Must be, but yes the 94's are black. Mine is from a 97 bike with only 3,000 km's.

Dno! My steering feels slightly different though (slight understeer compared to before) but I havent set the spring rate or anything yet, so it's still pretty loose.

 

I was told that all F2s and F3s took the same shock,only the 97 was different.I don't know for certain how true that is.Maybe we should all post up dogbone lengths on our respective bikes.

 

I have been messing with different shocks, dogbones, and bellcranks(the piece that goes between the shock and dogbone and is bolted to the swingarm). Between buying a 95' F3 shock, my original 94' F2 shock and now I just got a 02' F4i shock. I have 4 different dogbones, 3 original and one lowering link, 3 different bellcranks and 3 different shocks. For all your information, the biggest difference between the years is the length of the dogbones and the design of the bell crank. I can take some pics if people want me too. Right now I have an extended swingarm (which raises the tail) with the F3 shock and the F2 bellcrank and the lowering link set at 1.5" drop. I think that the shock is a little wore out, so I got the F4i shock and we will see what happens.

 

I have just finished doing a little research on this issue. Here is what I have found. The shock for the 93 is part number 57656-001, the 94-96 is 57655-001 and the 97 is 57797-001. The 93-96 all have the same part numbers for the dogbone and all other suspension linkage. The part number are 52491-001 and 54181-001. The same parts on the 97 are 52429-001 and 54197-001. So if the shock for a 93 is the same length as a 94 then the 95 or 96 shock would bolt right in and not change the ride height. I didnt check the springs for the different years, but if you go to bikebandit.com they have online microfiche that you can look at and get the Honda part numbers.

I have put a 95 shock on my 93 F2 and it did not change the distance between the rear axle and the seat when the bike is on the center stand.

 

Those are not Honda part numbers.

Regards,

Derek