HardIzZlE Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Im about to buy a nice set of elkas, anyway the guy says there 14.5 inchs long & were used with stock arms. So my question is will those shocks work with +2+1 a arms??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollister_Hitman Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Im about to buy a nice set of elkas, anyway the guy says there 14.5 inchs long & were used with stock arms. So my question is will those shocks work with +2+1 a arms??? They should as long as the a-arms aren't long travel a-arms. Long travel a-arms use longer shocks. The more important thing you need to know though is this: Are the shocks vlaved and sprung for +2 a-arms? If they are setup for the stock a-arms then they will be way to soft for extended arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardIzZlE Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 not sure i just know there 200lbs setup with a damper control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollister_Hitman Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 any pictures? They are compression adjustable you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamaha04 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 dont mean to steal the post are anything but i weight 150 so if i got a shock that was valved a 200lbs rider stock arms and put them on my +2 arms wth me being 150 would they work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardIzZlE Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 any pictures? They are compression adjustable you mean? pic= http://i20.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/8e/4f/c3f7_1.JPG The shocks have the compression damping control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollister_Hitman Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 dont mean to steal the post are anything but i weight 150 so if i got a shock that was valved a 200lbs rider stock arms and put them on my +2 arms wth me being 150 would they work? well if they are compression adj that would help, but it all depends on how fast you are. The faster you go the stiffer your shock needs to be. My girlfriend had elkas on her stock blaster arms and they were setup perfect. Then she got +3 arms and it make the bike way too soft and it sat way too low. She didn;t have compression adj ones though. The best way to go is to save your money and buy the correct shocks for your bike. pic= http://i20.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/8e/4f/c3f7_1.JPG The shocks have the compression damping control. yeah those are ride height adj (which will also make the shock stiffer) and compression adj (which you can make the shock stiffer with) You should ask the guy what the shocks were valved for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamaha04 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 thanks hitman i planed on getting the right shocks i just always wonder if they just valved them heavy for a wider arm to mach up the leverage difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 dont mean to steal the post are anything but i weight 150 so if i got a shock that was valved a 200lbs rider stock arms and put them on my +2 arms wth me being 150 would they work? Depending on how worried about this you are, start a new thread and we can do the math to figure it out (it's a bit involved and I don't want to hijack this thread). Past that the correlation between a-arm length and designed rider weight does not necessarily affect the shock in the same way that it does the springs (springs can always be changed fairly inexpensively). At the bare minimum the shock in question should atleast be compression adjustable to overcome a majority of the rider weight difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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