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I've ridden 6-800 miles in the Texas Hill Country now on the new Ricors.
I rode on factory stock HD suspension for 45 years before upgrading
to the Ohlins High Performance components.
The Ohlins work great.
But, they don't do anything better for me than the Ricors.
I rode the Ricor Research Shocks for two months or so,
7-800 miles in the Texas Hill Country.
Some, very challenging.
Excellent.
Then I put my Ohlins back on for 2-300 miles, to refresh my memory.
Again, on the same Hill Country Roads.
Took the Ohlins off and installed the Production Ricors in the pix above and below.
13 1/2" eye to eye with a 3 1/2" stroke.
Extremely satisfied with the performance. I couldn't ask for more.
the last four months on the Ricors have no doubt been a real pleasure ride.
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here's a quote below that helps me to understand the internal activity better
and the reasoning behind the Inertia Technology.
stable ride. yessir Marc. absolutely............
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I've ridden 6-800 miles in the Texas Hill Country now on the new Ricors.
I rode on factory stock HD suspension for 45 years before upgrading
to the Ohlins High Performance components.
The Ohlins work great.
But, they don't do anything better for me than the Ricors.
I rode the Ricor Research Shocks for two months or so,
7-800 miles in the Texas Hill Country.
Some, very challenging.
Excellent.
Then I put my Ohlins back on for 2-300 miles, to refresh my memory.
Again, on the same Hill Country Roads.
Took the Ohlins off and installed the Production Ricors in the pix above and below.
13 1/2" eye to eye with a 3 1/2" stroke.
Extremely satisfied with the performance. I couldn't ask for more.
the last four months on the Ricors have no doubt been a real pleasure ride.
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here's a quote below that helps me to understand the internal activity better
and the reasoning behind the Inertia Technology.
stable ride. yessir Marc. absolutely............
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This same Inertia Valve technology is used in Ricors shocks.
In this application the valve is used to control rebound instead of compression dampening.
When the rear wheel hits a bump it needs to return to the road as quickly as possible in order to maintain traction and security.
This control is done with rebound dampening.
At the same time the shock has to control how fast the bike chassis bounces back from a bump.
Chassis movement requires high rebound dampening and wheel movement requires lower rebound dampening.
The Inertia Valve senses when the chassis is moving and increases rebound dampening.
This allows the shock to be designed with 30% lower rebound dampening than normal
so the wheel can better follow the road surface
while increasing rebound dampening when the valve senses that the bike chassis is moving.
The effect is much better wheel and chassis control and increased compliance
resulting in a more comfortable and stable ride.
This same Inertia Valve technology is used in Ricors shocks.
In this application the valve is used to control rebound instead of compression dampening.
When the rear wheel hits a bump it needs to return to the road as quickly as possible in order to maintain traction and security.
This control is done with rebound dampening.
At the same time the shock has to control how fast the bike chassis bounces back from a bump.
Chassis movement requires high rebound dampening and wheel movement requires lower rebound dampening.
The Inertia Valve senses when the chassis is moving and increases rebound dampening.
This allows the shock to be designed with 30% lower rebound dampening than normal
so the wheel can better follow the road surface
while increasing rebound dampening when the valve senses that the bike chassis is moving.
The effect is much better wheel and chassis control and increased compliance
resulting in a more comfortable and stable ride.
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