I owne a Vstrom DL-650, i put a Ohlins shock before and the bike change drastically Improve 1000%. Very smooth, better grip, fanstastic recover on twisty road, stability Sincerilecly, look like other bike !!!
Then, i bought the shock and the spring for my connie.
IMO the spring work great, principally when apply the front brake before a bend, the bike recover the balance immediately.
But, the shock was other story.
After installed the shock, I felt the bike hard. I began to change the damping and rebound adjust but the bike does not improve as i thought.
Then, one day the preload adjuster begin leak. I removed the shock, send it to Kyle racing and replace the rear spring for other softer. I installed the shock again and felt the bike better but after a week the adjuster preload leak again.
At this moment i am riding the bike without any preload adjust.
You have just the Ohlins Spring in your forks or the whole Cartridge Kit ?? Is it a DIY Kit that you can install at home or you have to ship the forks to them for installation ??
For the Shock, is it a proper Ohlins one for Connie 2010 or the one for 2008-2009 modified ?? I remember in the old forum there were a few threads on this but i cannot scroll back.