I got the new parts all installed...finally. Know what I know now, i could probably do it in about 3 hours. As it was, I think I'm about 8 hrs invested.
The shocks came with no installation instructions and I couldn't find any pictures of them installed online so i had to do trial and error.
The front was pretty easy. It can only way and there wasn't a remote preload adjuster and remote reservoir to mount. I did have to rotate the bottom piece 180 degrees as the nitrogen fill port sticks out and was too close to the shock mount for my liking. Even with that, it would have been easy if I didn't drop the top washer into the black hole under the gas tank. That little blunder caused me to pull the tank and added another hour.
The rear was another story and much harder when it really should be . The only "hard" part is that you have to pull the exhaust to get to the lower shock bolt. The exhaust was a bit difficult to remove until I learned how it comes out and then it was easy.
What took forever was figuring out where to mount the remote reservoir and remote preload adjuster. Left side, right side, together, separate? Hoses coming off the front of the shock? Back of the shock?
The remote reservoir came with a mounting bracket, the preload adjuster just came with a piece of metal with a hole in it that presumably you'd attach to some bolt already on the bike. Unfortunately, i never found that bolt.
Anyway....after installing and uninstalling multiple times in multiple orientations and trying different combinations I concluded that I must be missing a bracket so I'd have to adapt what I had or fabricate a new one.
I ended up finding a pretty ingenious solution where I made the mount that came with the reservoir a dual purpose mount by adding a longer bolt and attaching the preload adjuster to it.
Anyway....one I got it all done, I went for a quick test ride. I've only ridden it about 5 miles and not off road at all yet but I can already tell it's much better. The vagueness in the front end is gone and it tracks significantly better. I haven't noticed much change in the rear yet but I'm sure I will when it's loaded up or off road.
Anyway. I'll post more as I ride it more but for now, I'm really happy with the results.