Custom shocks of various grades and lengths also are available from Ohlins (Noleen Racing, 619-246-5000) and Works Performance (818-701-1010). [Anyone tried any of these?
See http://math.uwaterloo.ca/~rblander/V4_works.txt for a Robyn Landers’s review of Works Performance suspension modifications on his V45 Sabre. NOTE: Be careful fooling around with your suspension. Unless you know what you’re doing, get some help or get a mechanic to work on it. If you don’t know why, see Tony Donsisi’s suspension disaster. SABRE SHOCK OIL REFILL – Remove the shock from the bike and put it in a vice so that the Schrader valve was on bottom. Use a hand pump and pump a fair amount of air into it. Remove the Schrader valve and the oil will spooge out as the air expels. Repeat as necessary until empty. Turn the shock the other way in the vice. Then hook the Mityvac to the valve port with a small piece of tubing. Put a honking big vacuum on that port, and then pinch off the tubing with a hemostat or vice grips, near the shock. Remove the Mityvac and place that end in a container that holds the appropriate amount of shock oil. Release the hemostat and the shock will fill it
