Holy Moly? Just under $1000.00 for a rear shock and front springs!
I told him what tires I had and I wanted better handling with NO STIFFER than OE ride.
He said it would be a better ride and better and handleing.
WoW! Anyone out here have experiance with this?

 

I helped DIRTYWHITEBOY install the front springs on his new 700, but he didn't opt for the rear spring... I didn't spend enough time on it to offer an opinion... there is another post concerning these somewhere on here... WAM

 

I couldn't justify the expense for the rear shock assembly.

There is definitely a "choke" factor built into the price of the full Elka setup. But, I am confident that they are worth the money for the right person and right situations.

I do, however, really like the springs. Nice improvement over stock.

Oldmanwheeler has the full package. Prairiewrench may have an opinion also; as I am sure he installed them.

 

They do make a big difference but I stilll have to fine tune them! The rear is a bit stiff right now but OldmanWheeler said that while in Utah, the harder he rode, the better they performed! I will be working on them tomorrow night to get ready for the hare scramble this weekend!

As far as paying that much,,, I won't do it, the fronts are a must but I take and put 400 LBS of nitrogen in the stock rear shock! It makes a world of difference!


newbeatle, be ready,,, looks like cold and rainy for Sunday!

 

whoooo whoooo... I rather race in the mud than the dust anyday... I was hoping to try out my Schredders / ATR combo, but if its going to be muddy, I'll be running my TSL's & 489 XT's ... if its raining buckets, maybe I'll have to bring the 28" Zilla's with...LOL...

 

I would like to hear more about the adjustment methods of the rear shock. I have never dealt with a reservoir, remote or not, Shock.

 

P.W., ...THEROCK... I could be wrong, But a highly competent sled racer that set up the Fox shocks that I mounted on the rear of mine, had this to say about the nitrogen "it is a misconception that increasing the nitrogen pressure will make the shock firmer ( like air in an air shock ) the sole purpose or value in increaseing the nitrogen pressure, is to decrease fade... the increased nitrogen will help keep the shock performing as it does when it's cold, after it gets heated up from the whoops & jumps... but it will not significantly change the firmness or any other charictoristics of the shock, to change any of these charictoristics, a person must change the valveing" ... I don't honestly know if you can change the valveing on the stock shock, & this is why I installed the fox racing shocks on my rear, when I did the custom suspension...

THEROCK... to my knowledge, you can increase the nitrogen pressure in the rear shocks reservour ( it's not an air chuck on there ), & you can adjust the preload, but I don't know of anyone who has done any more changes to thier rear shock...WAM