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we have had the ohlins race kit in few a few weeks, first tryout was a forestry sprint race, felt good, nice and low and plush.
issues: the shortened front shock bodies drop the nose to much, yes the rear is shortened also but I'd question the need to shorten the fronts, chassis bellies out and heel guards drag on the ground during hard G outs, yes this is on 18 rears and 20 fronts. Damping is really nice, still waiting for the heavier springs.
yesterday out at a sand mx track, this cuts up real bad and has huge holes and kickers, this is when the fun started. due to the big holes went out on 21 fronts and 20 rears....... chassis bellied several times in the nose, blows through the travel to easy, definitely needs the heavier front spring set, damping was excellent though, really soaked it up.
The rear gave us problems all day, the rebound to compressions seems off, as set with the ohlins setting just to slow so it packs and kicks....... basically at the lightest compression clicker setting it's still to slow, back the rebound off to get the compression right, yes the rebound clicker also alters the compression, try it you will see, the compression clicker adds compression at the reservior, this additional to the piston stack shim setting. Compression nice rebound to damn fast, kick city as the arse tries to pass the nose, scary as in the braking bumps, very nearly over the bars.................... slowing the rebound to keep it under control, compression is to heavy to be smooth, skips and breaks traction and just not smooth, already on the lightest compression clicker setting............... hmmmmm
the nose down arse up ride is still there after all this money spent......, just the whole chassis is lower now. So after spending a wad of cash, whilslt the front is a huge improvment damping wise the rear still needs work.
UPDATE: GET THE DUAL RATE REAR SPRING:THIS IS A MUST
At this point I'd question going to the shorter front shock bodies in the kit, definetly shorten the rear and revalve front & back is a must. Definetly needs the heavier spring set in the front and the dual rate in the rear. Probably a reshim in the main rear stack to lighten the compression to get it right i guess...........
Put it this way my Axis suspended Yamaha would have left it for dead......
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not a happy comparison........... where i'd be wfo on the Yamahama the KTM is trying to eject me over the bars, not nice at all.......... result = plain slow..........
watching video replay showed it very clearly....... kick buck all day........
this was a really rough track with deep whoops and sharp edges but certainly showed the weakness of the rear end to "take it" and track through it...........
Ron if your reading this I'd appreciate your guidance for a down under racer, is this a reshim of the main stack or can we lighten up the compression slicker shimming ???
we have had the ohlins race kit in few a few weeks, first tryout was a forestry sprint race, felt good, nice and low and plush.
issues: the shortened front shock bodies drop the nose to much, yes the rear is shortened also but I'd question the need to shorten the fronts, chassis bellies out and heel guards drag on the ground during hard G outs, yes this is on 18 rears and 20 fronts. Damping is really nice, still waiting for the heavier springs.
yesterday out at a sand mx track, this cuts up real bad and has huge holes and kickers, this is when the fun started. due to the big holes went out on 21 fronts and 20 rears....... chassis bellied several times in the nose, blows through the travel to easy, definitely needs the heavier front spring set, damping was excellent though, really soaked it up.
The rear gave us problems all day, the rebound to compressions seems off, as set with the ohlins setting just to slow so it packs and kicks....... basically at the lightest compression clicker setting it's still to slow, back the rebound off to get the compression right, yes the rebound clicker also alters the compression, try it you will see, the compression clicker adds compression at the reservior, this additional to the piston stack shim setting. Compression nice rebound to damn fast, kick city as the arse tries to pass the nose, scary as in the braking bumps, very nearly over the bars.................... slowing the rebound to keep it under control, compression is to heavy to be smooth, skips and breaks traction and just not smooth, already on the lightest compression clicker setting............... hmmmmm
the nose down arse up ride is still there after all this money spent......, just the whole chassis is lower now. So after spending a wad of cash, whilslt the front is a huge improvment damping wise the rear still needs work.
UPDATE: GET THE DUAL RATE REAR SPRING:THIS IS A MUST
At this point I'd question going to the shorter front shock bodies in the kit, definetly shorten the rear and revalve front & back is a must. Definetly needs the heavier spring set in the front and the dual rate in the rear. Probably a reshim in the main rear stack to lighten the compression to get it right i guess...........
Put it this way my Axis suspended Yamaha would have left it for dead......
watching video replay showed it very clearly....... kick buck all day........
this was a really rough track with deep whoops and sharp edges but certainly showed the weakness of the rear end to "take it" and track through it...........
Ron if your reading this I'd appreciate your guidance for a down under racer, is this a reshim of the main stack or can we lighten up the compression slicker shimming ???
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