Assault riders... your suspension set-up

[jols]

I'm curious as to what you 09 assault riders with the springless front WE shocks have them set at for riding the mountains?? Also... what do you have the rear set at?? I ride with 2 other guys the same weight as me that have their fronts at the very softest and said they would go softer if they could... really?? I know everyone is different but i'm just curious what everyone else likes. We are around 180 lbs. Thanks

 

[milehighassassin]

Take a look at this thread I created it should help you:
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192424&highlight=assault+review

I weigh close to what you do, and I can't get enough sag in the rear suspension according to Polaris (owner's manual setup).

So I have all of my shocks turned all the way down. Front is the same all the way down. When springs comes I might go up a little more as we start jumping on harder snow, but for the snow being powder I want them soft. I actually want them softer than I can get them.

I helped the sled out a LOT by putting my limiter strap in the 3rd and tightest position, it really helped with the attack angle.

I am not debating going to Fox Floats in the front or seeing if Carls can re-valve them correctly and softer.

 

[jols]

Thanks for the reply!!... I forgot to ask... do you have your ski stance all the way in?? (narrowest)

 

[sasky]

I found the softest settings on the stock shocks were still too stiff for me. I would have revalved the front and rear shocks for my weight, but, I went to a different set of ski and track shocks instead and kept the stock torsion springs.

I run the track tighter and the limiter straps full out for most of my riding. If I go to the mountains I tighten up the limiters.

So far so good....

 

[milehighassassin]

I don't have it in the narrowest position but that is my next move. When I got the sled used the previous owner had the skis set tow in and the camber all the way negative as well. So I changed it to tow out and set the camber to nuetral. I didn't want to do too many changes at once, since I also did these changes with the limiter strap.

I don't think the stance is a big deal myself. If I can get the suspension softer for the deep days, it will work great.

 

[wyoracer]

what you need to do with the front shocks is let pressure out of either the body of the shock or the rese. no valving changes are needed. You can do this by taking a need gauge for nitrogen shocks and inserting it in either charging location either the bottom of the res or the top of the shock...start by letting taking the res. pressure down 50-75 lbs. this will allow the soft setting on the knob to actually be soft...and don't worry you can always turn the knob stiffer and get them right back to rock hard. This is what all the hillclimbers where doing last year with this sled...the new needle shocks on the 2010 are leaps and bounds better this yeah...lots of adjustability in them and way easier to do so.