Elka Shocks for XP Just Arrived!!!!!

[Smoothbassman]

Well I decided to take a vacation day from work today and behold my freaking Elka Shocks showed up for my Sportsman 850 XP a week earlier than I expected!!!

I'm just bummed I will not be able to install them until next week. Headed out of town for the weekend with the wife!

She's going to be upset next week as her car is going go have to be outside while I'm installing them in the garage.

[GRIZZLYWIZARD]

Originally Posted by Smoothbassman

Well I decided to take a vacation day from work today and behold my freaking Elka Shocks showed up for my Sportsman 850 XP a week earlier than I expected!!!

I'm just bummed I will not be able to install them until next week. Headed out of town for the weekend with the wife!

She's going to be upset next week as her car is going go have to be outside while I'm installing them in the garage.

That's awesome. I can't wait to see them installed.

[Koko]

I'm looking forward to feedback. It's the one mod I never ventured down before.

[B-Dubya]

It was by far the best mod I ever did to my Grizzly and I can't wait to see how they do on the Gade when mine arrive.

Looking forward to your pics and ride report Smoothbassman.

Buster

[Smoothbassman]

Well Got the Rear Shocks installed tonight in about 15 minutes. Starting with 20 clicks of rebound. Taking her out this weekend for a test ride.

I went with the triple rate single stage 1's with rebound.






Got to get the front shocks done tomorrow. Got to dismantle the front clip to get at the top shock tower bolts and I wasn't up for it today.

[B-Dubya]

Why did you adjust rebound right off the bat? They should have been adjusted near perfect out of the box.

[Smoothbassman]

Originally Posted by B-Dubya

Why did you adjust rebound right off the bat? They should have been adjusted near perfect out of the box.

They forgot to mark the setup card with the settings so I backed it all the way down and counted 20 clicks. Just brought it back up to their setup so I know where they started from.

My front shocks had 26 clicks of rebound and zero preload other than the springs themselves.

Looks like they were all mounted on a dyno and cycled. I can see the marks on the shock tower where they were mounted to something prior to shipment.

[Smoothbassman]

Well got the front shocks mounted today. Got to put in a quick test ride this afternoon over some pretty nice bumps. WAY BETTER than stock. It rides smoother already. Can't wait to get her on the trail in a couple of weeks over some good rocks. Got to bring the rear preload up a bit. It's squatting super hard under hard acceleration.

Now where should I mount the Elka stickers?!?!?

[B-Dubya]

Ohhhh SNAP!!!!

I'm envious of yet another person from the group buy since mine won't be here til Monday!

[Smoothbassman]

Originally Posted by B-Dubya

Ohhhh SNAP!!!!

I'm envious of yet another person from the group buy since mine won't be here til Monday!

I honestly didn't expect them to show up this fast. Got the order in on a Tuesday and they were here that following Friday. 10 days! Shipping only took 2 days since I'm resasonably close to Canada up here in PA.