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Old January 29th, 2013, 09:03 PM   #21
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Name: bruce
Location: northern illinois
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Motorcycle(s): Race bikes:08 Ninja 250,11 R6,16 ZX6,SV650.3 HD-1947,2-2003,2010. 1946 Indian and a lot of dirt bikes.2

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Originally Posted by mikecronis View Post
Okay, what would be the benefits of an upgraded shock? Was I spot-on?
Mike, looks like this thread took a wrong turn! Sorry about that. You asked for opinions on the Elka shock and being that I spent some good money on 3 of them I felt qualified to offer what you asked for, my opinion. Its
a good product and worked well for my application.
To answer your above question, The advantage to using a better shock would be that you can tune it to your needs: weight, surface conditions, riding ability, and so on. Thats kind of hard to do with the stock shock with a spring that seems to be better suited for a 90 pound beginner and no comp. Or rebound adjustment.
I think you said you were a track day guy. If that's the case you seem to have the mind set to take your riding up a level. I think some suspension tuning may be in your future.
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