Raptor triple rate spring???
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Yes I have. An improvement on trail ride, but Front shocks still need a revalve for my weight. I go 250ish geared up. Two best options, do Holz revalve with added reservoirs or Carl's revalve. Leaning to the Holz because I would be getting the clicker reservoir for additional tuning.
Works pretty darn good as a simple upgrade, but again, as mentioned, if you want to pound them really hard the demise of the oem shocks is the super soft valving. I would do springs or whole new shocks, the middle ground is hard to justify IMO, quite a bit of money tied up in shocks, and you still only have one set, ususally you can get some decent money for a set of takeoffs, put that towards a full setup, then you get the nice trs springs, better valving package as well as 20 position clickers.
Yeah not to mention, 5/8ths shafts, much tighter tolerance parts, premium oils, better piston technology, premium seals and shaft coatings, assembled by an expert as opposed to a minimum wage assembly line worker, etc, etc, etc.
Premium shocks are better in every aspect.
I just sold a guy my old Raptors for $700 shipped which included them getting shipped to Raptor for a full rebuild. You can sell your stockers for ~$350 and then put $350 with that and be at the top of the line shocks. Or spend $300 on springs and a revalve and still have mediocre but properly valved shocks.
Tried them on the front to help with bottoming but they didn't help. Maybe they would be okay for someone that never jumps at all. Running float 3 evols now. Night and day difference, premium shocks are expensive but they work so much better
That is the demise of the stock rmk and axys WE shocks, the valving package from factory is WAY too soft to be jumping big with them. Yes the progressive springs will help a big hit but the reality is super fast high velocity hits aren't getting stopped by springs, thats all valving.
What ever your discipline, you must set your shocks up for that riding style. Big jumps, drops take a different valve/spring package than a boondocking package or trail package. Reality is "you can't have it all" in one package. You must decide what area your willing to sacrifice.
VERY true, although, that is the beauty of a clicker shock. Definitely a variety of range to work with. I know on my XM running raptors, fully maxed out compression clicks would take just about any jumps or nasty moguls I could throw at it and I would wind them out to only around 5 clicks to enjoy surfing through the powder with ease.
I agree but my stock walker evans with the oem springs maxed out tight would bottom off of even small jumps and drops. If I had my time back i might have tried a revalve but after switching to the evols my riding confidence went way up and i can hit much bigger things without worrying about breaking the sled
I feel you on that one, bone stock axys shocks with front springs maxed and rears jacked WAY up. My teeth still hurts from cranking these jumps.
LOL, sorry for the hijack guys, its summer, i really just want to talk sleds with someone!
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I agree with you Nick. But most guys throw them on and never adjust the clickers. I've witnessed it many times.
Compression and rebound clickers with high and low speed adjustments are the cats meow.
Boondocking and tree riding is where i am. Want a reasonably smooth ride out on a bumpy trail at the end of the day. Crappy Canadian dollar plays in the decision as to what to do for shocks unfortunately. Holz deal still seems like the best bang for my dollar and riding. Adding 40% to the cost of a high end shock is not in the budget.
Yes, the darn dollar is killing you guys right now. For the money the TRS is a pretty nice upgrade. Nothing mind blowing but it seems to make the shocks work in a broader range of conditions well. Definitely a decent way to spend some money on a sled.
Indeed the TRS are a big improvement over stock Front and Rear- and the WE's do need some attention after a season of riding-
Can't have it all - Clickers are OK-( but as we all know - it's use varys and most don't screw with it fo the minimal gains.
I guess if yoru younger (under 30) - and sky the sled- then yep - A good valving is in -need- but for overall boondocking- tree banging- re-valving or the "overall" ride is in order and Andy does a remarkable job.
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Can't have it all - Clickers are OK-( but as we all know - it's use varys and most don't screw with it fo the minimal gains.
I guess if yoru younger (under 30) - and sky the sled- then yep - A good valving is in -need- but for overall boondocking- tree banging- re-valving or the "overall" ride is in order and Andy does a remarkable job.
S/C
Gonna do the same thing with mine this fall I think. With the CAD dollar the way it is, I cant justify spending $2500-$3000 on a full set of premium shocks. I think the Carls revalve with z bros springs on my clickers should make a big difference.
