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Es Model worth the extra money?
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<blockquote data-quote="MCRIDER007" data-source="post: 1184473" data-attributes="member: 329"><p>There seems to an assertion here that the A model does not have good suspension and that certainly is not the case, as a owner of both a 13A and a ES, I think the 13A's forks perform every bit as good as the ES and I actually prefer the 13A's dual spring shock to the ES's single (lighter) spring.....that requires a lot of preload for 2 up riding in comparison to the quick flip of the lever on the A model. I don't know how long the A model shock is going to last but I also am very skeptical that a ES shock rebuild is only going to cost $100 (I think the shipping and insurance on a $2300 shock will be at least $100) and right now I don't know where to ship it for rebuild.</p><p></p><p>As far as changing the damping on the fly, it seems more like marketing hype than anything else, the damping adjustment range is pretty narrow and I have yet to find a road that the STD-0 setting doesn't provide the best overall damping (which is very good). I love the inverted fork on the ES and think it alone is worth the extra $1K for the ES model, its too bad the A model doesn't have the inverted fork so we could do a real suspension to suspension comparison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MCRIDER007, post: 1184473, member: 329"] There seems to an assertion here that the A model does not have good suspension and that certainly is not the case, as a owner of both a 13A and a ES, I think the 13A's forks perform every bit as good as the ES and I actually prefer the 13A's dual spring shock to the ES's single (lighter) spring.....that requires a lot of preload for 2 up riding in comparison to the quick flip of the lever on the A model. I don't know how long the A model shock is going to last but I also am very skeptical that a ES shock rebuild is only going to cost $100 (I think the shipping and insurance on a $2300 shock will be at least $100) and right now I don't know where to ship it for rebuild. As far as changing the damping on the fly, it seems more like marketing hype than anything else, the damping adjustment range is pretty narrow and I have yet to find a road that the STD-0 setting doesn't provide the best overall damping (which is very good). I love the inverted fork on the ES and think it alone is worth the extra $1K for the ES model, its too bad the A model doesn't have the inverted fork so we could do a real suspension to suspension comparison. [/QUOTE]
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