Wow… that is a good price, Troop. They are a good, solid unit, just without all the bells and whistles of Elka and Wilbers. Only a soft, medium, and hard setting. I ran mine on medium and found it performed every bit as well as the Wilbur’s I had on my F3... and I spent weeks trying to adjust that just right
Wow… that is a good price, Troop. They are a good, solid unit, just without all the bells and whistles of Elka and Wilbers. Only a soft, medium, and hard setting. I ran mine on medium and found it performed every bit as well as the Wilbur’s I had on my F3... and I spent weeks trying to adjust that just right
Pete
So they've effectively paid a premium for the adjustability, then after that first 'new toy' flush of adjusting & getting it set right, they tend to rarely use it/adjust things too often after that! 
If you have a leak in your system, and have just the RT model than finding that leak should be a easy find with some soap and water! If it's a fitting or hose, that also is an easy fix, if it's the bag well that's a different story! But yes, an aftermarket shock would solve all of your issues for sure, made for your weight and riding style, then tweaked after you installed to fine tune!! Good luck!!
Thanks Pete. Was the preload collar accessible on the RT ?Wow… that is a good price, Troop. They are a good, solid unit, just without all the bells and whistles of Elka and Wilbers. Only a soft, medium, and hard setting. I ran mine on medium and found it performed every bit as well as the Wilbur’s I had on my F3... and I spent weeks trying to adjust that just right
Pete
Let me know how your install goes, and share any tips
For the rear, not once you get it in place, Troop. I’m sure there would be some tool that would allow you to adjust the collar in its awkward position, but since I was only ever going to use position 2 (medium), I didn’t bother looking for it.
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I would have bought Ikon but when I contacted Roger in Bedford a couple of years ago (Feb. of 23) there were no shocks available for the F3 at the time, thus I went for the more expensive Wilbers. I saw the history of Elkas and M2's that were having all sorts of problems with leaks at the time and didn't want to have anything to do with them; and in the case of the M2's, I am really glad I didn't go that direction, as we all know what happened there.Same here with the Ikon's vs the more expensive/easily adjustable jobbies, Pete.
And I've also noticed that most of those who have the more expensive/easily adjustable jobbies, there tends to be a whole lot of playing around to get things basically 'right' in the first few weeks, then once they've got that sorted, they tend to use the adjustability less and less - many to the extent that once they're reasonably happy, they'll never touch the adjust again, except maybe if they're making a big trip/major change that warrants adjusting it now and leaving it set at whatever it gets adjusted to then for quite a while.
The number of bikes I've seen with these fairly expensive 'easily adjustable' a/mkt shocks where the adjustment hasn't been changed in years is quite surprising, and I reckon that just like all the 4WD'ers out there with 'all the gear' who rarely ever leave the bitumen, but have all the gear cos they thought they'd use all that gear all the time, but in real life, haven't ever done so; there's also a whole lot of bike riders who've got these fairly expensive all singing all dancing fully adjustable shocks cos they thought they'd use the adjustable feature all the time, but really haven't used it anywhere near enough to truly justify the extra cost over the same shocks with the less readily adjustable features. I believe that many like that would benefit from getting the 'less adjustable' versions, and putting the extra $$ they've saved into other things...
So for those considering a/mkt shocks (which I think are a great improvement over the OEM stuff) unless you KNOW that you're going to be constantly changing your shock settings ALL the time cos your needs, ride load, etc changes ALL the time; save your $$ and don't get the more expensive 'fully adjustable' versions; cos it's pretty likely that you won't get your $$ worth out of paying for that all singing all dancing adjustability over the same shock that's more of a 'pick one of these 3 settings, fit, and enjoy' type shocks! And the Ikons really are a great, cost effective alternative to those other more expensive varieties too.
Just Sayin'
According to Geoff at Ikon AU, the correct rear shock for my 2022 RT S2S is #3610-1084. At Ikon's website, the 3610 series shocks have threaded adjusters/hook spanner adjuster, and not the 3 step preload collar. I wonder why this shock is different than yours? Do you have the Ikon shock number you have installed? Also, does Ikon supply the lower spacer and collar tubes, or do you reuse the originals?Wow… that is a good price, Troop. They are a good, solid unit, just without all the bells and whistles of Elka and Wilbers. Only a soft, medium, and hard setting. I ran mine on medium and found it performed every bit as well as the Wilbur’s I had on my F3... and I spent weeks trying to adjust that just right
Pete
Just found out that EPM offers a first responder/military discount. Leaning towards the Wilbers, as Ikon USA doesn't sell and won't even service, the Ikon 3610-1084 rear shock required for the RT. We shall see...
