Rear shock before tail end mod Gen1

[grapyono]

A bit over a year ago I had a list of things I wanted to do to fix up my ride.

• New front rotors
  New rear rotors
  New fork springs
  New head stem bearing
  Recondition rear shock
  Change tail from gen 1 to Gen 2
  

apparently my order is wrong. I should have done the rear shock before the tail end. I went to remove the shock yesterday and almost blew my valve! Because I have already completed the tail end I had to strip off the rear upper fairing, loosen the under-tail plastics, move the plastics back. This just to get the shock out. It is supposed to lift straight out but the change in sub-frame prevents this from happening. Thought I would tell the forum so that you don't make the same mistake i did. One hour job become million hour job......

[ROD]