Shox Dr
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Yes theyre fournales, they are probably the only part of the original bike I kept besides the frame and I like the wrong look about them (wrong as in there's no springs on view being hydraulic). Ive never had to deal with them but I know someone who has one on a very special hcs build bike and I think he had some issues around altering the spring rates though I thought he resolved it in the end anyway. I think its because they don't have any english speakers on staff and are only a very small manufacturer, so you get what your sold and its up to the regional suppliers to support them.
Yes its my posh exup (yb8e), I've had it 17 years after my girlfriend got drunk with her mates from work and I went the workshop to noodle with my bike on a friday afternoon, and rang her up from a bike shop. I'd only gone out for oil for my sp370, and it was sat there in the showroom, 8 years old and no longer the latest fastest thing and it had this daft bespoke phillip island paint job (phillip island was won by a bimota, but it was a ducati based one, making it daft...) and was covered with ohlins stickers (its got mazzorochi inverted forks), cross of st george flags and other worse stuff, so it was cheap(er), I test rode it and it was running really really bad, flat out at 110 and felt really flat, I took it back and told them as much so they dragged the mechanic out and he rode it up and down then started with the "these old bikes" excuse but then after a chat they knocked a big chunk off the price and threw in new matched bridgestone tyre's if I bought it.
I rang fairly new girlfriend up at this point and uttered the words "Ive seen this bike, they've always been a bit of a unattainable dream for me" (and people like me didnt own bikes like that then, all my other bikes were someone elses cast off's or built from the junkbox) and she being more than slightly inebriated at this point said "go put a cash deposit down on it, and I'll pay the balance on my credit card in the morning and you can pay me back weekly". We've been married now for 17 years
, and yes I paid her back.I took some of the cash they'd knocked off, and dropped the bike off with someone I knew who *really* knew exup's (phil woods) along with a nice end can I'd picked up at the bulldog and some other bits I'd decided it needed to breathe better and he found (in his words) "half a forest in the carbs" amongst other stupidity (mistimed exup valve), and when I got it back from him it was very awesome indeed. I've got to offer him first refusal if I ever sell it, but I think after 17 years he's given up hope. I'm not allowed to sell it, as it might end in divorce
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....I rang fairly new girlfriend up at this point and uttered the words "Ive seen this bike, they've always been a bit of a unattainable dream for me" (and people like me didnt own bikes like that then, all my other bikes were someone elses cast off's or built from the junkbox) and she being more than slightly inebriated at this point said "go put a cash deposit down on it, and I'll pay the balance on my credit card in the morning and you can pay me back weekly". We've been married now for 17 years
...and she hasn't dared get drunk since?
The volume of oil can be tweaked too apparently, they are ole-pneumatic units to give them their posh term, so air for spring rate and oil for rebound adjustments. I personally have never done anything except pump them up a bit, which needs a pump capable of the internal air pressures (20+ bar usually!).
Actually the experience didn't put her off. In fact the kids are often dispatched to the fridge at meal times to fetch a chilled box of "mummy juice"...and she hasn't dared get drunk since?
You gotta find the right girl. I was on ebay, havering over spending 4.5k on my XR1200, when she leaned over and stabbed the Buy It Now button....she's just found me a cheap KTM on an expats site. Why don't you get that she says?
Hang on, there is the life insurance question.....?
Hang on, there is the life insurance question.....?
Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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I don't believe they are an emulsion damper, you can change the oil weight but that would effect both rebound and compression damping. I've not been inside one but doubt there be anything I haven't seen before.
Cut aways (left-right) Air Damper, Noleen High Pressure filler, 300psi pump, Coilover
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