Not wanting to stray too far off track, but actually, everything with the exception of the shock itself & the upper shock mount on my bike is a dead copy of the Banshee geometry. The shock (it was cheap) in factory form (Polaris Predator) does not use any linkage but was close to the length I needed so I used it. I am buying a different shock that will be better suited for the banshee style linkage but so far, I can say that even the wrong shock is an improvement in ride quality over stock zilla stuff.

I'm not done yet Dale & yes, I did heed your advice.