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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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Greeny ... I asked about the rebound 'cause I've been playing and it didn't seem to have any effect. I must admit that knob has me baffled.
Right know I have it about 1/2 turn from fully seated ... which I had thought was the stiffest. I'll try 4 turns out and see how that feels.
Thanks,
Doc
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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Doc,
That rebound knob messes with me every time I mess with it. The only way I can remember which way to turn it is to listen to hear if the air is wooshing in & out. If it is, then the valve is open. I have mine set something like 1/2 turn from completely closed (which ever way that is). Using air for a damping medium is not ideal, being compressible. I have to admit, after riding the Ohio roads this last weekend, it works OK, but just OK.
Next winter's project is to try to design a way to convert the damping side of the Tricky Air cylinder to hold oil, not air. Maybe it will work, maybe not. I figure a couple of needle valves, a couple of check valves and an accumulator of some sort might work. Now making it all fit......
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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OK this is why I'm confused. Geeny has his set 4 out; you and I have it set about the same.
I'm going to turn my all the way out and see what, if any, the differences are.
Yes, I agree ... what I was thinking is some way to have the best of both worlds ... the Tricky and the shock. If you find some way to use oil as a dampner I'd be interested and that could be equivalent to a shock.
Thinking more about it .... could we not fill the cavity with oil, put a valve where the dampner is now and a resevoir to hold the excess oil.
Doc
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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fireman ...
From you other post I note you have ...
"Front lowered 2 inches"
So if you pump up the Tricky how does the bike sit? Higher in back?
Doc
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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DocShadow wrote:
Thinking more about it .... could we not fill the cavity with oil, put a valve where the damper is now and a reservoir to hold the excess oil.
Doc
That is exactly what I am thinking about. I figured using small check valves to separate compression from extension and two metering valves to adjust both actions. A reservoir with a bladder to hold the oil will be at the end of the line.
By lowering the front 2 inches it really just brought the frame height back to near stock. The wheel/tire I have on front is about 4" taller than the stock unit. The Tricky Air shock, even when topped out, seems to sit a little lower than the bike did with the OEM shock/spring package. So to make a long answer short, the front does not sit lower than the rear.
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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I had mine set at 3 out.  Got it set at 4 now. |
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Last Edit: 2010/05/17 11:01 By Curt.
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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Curt wrote:
I had mine set at 3 out. Got it set at 4 now.
Is it stiffer at than 3 out?
Doc
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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Doc....that valve is confusing but here's how Rob told me it works. First off, it's reversed-threaded. Fully seated (counter-clockwise) is the softest setting. Fully out (clockwise) is the firmest setting. With the valve being upside-down on the bottom of the bike doesn't help much in trying to figure out a reverse-threaded lefty/righty! That's when my small brain goes mushy.
Hope this helps and Rob's info on this is buried somewhere in a Tricky thread from a long time ago. Don't remember the thread name but that's where I got my info from.
Regards.....greeny
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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Mine is either all the way in or all the way out. Can't remember for sure now anymore.
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Re:air shock 2 Years ago
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jamie99roadstar wrote:
Mine is either all the way in or all the way out. Can't remember for sure now anymore.
If you hear "squishy squishy" when you jump up and down on the seat, it's all the way in.
If it's quiet, it's all the way out.
I turn my in to where I can just start to hear it.
Sorry to be so "technical"... 
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Last Edit: 2010/05/17 12:32 By TampaSVT.
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