Shocks - Getting Technical....

[Nick Goodall]

Me and my Dad were talking about Motocross last week and how the suspension these days is so advanced the bikes literally let the riders get away with murder, landing on crests of jumps that a few years ago would have launched the rider off the bike and probably caused serious injury.

Does anyone know about the internals of modern shocks these guys run??

I've found some info on the KTM twin piston shock:
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/arc.../t-423056.html

This bike is awesome, the rear suspension has no link at all as all the technology is in the shock itself.

I would just love to see someone go to town on the R/C world and completely change the way our shocks work. It would be far more beneficial in 8th at the moment but would soon make its way to 10th should it work....

If you think about it our shock technology is still very basic and hasn't actually changed at all over the last few years.... The predator was the last off road buggy to have advanced technology when it comes to suspension as that system is fully progressive, but the shocks themselves were still relatively simple in design.

I think this could be the biggest step forward that could be made in off road R/C racing as i don't think there's a lot more to learn about layouts etc - especially in 4wd now just about everything has been changed...