Tomac's shock very stiff

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2023 4:22pm

Insta video link below -- Fabio pushing on seat reveals how stiff Eli's sx setup is...

 
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1/26/2023 3:34pm

Yes, I did see that video  I was quite shocked, looks like zero free sag, looks like the springs are from a Silverado.

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1/26/2023 3:39pm

That's insane!!!!!!!!

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m21racing
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1/26/2023 3:52pm

I'll bet preload on that is 3 to 5mm

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1/26/2023 3:57pm
Yes, I did see that video  I was quite shocked, looks like zero free sag, looks like the springs are from a Silverado.

Yes, I did see that video  I was quite shocked, looks like zero free sag, looks like the springs are from a Silverado.

"Shocked" you say?

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The Shop

1/26/2023 4:11pm

Now think about how much force he is putting into that bike to get it to seat bounce over a triple.

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1/26/2023 6:27pm

Who's Fabio?

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1/26/2023 7:27pm
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

One of those guys that races bikes with knobby free tires.

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1/26/2023 7:28pm
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

Yamaha's Moto GP rider.

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1/26/2023 7:33pm

Why is that dude wearing pajamas? 

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1/26/2023 7:53pm

why can’t i see the video i have tried both iphone and ipad… is there a link? 

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1/26/2023 7:59pm
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

colintrax wrote:

One of those guys that races bikes with knobby free tires.

Rode Pala the other day.

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1/26/2023 8:19pm
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

colintrax wrote:

One of those guys that races bikes with knobby free tires.

-MAVERICK- wrote:
Rode Pala the other day.

Rode Pala the other day.

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What boots are those? They don’t look like tech 10s. 

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1/26/2023 8:21pm
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

The guy that no one on pulp recognized 

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1/26/2023 8:29pm

What boots are those? They don’t look like tech 10s. 

Tech 7's.  

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bvm111 wrote:
why can’t i see the video i have tried both iphone and ipad… is there a link? 

why can’t i see the video i have tried both iphone and ipad… is there a link? 

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1/26/2023 9:14pm

Not surprising the dude hits shit hard like James did and he also ran super stiff setup.

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1/26/2023 11:02pm

That is not spring stiff that is compression damping stiff. Spring is set for his weight compression damping is set for his speed. 

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1/26/2023 11:11pm
Mit12 wrote:

That is not spring stiff that is compression damping stiff. Spring is set for his weight compression damping is set for his speed. 

This is what I was going to say too. Low speed compression dialed way up for pounding hammered SX tracks

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1/27/2023 2:59am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

Just the 2021 MotoGP champion.

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1/27/2023 3:10am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

fabio-butter-ep-2016

 

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1/27/2023 4:44am
SrfNdirt wrote:

Why is that dude wearing pajamas? 

I agree, and what's with his buddy stealing my wife's Capri pants?

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1/27/2023 5:09am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

Somebody that literally every motorcycle fan outside the Pulp world has heard of. 

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1/27/2023 6:09am Edited Date/Time 1/27/2023 6:10am

The Pulp Show fan base is quite interesting… a group where the majority doesn’t know or care about someone who has won the most prestigious two wheeled world championship on the planet, yet they get super excited over some random minor league baseball player who happens to be friends with a MX/SX star. 

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1/27/2023 6:23am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

Some French hypebeast that is ok at riding prototypes relatively quickly and his trusty side kick/gal Friday Tom. 

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1/27/2023 6:32am Edited Date/Time 1/27/2023 6:32am
SrfNdirt wrote:

Why is that dude wearing pajamas? 

He's a Euro, they're weird like that.   

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1/27/2023 7:26am
SrfNdirt wrote:

Why is that dude wearing pajamas? 

dr.evil wrote:

I agree, and what's with his buddy stealing my wife's Capri pants?

"Sure they're not JT's pants?" - Stank Doggie Dog

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1/27/2023 7:37am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

UpTiTe wrote:

Somebody that literally every motorcycle fan outside the Pulp world has heard of. 

That's a pretty big stretch.

I'd bet good money if you went to any local MX Track in America and lined up 100 people that it'd be 50/50 at best.

I've been into motorcycle racing for over 30 years, I have never watched a single MotoGP race and outside of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden I don't think I could name a single MotoGP Champion.

Some of ya'll are pretty out of touch with who the average moto fan is.

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1/27/2023 7:43am

I’m sure if I rode that at my usual speed, it would feel like there was just a steel rod back there instead of a shock. 

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1/27/2023 7:48am
Crush wrote:

Who's Fabio?

UpTiTe wrote:

Somebody that literally every motorcycle fan outside the Pulp world has heard of. 

LungButter wrote:
That's a pretty big stretch. I'd bet good money if you went to any local MX Track in America and lined up 100 people that it'd...

That's a pretty big stretch.

I'd bet good money if you went to any local MX Track in America and lined up 100 people that it'd be 50/50 at best.

I've been into motorcycle racing for over 30 years, I have never watched a single MotoGP race and outside of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden I don't think I could name a single MotoGP Champion.

Some of ya'll are pretty out of touch with who the average moto fan is.

Motocross fans are a lot more in tune with world wide motorcycle racing than the average motorcycle owner/fan as well. Those 50/50 odds would get cut in half for the average motorcycle owner/fan…I’m sure a lot of motorcycle owners don’t even realize MotoGP exists let alone who a (so far) one time champion is…

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1/27/2023 7:58am

His suspension looks amazing out on the track. I'm no suspension guru but his setup looks soft on the track like his springs are normal but his compression is cranked up. It's amazing to see how effective his fork and shock works at different ranges of the stroke. Sometimes the way he rides his fork hardly compresses through a rhythm section and at other times when he's charging a rhythm it functions a lot mid-stroke.  

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