toledoUPSguy
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posted November 15, 2012 09:33 PM
rear lowering affects?
I have not installed my window links or brocks/ohlins drag shock yet so I'm guessing here. When you lower via the links it will change the progression of the rear shock, correct? What affects good or bad is there from using the adjustable length feature of the ohlins shock?
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BobC
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posted November 16, 2012 12:40 AM
Using the window links will lower the ride height and C of G of the bike, shock settings won't be changed by this.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted November 16, 2012 02:11 AM
Trying to type on a blackberry maybe I worded the question wrong. On the brocks/ohlins drag shock there is a height adj. I can shorten the shock compared to stock. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to lowering via the shock compared to the linksv
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cliffrandall
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posted November 16, 2012 03:43 AM
Basically the same effect......The links are more aggessive (bigger drop) the shock screw fine tunes.
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GREYHOUNDMOSES
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posted November 16, 2012 05:09 AM
I understand what you're asking.
I have the same adjustment on my Nitron shock and have wondered on the different effect of the lowering methods.
As I see it, shortening the shock won't effect the suspension RATE but will move the wheel travel to a slightly stiffer part of the curve. Using the links WILL effect the supension rate. I assume it will make the rising rate curve more aggressive buy I'm willing to be corrected on that.
Having used the links, I've got to say any change in the way the suspension feels is negligable.
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BobC
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posted November 16, 2012 06:54 AM
Maybe a shorter shock suits a lower ride height preventing the wheel hitting the undertray. (Just a guess).
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Stock wheelbase
Max: 205.4 mph in 1.25 miles
2012 ZZR1400 in Golden Blazed Green
Brock CT Full System. etc
Max: 203.1 in 1 mile (so far)
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smokinZX14
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posted November 16, 2012 09:32 AM
Here is what i was told .. The shock needs to be the same eye to eye as the factory shock to work correctly .. Set the shock eye to eye as the factory shock and use the adjustable links to set your ride hight ..
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GREYHOUNDMOSES
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posted November 16, 2012 10:57 AM
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Here is what i was told .. The shock needs to be the same eye to eye as the factory shock to work correctly ..
Lee, that may be true of the drag shock in a drag application. It's not true in a more general sense. The shock
manufacturers make them with that adjustment, not so the same shock fits different bikes, but so you can adjust the shock length to change steering geometry, usualy for street/ track aplications. (by track, I don't meen strip)
That change in steering geometry will result in some change in the suspension characteristics, but as far as I can tell, not significantly.
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joseph702
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posted November 16, 2012 08:08 PM
My onlines drag shock I had to make sure it was same eye to eye or it slowed my 60 foot and felt funny, not sure how much it really matters but it did in my case.
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eklipse636
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posted November 17, 2012 05:27 AM
I thought the shortened shock was for when you used a straight link, therefore making the distance between the two shock mounts shorter?
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