Rear shocks ?
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Additional thoughts...
I chose Ohlins partially because I figure resale will be best of the common brands if I ever decide to change/upgrade. Also, if I were to keep them forever, I wanted something that could be readily serviced in 10 years.
I chose Ohlins partially because I figure resale will be best of the common brands if I ever decide to change/upgrade. Also, if I were to keep them forever, I wanted something that could be readily serviced in 10 years.
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I'm not opposed to ohlins and the quality of their products, but $600 for shocks are not adjustable or 750 for a piggyback set that is not adjustable seems ridiculous when there are other comprable products?
truth be told, i got an offer from ODC, directly, that i couldn't refuse. Otherwise i wouldn't have bothered with the 14.25s that were there.
Ledgends makes good stuff.. if they made the same offer, i would have had no problems testing them out. Nothing is permanent.
Ledgends makes good stuff.. if they made the same offer, i would have had no problems testing them out. Nothing is permanent.
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As to adjustability, I've had adjustables before and it's nice if you find yourself in wildly varying environments or if you're working on a project with no pro support or unknown variables. If, like me, you have a fairly regular riding environment the adjustment features are a kind of "set it and forget it" thing; once set up, you never mess with it again. Based on that, I elected to skip the tuning step, save a little money, and let Howard (the pro) sort me out. We'll see how that works out. Maybe I'll swap them out for something adjustable.
We all have to make our own valuation decisions based on our particular circumstances. There's no really wrong answer as long as you don't end up with buyer's remorse...and few here seem to have those kinds of stories.
Last edited by cggorman; Mar 2, 2018 at 12:38 PM.
ODC switched the spirings from ohlins to eibach a little while after i got mine though. Not sure why... they were super stoked about it.
Last edited by cvaria; Mar 2, 2018 at 02:17 PM.
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Eibach makes good springs. Been using them for 20 years. The rust belt, where I live, is hard on suspension and underbody but the Eibachs have a really nice powder coat that holds up great. Can't really compare spring rate or free length consistency but for my street use they're great.
