i have a 250r shock and i like it alot.the only thing is mounting it.the two like circle tabs on the inside of the top mount you gave to grind them out,grind the top mount on the shock just a lil not much,and for the bottom the bolt sleeve that goes thru the bottom shock mount grind that down to fit into the bottom mount.sounds like more work then it really is.it took me like a lil more then 1 hour to do so not bad at all.i say from a 1-10 and 10 being hard it like a 4