I've been doin some rampin' lately and i was bottomin' out pretty bad on my Warrior.I had never adjusted any of the shock settings since i had it.2000 model.I adjusted the front shocks to the 3rd setting (were on 1st)and it made them alot stiffer which they didnt bottom out as much.I adjusted the back damper also.It was on the factory setting.I turned it 3 times to the right to make it stiffer.When i went riding and i was hitting the jumps it seemed like the azz end was wanting to come up and flip me forward but the front seemed alright.Was this due to the adjustment i made?Should i try moving it back 1?Thanx in advance?Ireally appreciate all your guys' wisdom! L8ta

 

What you have adjusted is the rebound damper, which has a 20 click adjustment. Try adjusting it fully clockwise to the stop & then back it out ten clicks. If you push down hard on the grab bar and release the pressure you should see a very slow rebound to normal position. I run my rear shock at that position with very little kick up even on big hits. You can always add one or two more clicks to the damping if needed. keeping in mind that in riding whoops, excessive rebound damping will not allow the shock to return before another whoop, thus reducing the shock's ability to absorb the hit. BTW, CT Racing can rebuild your rear shock to stock specs or upgrade it

 

how much is it to have stock shocks revalved or whatever they do so that they work well for MX? Or is it just a better way to use my money and buy aftermarket shocks?

 

Daredevil1,
I don't think your stock shocks are rebuildable, at least not the fronts, so new after market ones are the other option.Check on ctracing.com for info on TCS for Blasters. I don't recall if they are available

 

Here's a question along the same lines. I have a 96 banshee. I was jumping today on an off level jump, the ground was probably 3-4 feet below the take off point. The initial landing seems kind of severe. I'm not sure how to explain it, it was like a hard hit. What should I do? And what will this change do to the effects of swapping in the rear end?

Thanks,

Jason

 

rottwolf,
I'm assuming that you went off a ledge of some sort. Of course those are generally going to be harder landings if you land on flat ground as opposed to a slope. It's important not to cut the throttle as you leave the lip. This causes the front end to drop & prohibits enough forward momentum to help absorb the shock on landing. If the landing is flat the rear wheels should touch just an instant before the fronts, rather than all 4 wheels at once.If the lander is sloped to any degree the reverse is normally a good way to land as landing rear wheels first can result in looping.I can't see where the rebound adjustment would affect a landing unless there were a rapid series of jumps, whoops, drop offs, etc., preventing the shock from rebounding in time.
Of course, it's no secret that Warriors or Banshees can benefit from after market suspension when doing anything such as you mention. That's why I have TCS's on my Warrior

 

Hot shoe, did you TCS redo your rear also? If so do you still have all the adjustments and is it a dual rate setup like the front? Getting ready to send my fronts in to have them respringed since I got new arms, and was thinking of having the rear done to.

Thanks for your time
David Chapman

 

Blazin_Banshee,
I bought my fronts from CTRacing & I haven't done anything with the rear shock yet. The compression seems to be adequate for desert or xc and I have the rebound about where I like it so guess I'll stick with it. If I do have it upgraded, I'll go with CTR again as they did well by me on the fronts. Check out their web site for the dope on the rear, I don't remember just what it entails.