Re: [emrat:14092] Suspension Update

Suspension, heh? That's what motorcycles get when they do something bad in school.

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 8:07 PM Jake Lehner <jakelehner@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm sure there's a dad joke in there about being held in suspense. 

For anyone curious how the Tiger situation turned out. After visiting and chatting with the guys at Colorado Moto Service and Dan at Traxxion, I decided to just ship the forks to traxxion rather than have the kit installed locally. 

CoMoto was going to be a little higher on labor, and the XC suspension added some extra complexity given they are completely unadjustable stock. Traxxion had custom caps they installed to provide compression and rebound, but still no preload. Seemed best to just let them handle it. 

Shipped out and back in just under a month. 

As for performance, queue the stock line after any worthwhile suspension upgrade. "It's a completely different bike." Between the TTX rear (installed a couple years back) and the Traxxion front, it's planted to the ground. I have to watch my speed due to how smooth the bike feels over 90. Even in the rain. 

I was satisfied enough with the hardware and service my Traxxion, I ordered a YSS rear shock for my thunderbird from them a couple weeks ago. Should be here Thursday. 

Definitely drop dan@traxxiondynamics a line if you are considering an upgrade. The YSS shock was just under $400. And they have valve kits for the front I'll likely do next as a budget option. 

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