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70-80 MPH and over fish tail feeling
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 917679" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Yeah, I would. The majority of the weight that we are hauling around on these fat girls is the bike's Difference between this little guy (145? really?) and a normal 200 lb Amurican is only 55 lbs. Or about a 6 percent total difference in GVW. IOW not all that much.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> :jerry: </p><p></p><p>If I had to make a stab at that I would say, since the shock's <em>only</em> job is to provide damping of the rear suspension, the symptom of a "worn out shock" would be that you could no longer dial in an appropriate amount of damping for the spring at any clicker settings. This is compounded by the fact that we only have an adjustment for rebound damping on the stock shocks, so when the compressions damping feels weak it's replacement time. I know what that means on the front end, but what the bike feels like with weak compression damping on the rear end I will leave to the more experienced suspension kings.</p><p></p><p>Of course you could also have a mechanical failure, like petey mentions, where the mechanism no longer operates smoothly, but I think most people are replacing their stock shock for inadequate damping or ability to adjust it better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 917679, member: 3828"] Yeah, I would. The majority of the weight that we are hauling around on these fat girls is the bike's Difference between this little guy (145? really?) and a normal 200 lb Amurican is only 55 lbs. Or about a 6 percent total difference in GVW. IOW not all that much. :jerry: If I had to make a stab at that I would say, since the shock's [I]only[/I] job is to provide damping of the rear suspension, the symptom of a "worn out shock" would be that you could no longer dial in an appropriate amount of damping for the spring at any clicker settings. This is compounded by the fact that we only have an adjustment for rebound damping on the stock shocks, so when the compressions damping feels weak it's replacement time. I know what that means on the front end, but what the bike feels like with weak compression damping on the rear end I will leave to the more experienced suspension kings. Of course you could also have a mechanical failure, like petey mentions, where the mechanism no longer operates smoothly, but I think most people are replacing their stock shock for inadequate damping or ability to adjust it better. [/QUOTE]
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