But… I wasn’t happy with the fixing plate or anything else that made it fit. So I called Moto Rapido and Pro Bolt and lots of money later I had some parts.
Which went onto the new shock, and then it all went onto the bike.
Hang on a minute! I’ve missed a step. While the bike was being suspended by a cheap bit of wood everything around the shock was soaked in WD40, scrubbed, re-soaked, then micro fibre clothed clean. It was then coated in silicone spray.
And it’s back on. I then attacked the swing arm with more WD40 and more brushes.
That’s better.