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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Waltr on June 16, 2016, 03:48:28 PM

Title: Norge rear shock findings. Lower shocks may have consequences.
Post by: Waltr on June 16, 2016, 03:48:28 PM
Last year I installed a Matris fork kit and rear shock.  When Matris custom makes a shock for you they have a range of adjustment that they allow. That adjustment at the shock is 10mm.  I am not positive but believe that work out to be around 1 inch in actual height. 

You can spec the rage to fall within your target.  I told then to make the shock center of adjustment to be the same as stock length so I could go up or down a little.  I want the bike a little lower I thought but at anything lower then stock length the ride suffers and gets harsh by a small margin.  Once you get to stock height setting everything smooths out.

I mention this for those wanting to lower the bike with a lower shock, be prepared the ride may suffer.  There may be a reason for this with the linkage setup that a mechanical engineer could explain but that is way above my pay grade.

I even re-greased the link roller bushings thinking that may help.