Ricky, just looked back at the post detailed what I did with mine in Feb last year, 10 minutes to change the shock using an abba stand and a small block of wood to support the wheel "Fitting it took 10 minutes, starting with setting it on an Abba stand with a block to support the rear wheel. Only needed to remove the LH footrest bracket (not the fairings, seat or tail unit) and the rubber cap in the swinging arm. Then removed the bolts at the top and bottom of the shock using a long reach allen bit on a half inch drive socket and extension bar. With a slight wiggle out it came, I cleaned up the rose joint on the ride height adjuster and put the new shock in. The shock preload, damping and rebound settings were set up on the bench before installing it. Finally, torqued it up to 42Nm." The magnet on a stick works if there is no load on the shock bolts.
