OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Evil Rudy on May 03, 2010, 09:21:23 pm
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Anyone got the skinny on Ikon shocks? Got a pair? Happy? Sad? Indiffernt? Value for $?
Any help apreciated.
ER
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The ones i've seen have been crap.
No rebound damping, wrong spring rates and were supposedly built to suit that particular bike.
Buy something else...
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Im pretty sure the editor of VMX mag has them. i guess it really depends on what bike they are going on. i wouldnt use them on anything that has long travel suspension with shocks angled forwards.
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got them on 4 of my bikes,i'm pretty happy with them, :P
oops,they're konis,but arn't they the same, ::)
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keep 'em comming?
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I put some on a leading link i built for a road bike sidecar a few years ago. Hasnt been any complaints. Their sales/service is very good.
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Yes, I have a pair I've used on both my KX450 and KX125. They are the alloy-bodied, gas-charged units, with the threaded preload adjustment. In short, I've found them to work well. They are quite expensive (high $600 if I recall correctly) but they are a quality unit. The spring rate I received was perfect. Their other advantage is that despite being alloy-bodied, gas-charged etc, they still look right on a pre '75 bike, mounted in the conventional 'right way up' position.
Regards
Ken
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I had a set on my 79 440 maico a few years back and they worked well.
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Both the guys i know that had Ikons have since bought better shocks. They were fitted to evo bikes and didn't work as well as they should've.
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Had the steel bodied model with adjustable rebound on a couple of pre'75 bikes and they were good. Would but them again no problems.
Cheers,
K
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i run a set on the back of my wasp mx outfit runs a gs1000,with bike rider,passenger weighs around 400kg
and have had no probs i am going to put a set on the front as well hope this helps
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I have them on the back of my PE400. He build them to the same dimensions as the originals. They seem to work well. The only issue I have is a cosmetic one. You cannot mount them with the shock body upwards as the rebound fails.