Thursday, March 18, 2004
Shocking
The rear suspension unit on the X1 had a worn bush at the lower end shown by rather excessive freeplay in the swing arm, as well as that rather odd remote gas chamber. The unit on the X3 seemed fine. I removed both and found that the X3 unit was around 10mm longer but the mounting points were identical. As the basic weight and geometry of the bikes is similar I risked a swap.
The extar length of the shock gives a slightly higher ride height and will theoretically have speeded up the steering. However if I reduce the preload to increase sag, all that will be back to normal...I hope!
The rear suspension unit on the X1 had a worn bush at the lower end shown by rather excessive freeplay in the swing arm, as well as that rather odd remote gas chamber. The unit on the X3 seemed fine. I removed both and found that the X3 unit was around 10mm longer but the mounting points were identical. As the basic weight and geometry of the bikes is similar I risked a swap.
The extar length of the shock gives a slightly higher ride height and will theoretically have speeded up the steering. However if I reduce the preload to increase sag, all that will be back to normal...I hope!
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