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Author Message   Bomber Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 09:13 am:        I'm looking to relocate both the Voltage Regulator ande the rear shock resevoir on my Y2K M2 . . .. . . I've seen the VR moved all over the place, on the side of the battery, under the seat . . . any advice/experiences you care to share? Shock Resevoir . . . . with the hose so short, it's clearly no moving far . . . .but I'd love to loose the cheesy-looking hose clamp that is 50% of it's mounting . . . . .I seem to remember someone (Aaron?) saying that he'd moved his off the shock mount . . . .. again, any suggestions are gratefully received   Henrik Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 09:40 am:        Bomber; depending on how old your shock is, it may be up for a rebuild soon?? If so, it wouldn't cost much to have a longer hose installed. I'm running the Penske reservoir on the down-tube of the front frame brace (the triangle that the front motor mount bolts to. A better location would be an American Sport Bike frame brace. Henrik   Bomber Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 09:58 am:        Henrik thanks for the input . .. . . the shock is about 2 years old, and, thus far, showing . . .. hmmmm, I almost jinxed myself . . .. let's just say that I have no plans to upgrade the chock immediately {smile} my M2 has the tube in the frame that the American Sport Bike frame brace was designed to overcome the lack of (now THERE"S a sentance for ya!), and it would be a great place to put the reservoir . . . . . . I'll likely go to a penske or sumpin when the stock shock goes south thanks again   Henrik Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 12:06 pm:        Bomber - any time. You'll love a Penske. Henrik   Djkaplan Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 12:11 pm:        Funny. I was just looking at the reservoir on my 2k M2, and thinking the same thing about the cheesy hose clamp. Hmm..., new winter project.   Crusty Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 03:27 pm:        That "cheesy hose clamp" lasted over 60,000 miles on my S3, and it's lasted over 30,000 on my M2. Maybe it isn't as cheesy as you thought?   Bomber Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 03:40 pm:        good point, Crusty . . . .. . .replace cheey with cheesy looking {smile}   Djkaplan Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 06:17 pm:        I just happened to be removing the oil-reservoir to get the oil-pump out for a bevel gear inspection. I replaced the "cheesy looking" hose clamp with a wide zip-tie. Hmm..., the zip-tie looks pretty cheesy too.

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