerned about where to mount it so will be interested to see the mounting solution on the MT10 when you get around to it. Nice looking bit of kit though
Mine has just arrived but there’s a problem. On the OEM shock, the lower mounting eye incorporates a needle roller bearing. When the inner sleeve of the bearing is bolted to the drag plates, it allows the bearing to rotate and thus the shock to swivel around the plates.
This shock has a fixed lower mounting eye so that bolting it to the drag plates fails to allow the shock to rotate but instead clamps it solid and renders the suspension compromised - mine is going back and OEM going back on - very disappointed!
I bought a used one for my MT-10 and I noticed the same thing I dont get it? I know it has been 4 years but if you see this can you tell me what Nitron said about that?
@@dougiequick1 hi there. I sent it back to Nitron who . . . Sent it straight back again.
My OEM shock had the needle bearing at the bottom with a sleeve which passed through it and which also acted as the spacer for the drop plates. This bolt simply passed through the plates and sleeve and was torqued up - a basic design which simply worked.
The Nitron had an apparently solid aluminium casting which formed its mounting “eye”at its base with a central hole for the bolt and ostensibly, the casting was an identical width to the OEM sleeve so that it took on the role of the spacer.
Although the casting looks solid, with a lot of force applied, it will actually articulate around its axis and is indeed able to rotate within the end of the shock.
Nitron sent me a video where they clamped the end casting in a vice and then rotated the shock around the casting by hand - admittedly, it appeared to take some force but it will articulate in the same way as the OEM bearing.
Sadly, that wasn’t the only problem. When I measured the width of the shock both top and bottom, it was 0.3mm narrower than the removable OEM sleeve at the bottom and the fixed shock mounting point at the top. This meant that when fully tightened, the drop plates were being distorted as both other mounting points on the plates (to the drag link and swing arm) used the OEM sleeves which were wider - 0.3mm doesn’t sound much but it seriously pissed me off but not as much as . . .
The top of the OEM shock didn’t use a needle bearing but instead, a shorter “fixed”sleeve is rubber mounted within the upper eye on the shock. It was 0.3mm narrower than OEM but unfortunately, the receiving cast lug on the frame was also 0.3mm wider (by design) than the OEM shock. Clearly, when the upper mounting bolt was tightened, these lugs would bend inwards by a very small amount, sufficient to clamp onto the mounting point of the shock. I was very concerned that the excessive clearance of 0.6mm with the Nitron shock would damage the frame and so when I mounted it, I packed out both the top and bottom mounts with 0.1mm shim washers I bought off eBay - this avoided the plates being distorted or any risk of fubarring the upper mounting lug on the frame.
Nitron shock looks pretty, quality looks good but it means nowt if it’s not the right size.
The design of the lower mount has been done in the interest of cheapness and is shite - pure and simple but most folks won’t even notice and just bolt it all together and be none the wiser.
That said, I had the shock on the bike for 4 years and only just sold it. Never had a problem.
I would advise you to VERY carefully measure the width of the top and bottom mounting points on the shock using a good quality micrometer and shim it if necessary. Once clamped hard, the base of the shock will turn all be it nothing like as easily had it been made properly with a decent free-turning bearing.
Was it an improvement?
Yeah, it's definitely been an improvement. Not as dramatic as you might imagine - I don't get on the bike and feel like I'm riding a magic carpet. But I do ride the bike and completely forget that the shock is there, whereas the stock item reminded you of its presence by punching you in the butt every time you went over a minor ripple in the road. The reality is that by the standards of aftermarket suspension, the Nitron R1 is relatively budget. I'm glad I got it, and I'd recommend it - just have realistic expectations. It's not £1,000 worth of Ohlins or whatever.