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i personaly have not riden a banshee with this set up yet. but i have a buddy who had the linkless rear set up with an elka shock put on and he said he will never ride another quad again that does not have that set up. he said it was like going from a vw bug to a coup de ville in the ride difference

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Ok, I have been on this site for a while now, and I have been wanting to ask this question. I feel like an idiot but here it goes..... How does the no link setup work? I hear people talk about it but I have never seen one. Thanks.

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im not sure if im about to explaine this just right but i will give it a shot... and please correct me if im wrong anyone..

 

the linkless set up basically just eliminates the dog bone on the banshee swing arm and has bit of a different mounting system so the shock has a bit more room to operate and takes some strain off the shock. it helps provide more travel, and a better ride. check out lonestar or any major swing arm manufacturer and they should have a set up you can look at..

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im not too sure about for a banshee, but im sure its not much different than a bike. a no link setup is much harder to get a rising rate out of, relying more heavily on excellent shock valving.

With a linkage system, say for the first inch of wheel travel the shock shaft will move 1/4 of an inch, but the last inch of wheel travel the shock shaft will move 1 inch. not sure on the numbers but thats how it works.

like raguncajun said thats a lot of money. I'm sure it would be a big improvement, but, and i may be wrong here, I think for the same money there are other ways to get better performance. :thumbsup:

my .02

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im not too sure about for a banshee, but im sure its not much different than a bike. a no link setup is much harder to get a rising rate out of, relying more heavily on excellent shock valving.

With a linkage system, say for the first inch of wheel travel the shock shaft will move 1/4 of an inch, but the last inch of wheel travel the shock shaft will move 1 inch. not sure on the numbers but thats how it works.

like raguncajun said thats a lot of money. I'm sure it would be a big improvement, but, and i may be wrong here, I think for the same money there are other ways to get better performance. :thumbsup:

my .02

 

Not so bad since it comes with the rear shock which itself is expensive. I'd rather spend the money on that than a billet stator cover :)

 

Damn Duner440 your Banshee looks ALOT like mine :)

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uhh, just for clarification that link is not to a linkless setup. thats the same concept as a stock banshee dogbone. prolly just some different measurements to be used in conjunction with an elka shock to get more shock travel. that setup is NOT a linkless, so dont get them confused...

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uhh, just for clarification that link is not to a linkless setup. thats the same concept as a stock banshee dogbone. prolly just some different measurements to be used in conjunction with an elka shock to get more shock travel. that setup is NOT a linkless, so dont get them confused...

 

The Elka linkage simply changes the motion ration of the rear suspension from OEM. Not rocket science, but at least they sell to the general pubic (public). :blink:

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