DR650 Rear Shock
Good afternoon all
We are not far away from getting on the road, I bought a YSS rear shock with a very minimally stiffer spring.
I bought the shock mainly for the adjustable damping to take out the pogo effect more than the weight carrying capacity but I have a question.
Would I be better to use the DR factory spring with the YYS shock body which will be more supple or the heavier duty spring, we are not going to be searching out hard trails or Paris Dakar racing with house and contents on board as my wife is not a gun rider.
The biggest torment it will get is South American roads, shingle roads, back roads etc (corrugations galore) and we certainly won't be doing warp factor 2.
We are on tour with adventure back road emphasis rather than sticking to the main drag.
I will have the usual top box and two side panniers plus small boxes for carrying the fuel bottle, water and cooker etc, all up weight with luggage, racks and cases will be 45kg plus food etc so that may vary 8 - 10 kg kinda thing (estimated)
So that is less than a typical passenger weight, further we will only be one up so no passenging required.
Your thoughts from voices of experience would be welcomed. 
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