ID this shock

Suprx125

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These are obviously not the original shocks that came on my 04' Viper. I think the guy swapped them out before he sold it to me. I didn't know that these weren't the originals when I bought it. It looks like a Yamaha shock, but what is it? Is it serviceable? Can it be re-valved?
 

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Looks like a shock off an sx-r or earlier viper and should be a rebuildable one. Looks for the valve on the bottom of the shock body to verify for sure that its a serviceable shock.
 
Looks like the same shock on my 03 viper but someone must have painted the spring black.Mine is sliver. Its a KYB rebuildable shock though.
 
Yes, looks like the rebuild able shock on my 02 viper with different or painted spring. 04 vipers did not have a rebuild able shock so having those is a good upgrade over stock. ;)!
 
sorry to hijack the thread

I was looking at this photo, and I had a question. Is there a proper way to orient the shock? This shock looks upside-down to me. Shaft on top body down low. Does this make a difference? And what would be the reasoning?
Thanks
 
I didn't even notice that until now.... Lol. I dunno why they are like that. The guy bought a new Apex and sold me mine. I was thinking maybe he swapped them with the Apex's? I don't know if they would interchange or not. The original's on mine should have had the reservoir.
 
Yours originally had the Ohlins shocks.. as far as upsidedown, thats the only way to mount the clevis type shock on a Viper
 


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