shocks

[atvmxr]

I dont know if all XC are like this, but I finally got all my stuff to be legal to ride the national forest in texas.  lots of big sand whoops like you find on dune trails, but also tons of 3-4" tall tree roots that were basically like ridding a trail scattered with bricks.  Very square edged and constantly yanking the bars around.  Im sure a steering stabilizer would help the side to side, but I want to ask about shock brand/rebuilder that set up shocks for really rough low-mid speed stuff, but still be able to handle jumps and whoops like you find on MX.

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[croat1]

Atvmxr, What did you change to be trail legal?   

Joe

[Jerry Hall]

I dont know if all XC are like this, but I finally got all my stuff to be legal to ride the national forest in texas.  lots of big sand whoops like you find on dune trails, but also tons of 3-4" tall tree roots that were basically like ridding a trail scattered with bricks.  Very square edged and constantly yanking the bars around.  Im sure a steering stabilizer would help the side to side, but I want to ask about shock brand/rebuilder that set up shocks for really rough low-mid speed stuff, but still be able to handle jumps and whoops like you find on MX.
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Even though you may be hitting the tree roots at low MPH, the shock action moves the shock piston in the high speed mode where a lot of fluid needs to flow through the piston without generating very much compression damping.  This requires a compression shim stack that can open wide without needing a lot of pressure to lift the leaf valves.

Woops and jumps moves the shock piston relatively slow and needs a lot of compression damping to provide more resistance to bottoming as compared to hitting the tree roots.

I do not know of a compression valve plate stack that will handle both extreme ends of the requirements you stated.  I have seen and tried a lot of "progressive shim stacks"  but have yet to have them work like theory says they should.   Gas pressure should not be used as a tuning tool but lowering the gas pressure will usually improve the square edge shock response, but when the gas pressure gets too low, the shock will turn into a pogo stick.  There is a fine line of finding just the right gas pressure and the shock becoming a pogo stick.

[Tbone07]

I dont know if all XC are like this, but I finally got all my stuff to be legal to ride the national forest in texas.  lots of big sand whoops like you find on dune trails, but also tons of 3-4" tall tree roots that were basically like ridding a trail scattered with bricks.  Very square edged and constantly yanking the bars around.  Im sure a steering stabilizer would help the side to side, but I want to ask about shock brand/rebuilder that set up shocks for really rough low-mid speed stuff, but still be able to handle jumps and whoops like you find on MX.

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Might be helpful to talk to a reputable shock builder that does a lot of XC stuff. Derisi is the first builder that comes to mind.

Are you running Flexx bars or a precision bar mount? That might help on the smaller stuff too. Flexx bars work wonders for me

[atvmxr]

Even though you may be hitting the tree roots at low MPH, the shock action moves the shock piston in the high speed mode where a lot of fluid needs to flow through the piston without generating very much compression damping.  This requires a compression shim stack that can open wide without needing a lot of pressure to lift the leaf valves.

Woops and jumps moves the shock piston relatively slow and needs a lot of compression damping to provide more resistance to bottoming as compared to hitting the tree roots.

I do not know of a compression valve plate stack that will handle both extreme ends of the requirements you stated.  I have seen and tried a lot of "progressive shim stacks"  but have yet to have them work like theory says they should.   Gas pressure should not be used as a tuning tool but lowering the gas pressure will usually improve the square edge shock response, but when the gas pressure gets too low, the shock will turn into a pogo stick.  There is a fine line of finding just the right gas pressure and the shock becoming a pogo stick.

Thank you for the explaination

Atvmxr, What did you change to be trail legal?   

Joe

Well the main thing was finally taking that ATV safety class.  put on a FMF Q spark arrestor silencer.  Texas OHV sticker

[number5]

Like jerry said what I have requested to meet my needs in woods racing you cannot have the best of both.