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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: jerry on March 11, 2013, 11:49:51 am

Title: SHOCK RETENTION
Post by: jerry on March 11, 2013, 11:49:51 am

A mate was telling me that the shocks on the works RH and RN Suzuki's were secured by a pin and circlip arrangement to save weight. Can any one confirm that? J

Title: Re: SHOCK RETENTION
Post by: TooFastTim on March 11, 2013, 04:19:24 pm

Confirmed: http://mxworksbike.com/images/RH72-1a_1280.jpg (http://mxworksbike.com/images/RH72-1a_1280.jpg)

There were some detail pics in Dirt Bike a few years ago of Joels RH72 which showed the arrangement clearly.

Title: Re: SHOCK RETENTION
Post by: Rusty on March 13, 2013, 09:47:29 am

But then we had to add weight to them to make them up to the FIM/AMA minimum weight limits.   Started with lead in the downtubes but that made them handle very badly and I guess everyone has seen the picture of Joel with a broken frame by the headset - that was on a weighted frame.   Replacing various Ti parts like axles and swingarm pivots helped a great deal and with one or two small parts replaced they just squeaked in.