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Mr. G
2/1/2010 10:45am
2/1/2010 10:45am
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1/27/2012 10:48am
Here is a question for the suspension guru's. OK it might be a stupid question but what the heck. Anyway you know how the off road vehicals (4 wheel) run very long suspension with tons of sag? Why have dirt bikes never gone down that path. I remember back in the early 80's there was a suspension battle going on and since then the amount of travel has shortened a bit ( I think ) and has of course settled into a quality over quantity. Would dirt bikes just be too unridable with the car setup? Just a thought.
that's my guess
The Shop
They described it as feeling like you were running over a log if you hit a garden hose in the pits, but at speed it became totally plush. The forks required an external rod, but there were supposed to be working on a system that made them completely internal.
I asked Rob Hendrikson @ RG3 about them at the time, and if anybody was actually using them in competition. He hinted that there was one guy, but wouldn't say much about them or who it was. This was back in McGrath's dominant era. I'm not sure but I think FMF was looking at buying the rights to use the technology for MX.
Then for some reason the technology just seemed to die off and was never spoken of again.
I'd love to know more about the system and particularly why it disappeared. If MXA's test was any indication, it was definitely a game changer.
Crazy 4x4 suspension
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