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Kreft revalve control
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Ping really seems to dig it as well.
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Hearing Ping say it's just as good as any factory stuff he has ever had really has me interested in this set up. I really like the adjustability of it because sometimes I ride Moto and sometimes I ride out in the desert and other times I just go out looking for big jumps. I could dial in the set up for each ride and that would be kick ass.
In that vid ping says they have a long time Honda R@D guy working there now. That has to be a good thing for us non factory guys.
And Jwack....I think his forks are still air. Let me text him for sure real quick.
Basically just called them and asked all my questions, I think it was Matt on the phone and he was very cool/knowledgeable. I then filled out the rider form and they got back to me a few days later with the quote and some more questions. I told them what I wanted and answered some rider/shock setup questions and nothing after that. I only did one follow up email to inquire and I'm sure if I called and reminded them it would have been back in motion.
I really wanted to try this thing but I also just paid out the ass for dog surgery on both it's legs so I'm just going to go local and send it to Enzo.
Might be hard to duplicate that. If I were doing over and didn't have spring forks on hand already, I would have the KYB SSS internals fitted to the AER forks.
A buddy has the AER spring conversion by FC and it's also good (but pricey).
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I'm also hearing mixed reviews on the RC. Some guys rant and rave about it (just like all guys rant and rave about their newly revalved stock stuff like its gold), while others say it was not right for motocross.
I have been riding with "kit" suspension for the last 10 years so I understand where your coming from on the money thing. It does seem like a lot. But if I can get a tune and find a good setup for each ride I would be very pleased with it.!
I installed a set of MX tech Lucky cartridges in my aer's last week. . I've had both WP cone forks, kyb a kit forks on my ktm. The Lucky's are easily the best I've ridden AND you can take them out and put them in your next bike. I think the $900 they charge is a steal for what you get. I just ordered another set for my honda showa forks.
You actually mean you cant move your stock, revalved, forklegs or (cartridges) over to a new bike next year? I have done that for 4 SXF in a row, in combination with having my CV forks. I actually have my 2016 revalved WP AER on my new SXF and train on from time to time.
Only time you cant do that is if you sell the old bike first, however, you can always find a friend that has that same bike and borrow his 2017 stock suspension and put on your 2016 you are selling, and give him back the stock 2018 you buy after you sold yours. Even easier with WP AER since it is only one legg that is revalved.
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But I didn't read much about the revalve control adjustments though. That's the bread and butter I want to know about. I want the scoop on how much diffrent it feels when going from steep face stiff Moto to hard and choppy off road. I want to know how you had to adjust the air pressure and valving together to get the set up needed etc... Not that I let my buddy's rode the bike and it was like changing spring rates. "On an air fork" that you can just add a pound of air too.
Yes, revalving them is way better than stock. More plush and doesn't blow through the travel vs. stock in braking bumps. I have video of my bike stock almost bottoming in braking bumps and then after the revalve only using half stroke with the same air pressure. When I was talking to Billy at Powerband I asked him about adjusting preload between sand and dirt as I ran 148psi on dirt and 156psi (before the revalve) in sand. He said that I was compensating for the valving and I should be fine with the same spring rate (or air pressure) everywhere and to add compression with the clickers (on the CV he said +2, which means about 3-4 on the AER) to hold it up in the stroke more for sand if needed.
The second thing I noticed about the AER after the revalve is if you're just tooling around then you'll notice them being a tad harsh and all the complaints everyone has about them. If you're riding hard thats when these forks really shine. They are plush, great bottoming resistance, and soak up the bumps. I only went to cone valves because of the deal I got and I like testing new setups.
Basically I don't think the Revalve control is worth the money. I think you'd be more than happy with a good revalve (Derek Harris of HP Race Development is who did my revalve).
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