Parts:
A bit of steel
Properly-sized hole saw: 46mm or 1-13/16” Eclipse HSS Holesaw Bi-Metal Blade Cutter Drill Cuts Steel Iron (I bought this online because there was no way I'd find it locally without going insane.)
Threaded rods. I believe these were 3/8ths. God, I hate non-metric measurements.
Washers.
Nuts. The nuts at the top have the plastic thingies in them to help them stay put. The ones on the bottom are the extra-tall nuts so that I can keep my ratcheting wrenches on them easily.
The bottom brace was a bit trickier. I ended up just welding a nut on one side of the hole. Then when I screwed the bolt through the bottom hole of the shock, I left the socket on the head of the bolt so it would stay put at the right angle and not try to pop the weld off.
Here are a few websites that helped:
http://lostabout.com/s90/may_20_2008.asp?b=body#start
http://www.cttrailbikes.com/CT90Suspension.html#anchor_100
http://www.steves-workshop.co.uk/vehicles/hondas90/shocktool/shocktool.htm
http://slipstreamcycle.com/products/girling-shock-tool
Here you can see how it comes apart. Once it's compressed, grab the flat spots with a tool. I used a set of needle-nosed vice grips because I didn't have a 23mm (?) wrench handy.
Once that's locked in place, stick a large screwdriver or 3/8ths socket extension in the head of the shock and unscrew it.
Pics of the shocks all taken apart:
This is the 'factory-sealed' part of the shock that probably shouldn't be messed with. I messed with it.
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