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So we have had a chance to run numerous configurations and track lengths so far this season and here is a short list of the things we noticed.I would love to hear more feedback on the 155 vs 163 khaos/chaos
What we found is the range of adjustment in the RTS on the stock velocity shocks on the Khaos did not offer a wide enough range of adjustment and also keeping track of around 15 clicker positions on the tiny knob got a little tiresome.
We hope that helps!
The front track shock is longer and is an evol with QS3 as well, the standard fox/burandt package only comes with a basic float 3 for the FTS. The the valving configuration on the entire skid side is a bit different as well to handle the new demands of the Khaos geometry.I currently have Fox/Burandt QS3's with lock out on my AXYS RMK. Is it just the valving that is different with the shocks your packaging with these rails or is the length different as well?
What we found is that even though it has around 15 clicks, the actual change to shock performance was a bit small. Basically you could go fully soft to fully hard on both the high and low speed adjustment and while a change was noticeable it was not that drastic and didn't meet as large of a riding demand as we would like to see. Between the shock being a 'bypass' style and then a fairly soft valving combo out of the box, our team (of vary skill) all found ourselves running on the very stiff end of the stock clicker positions. The soft end of adjustments was just mushy and nobody ran in those settings. The specific spot we struggled with was the Low speed dampening on the RTS. This controls how aburptly the sled transfers weight and wheelies. The stock shock was good at allowing moderate to a lot of wheelies but was not good at keeping it under control.
Also what we have seen is a shock with approx 15 clicker positions of both high and low speed makes for something most riders dont want to tinker with. They will just run a specific set of settings all the time as they dont want to try and tinker or remember what they were running for specific conditions. We really enjoy the QS3 feature on the Fox Sshock as you have easy to adjust easy to communicate. Riders can adjust settings that make sense with riding conditions.
We have been very impressed with the ability of the Fox crew to put together a shock with incredibly plush initial stroke but then far superior anti-bottoming. We could run a nice soft enjoyable ride package but also have one that you could rally down the whoops and not knock your teeth out bottoming off every bump.