Hey in my ds650 shop manual they got a picture of the back shock and it has two springs its dual rate. How come they stopped making dual rate back shocks on the newer models??

 

dont anyone have the dual rate back shock or is my manual just screwed up.....

 

yes my ds has a dual rate back shock

 

thats cool how does it work??? have u ridden any other ds's with out the dual rate spring how does it compare....i only experineced dual rate springs with the works shocks on my warrior and it worked very well

 

well i've only ridden a 00, 01 and a 02 ds, all of which have the dual rate so i don't know how it would compare to a 04 single rate, i'm sure someone else here has had a 04 and an older ds

 

Ive had both , i found the progressive spring to have a softer feel to it, bit more "springy"

i dont know why they changed to single spring. some guys i know have removed the top spring and only use the main one , dont know that it helps much , but allows them to lower the bike a lot.

cheers