a while ago i posted how my dad is using a 700 rear shock on his 660. recently weve been playing with it alittle bit more. to begin here is what we bought:
700 rear shock
700 link
700 dog bone
on the link you need to drill another hole in it, to know where to drill we placed an elka link from a 660 and drilled it there. that will give us the leverage of an elka link using a stock link the 700 shock is exactly as long as an elka long travel for a 660.
at first we had the 700 shock with 660 stock links but with the elka hole.
so now we bolted up the 700 dog bone( longer than 660) and drilled the elka hole on the 700 link.
using all the 700 components gave us around 13" of travel. the only drawback is that it has ALOT of downward travel.....the ressie was hitting the airbox when compressed. another is that the 700 dogbone is longer so its lower than a 660 dog bone. we could not bolt up a prm skidplate, we either need to make a hole in the skid or add spacers to lower the plate
as for performance i tried the 700 shock with 660 components---it was OKAY better than 660 stock though
we then tried the 700 shock along with 700 components---IT WAS GREAT! EVEN BETTER THAN MY ELKA LONG TRAVEL BELIEVE IT OR NOT
to experiment further we tried the 700 shock and 700 link with 660 dogbone to eliminate the clearance issue with the ressie and with the skidplate so in that setup it was kicking a little bit more.
with $100 you can have an awsome upgrade, you can do even better by buying an SE shock because it has a hi/lo knob.
to bolt this setup it was kinda tricky, you need to bolt everything from under the swingarm not over becuase the airbox gets in the way alot when bolting it from the top.
i keep forgetting to have someone videotape the bike in action but it will happen soon. i'll also take some pics later on
