Shotgun shock height
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Shotgun shock height
For those of you with shotgun shocks, how low will you set them to ride?
I installed them, and have a RSD tracker fender and bottomed out a lot. I see guys say they ride it slammed low....maybe I have the rebound set wrong, but thought I had it as stiff as it would go.
There is no "setting" so let me know how many inches your fender is above your tire????
I installed them, and have a RSD tracker fender and bottomed out a lot. I see guys say they ride it slammed low....maybe I have the rebound set wrong, but thought I had it as stiff as it would go.
There is no "setting" so let me know how many inches your fender is above your tire????
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As you go lower, the firmer (think preload) you have to have to avoid bottoming out. I tend to ride my softer on the motorway (freeway) and then stiffen up when moving to windy roads, but keep the ride height the same
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The op makes mention that he has the RSD tracker fender and it bottoms out. Then was saying there's no way of telling the inches between the tyre and fender. So it sounded a bit like his tyre was hitting the fender. Which I was going to mention the bump stop should be hitting first
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Gotcha. You shouldn't set it up so that it can hit or rub the fender or wiring when or before sitting on the bumps. At least if you can run it on the bumps you can ride somewhere to have the problem fixed should the shock fail.
I know with my stock fender there's no way of the tyre hitting the guard, even after I've shaved the bump stop in half. I wouldn't of thought you could setup an RSD fender to hit the tyre either?