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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:44 AM
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Default How can you guys ride with a lowering kit?

This past winter I bought a CFM front lowering kit and I flipped over thr rear linkage.

Guys I hate it !
On the drag strip its great but on the whoops my bottom hit and scratch everywhere.
Its not that i'm heavy, I weight about 140lbs but damn I get shaked .
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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IMO they arent meant to be ridden anywhere except for a flattrack or drags.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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Default How can you guys ride with a lowering kit?

IF you want to do it right you have to get ZPS.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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Originally posted by: trx250Rob
IF you want to do it right you have to get ZPS.
That is the truth. Shortcuts can come back to bite you in the ****. I know, I have a rewelded shock mount to prove it.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 05:06 PM
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Default How can you guys ride with a lowering kit?

I just got zps on my R, what a difference!
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 10:39 PM
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where can i find zps shocks on the internet? and how much are they
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 10:42 PM
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I love my lowering kit. On the steep climbs around here, they are a life saver. You won't climb half the bad hills around here without a lowering kit.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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You could get them from AXIS, PEP, Elka or TCS. Do a search and you will find them.

The fronts start at about $500 for Elka SSD (their name for ZPS) and go up to $1200 for AXIS.

For the rear, most manufacterers could convert your stock rear for about $300-350. A brand new rear will go for about $800-900.

The difference isn't only that you could raise and lower the quad, the valving is way superior to stock. Also even though the quad sits lower you have more travel and they resist bottoming out much better than stock.

Take a look at my pics to see what they look like, in those pics you could see that when you sit on them the quad is pretty low, but in the air they fully extend. In those pics I had them about half way down, I could drop it another 2 inches or raise it another inch and a half.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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Nice pics man...
 
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