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Ok, I wanna start out by saying I KNOW this is gonna get thousands of people's panties in knots.... but whatever, I couldn't care less.
What I care about is exposing you all to an EDUCATED and KNOWLEDGABLE point of view about WHY swapping shocks from one bike to another isn't as simple & straight forward as it's made out to be.
After reading this, if you still want to use that busa shock or whatever ebay special you just bought, then that's perfectly fine, I'm not gonna tell you that you can't or that you'll die if you do... All I'm saying is that you should at the very least educate yourself about the subject first.
This was written by Peter Kates, owner of GMD Computrack Boston. GMD Computrack is a supension and chassis specialist... Suspension & chassis ALL that they do.
I can assure you that he didn't write this with the goal of selling more shocks... he already sells plenty. He wrote this to answer the endless questions he receives from people asking why "X" model shock doesn't work as good as a Penske or Ohlins in their "Y" model bike.
I'd copy & paste this, but it just told me it was over the lax post length.
http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/suspension-corner/44588-shock-swap-myth.html
What I care about is exposing you all to an EDUCATED and KNOWLEDGABLE point of view about WHY swapping shocks from one bike to another isn't as simple & straight forward as it's made out to be.
After reading this, if you still want to use that busa shock or whatever ebay special you just bought, then that's perfectly fine, I'm not gonna tell you that you can't or that you'll die if you do... All I'm saying is that you should at the very least educate yourself about the subject first.
This was written by Peter Kates, owner of GMD Computrack Boston. GMD Computrack is a supension and chassis specialist... Suspension & chassis ALL that they do.
I can assure you that he didn't write this with the goal of selling more shocks... he already sells plenty. He wrote this to answer the endless questions he receives from people asking why "X" model shock doesn't work as good as a Penske or Ohlins in their "Y" model bike.
I'd copy & paste this, but it just told me it was over the lax post length.
http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/suspension-corner/44588-shock-swap-myth.html