06-07 Rear Shock Linkage upgrade! Q?

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  1. Toy40

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    Ok I have looked! But cant see an answer but what is the Advantage of fitting the 06-07 Rear Shock linkage to my RR5!
     
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    I believe they are the same so only advantage would be 1 or 2 years younger :)
     
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  3. exfire

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    According to part numbers the 04/05 shock is a different number than 06/07 so it looks like there is a difference as some other parts are the same numbers between models. According to the dreaded Wicki lol, the rear suspension was revised with new linkage ratios for the 2006/7 models. I do not know if the later suspension is better or not but I am sure someone on here will know.
     
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  4. Toy40

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    Haha while they will no dobout be younger i was led to believe they were a HRC part for the RR5 that wer then standard on the 06
     
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    anyone any ideas on this!
     
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    I have no first-hand knowledge, but I have seen hundreds of statements that the RR4/5 HRC kit part linkage was adopted as standard for the RR6/7.

    From that, I could only infer that the RR6/7 standard linkage is in some way superior to the RR4/5 standard linkage... no idea what the actual difference is though, sorry!
     
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  7. The Mechanic

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    Hi folks, don't get much chance due to work to be on here, anyways, have a butchers at this link the rr6 onwards has a different suspension link. Hope this helps.

    Honda CBR 1000RR - 06 Shock and HRC Link

    TTFN
     
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