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Ordered my Stage 2 Elka shocks today
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Did you have the chance to try them out first on someone else's?
I finally got my Elka Stage 2 front shocks installed yesterday and was able to get out and ride a couple of hours today. I have 2,800 miles on the Spyder and I had already installed a Baja Ron sway bar. It would have been better to have installed the Elka shocks without the sway bar upgrade to really get an idea of how much they help.
Adding the shocks on top of the sway bar upgrade didn't give me the same increase in handling as when I added the sway bar, and I was expecting that, but it does feel more planted and stable in turns now. Especially in turns with some rough patches/bumps in them. It is also easier to keep your line through turns.
The biggest change is in how it handles bumps and rough sections of road. They just soak up the bumps and I found myself looking for rough sections to see how smooth it handled them. This made the upgrade worth it for me. The front-end feels way more planted over rough sections of road.
The other thing they did is make me realize how crappy the rear shock is. The fronts were soaking up the bumps and he rear was bottoming out. I guess I'm going to spend the money on upgrading it now.
hyea:
Adding the shocks on top of the sway bar upgrade didn't give me the same increase in handling as when I added the sway bar, and I was expecting that, but it does feel more planted and stable in turns now. Especially in turns with some rough patches/bumps in them. It is also easier to keep your line through turns.
The biggest change is in how it handles bumps and rough sections of road. They just soak up the bumps and I found myself looking for rough sections to see how smooth it handled them. This made the upgrade worth it for me. The front-end feels way more planted over rough sections of road.
The other thing they did is make me realize how crappy the rear shock is. The fronts were soaking up the bumps and he rear was bottoming out. I guess I'm going to spend the money on upgrading it now.
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