Y33 Suspension - 2019 edition

[VStar650CL]

I’m from the future in 2026

Wait, uh oh....
Can that Q do 88 mph?

[fontana dan]

Just some updates for those in the future curious.

Really good info as I’ve been lurking around this thread and others. I’m from the future in 2026 and looking to see how people’s experiences are a few years after doing the insert install into the OEM setup. I just made an order from Black Hawk Japan for some NSC6004’s for the front of my dad’s 00 Q45 AE.

I had seen previously in the thread of people blowing out one of the options but maybe that was the SR special strut - meant to be combined with a spring, vs the NSC6004 which is just the insert? Can anyone clarify on that piece? What I ordered says SR special, but then also had the proper NSC6004 as the model.

Cheers to keeping these old beasts on the road.

My NSC6004 inserts paired with factory coil springs and strut assembly have held up for 3 years now with close to 30k miles on them. That's 30k rough miles; the car has been all over the country on all types of surfaces. It even went airborne once or twice.