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In his defense, I had all the pics on my camera and I have been a slacker about getting them off. Here is a pic I took. We are making a slight adjustment to the graphics but anyway, here it is.
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And here it was less than 24 hours before.
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And another.
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Let me clarify by saying I am not trying to convince him to spend money he doesn't want to spend. I have purely given arguements as to why I was doing so. 8 guys from Grizzly Riders and 1 from here bought Elkas with our group buy this week. It ain't just because they think they look purdy.
As I have told TopGun, there are multiple reasons for Elkas, even on an 800-X that supposedly comes with a nice suspension that is "tunable". As many of you know, on my Ex-Grizz, I put Elkas on it and it was the best performance improvement I did as they allowed me to fly over things that everyone else was having to slow down for like obstacles, ruts, rocky terrain, etc. If I had it to do over again with a grizzly, I would not have done all of the power mods I did to it and would have just cashed out for Elkas right off the bat and easily been able to blow my friends away on the trail simply by doing that.
All that being said, and in comparison to the factory X suspension, yes, the factory suspension does have a lot of adjustments. However, I have NEVER been able to get mine adjusted so they performed like my Elkas on the Grizz did, right out of the box. The difference there is can-am adjusts valving, preload, rebound and compression for what they consider to be the average rider and the average rider's average riding style. That leaves the non-average person to have to tinker with adjustments to get it right, which I think most don't have the knowledge or ability to do. I worked on mine until I was blue in the face with my stock X suspension and finally threw in the towel. Hitting a rolling jump at 30mph and launching maybe 2-3 feet off the ground will bottom mine out. A slow jump, launching 3-4 feet will bottom it out, even with compression as tite as it will go. To me, that is not satisfactory.
I ordered Elkas for my Gade today and they took into account my weight, my additional weight from things I have added like winch etc, and my riding style. They will valve my shocks accordingly so I have nothing to tinker with unless I am doing something outside of my normal riding type that warrants adjusting the rear compression if I am planning big jumps, etc.
Besides that, they just won't need adjustment, but still have it there if I have to play.
Anyway, that was my logic to Topgun since we always ride together and will be hitting the exact same terrain and he will always be trying to keep up.
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Buster
As I have told TopGun, there are multiple reasons for Elkas, even on an 800-X that supposedly comes with a nice suspension that is "tunable". As many of you know, on my Ex-Grizz, I put Elkas on it and it was the best performance improvement I did as they allowed me to fly over things that everyone else was having to slow down for like obstacles, ruts, rocky terrain, etc. If I had it to do over again with a grizzly, I would not have done all of the power mods I did to it and would have just cashed out for Elkas right off the bat and easily been able to blow my friends away on the trail simply by doing that.
All that being said, and in comparison to the factory X suspension, yes, the factory suspension does have a lot of adjustments. However, I have NEVER been able to get mine adjusted so they performed like my Elkas on the Grizz did, right out of the box. The difference there is can-am adjusts valving, preload, rebound and compression for what they consider to be the average rider and the average rider's average riding style. That leaves the non-average person to have to tinker with adjustments to get it right, which I think most don't have the knowledge or ability to do. I worked on mine until I was blue in the face with my stock X suspension and finally threw in the towel. Hitting a rolling jump at 30mph and launching maybe 2-3 feet off the ground will bottom mine out. A slow jump, launching 3-4 feet will bottom it out, even with compression as tite as it will go. To me, that is not satisfactory.
I ordered Elkas for my Gade today and they took into account my weight, my additional weight from things I have added like winch etc, and my riding style. They will valve my shocks accordingly so I have nothing to tinker with unless I am doing something outside of my normal riding type that warrants adjusting the rear compression if I am planning big jumps, etc.
Besides that, they just won't need adjustment, but still have it there if I have to play.
Anyway, that was my logic to Topgun since we always ride together and will be hitting the exact same terrain and he will always be trying to keep up.
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Buster
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