Suspension Porn

langhammx
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12/22/2018 1:47pm
Rotaholic wrote:
A WP body with Showa A Kit internals I just built for my 2018 RM-Z 450 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/22/312185/s1200_s1200_Screenshot_20181126_180038.thumb.jpg.3521c9d5fd7e70172da7a5e4b45ffe53.jpg[/img]
A WP body with Showa A Kit internals I just built for my 2018 RM-Z 450


Hmmmm.....
What is needed to convert a RMZ A-Kit shock to a current KTM WP shock.
Is the total length exact or did you shorten thecshick at all ?
HackMan162
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12/22/2018 1:51pm
Sean, he did this to fir his 18 RMZ450. The WP shock body fits the new bike, and the 08-17 shock (or A-kit) fits the WP shock body. Probably want to do the badder conversion, and I think tweak the compression adjuster stack just a bit.I just got a WP body in the mail today, so will be messing with this also.
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Rotaholic
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12/22/2018 1:54pm
Its honestly plug and play, just rip out the WP stuff and put the complete showa assembly in. A bladder kit conversion helps with the bleeding. You will have to use the CADJ from the WP but I have a setting if you need.


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12/22/2018 7:31pm
Kit suspension just arrived!!! Super stoked over this 70’s era thickness as it will allow me to knock about 5 full pounds off compared to a stock 1976 CR125 Honda front end assembly without having to fab up a brake stay arm. The lower magnesium leg has the drum brake backing plate lug cast into it, pretty rare for these. Mag lowers and aluminum internals.



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5/27/2019 7:47am
Didn't want to start a new thread but had to share these.








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DB97
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5/27/2019 8:12am Edited Date/Time 5/27/2019 8:12am
My new rare gem brand new kx a kit body. Need to build it though 😁
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5/27/2019 10:39pm


Sold the ohlins kit now, running stock modified suspension.
Still have not ridden the bike since i broke my scapula in feb...
5/28/2019 7:47am
rawdawgin wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350499/s1200_20190406_185616.jpg[/img][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350498/s1200_20190406_185514.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350500/s1200_20190406_185539.jpg[/img]



Love this. What kind of turn around do they normally have? Thinking about getting my uppers done a dark bronze or maybe even gold and the lugs black.
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5/28/2019 5:48pm
rawdawgin wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350499/s1200_20190406_185616.jpg[/img][img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350498/s1200_20190406_185514.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/05/27/350500/s1200_20190406_185539.jpg[/img]



Love this. What kind of turn around do they normally have? Thinking about getting my uppers done a dark bronze or maybe even gold and the...
Love this. What kind of turn around do they normally have? Thinking about getting my uppers done a dark bronze or maybe even gold and the lugs black.
SGB got my kit turned around in 3 weeks
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coastie44
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5/29/2019 9:37am Edited Date/Time 5/29/2019 9:48am




Just the lugs alone are eye candy!! I think they make me slower though. I look straight down in every corner trying to get a glimpse of them...
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mxav8r
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8/16/2020 7:41pm
Factory Honda Showa 49mm forks with magnesium caps, nikasil lined tubes, and DLC lowers.








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