wilburs

[rocky burns]

Just going to bin the air shock and replace with a wilburs... Can anyone tell me if the ride height is lower or higher than the air shock.. I know its a silly question as the air shock can run at different pressures...
Just a rough idea would help please as I'm vertically challenged


Alos best prices found if done recently please..

Cheers R.B

 

[Bendy toy]

Don't chuck the air shock but do talk to Revs Racing at Halesowen

 

[rocky burns]

Don't chuck the air shock but do talk to Revs Racing at Halesowen

Ive spoken to John at revs but he's un sure if it makes the bike higher or lower.... he suggested lowering it but I dont really know what seat height is as standard and don't want to loose suspension travel,

I think what im trying to ask , is seat height from someone who has a Wilburs fitted on the bike.

 

[Bendy toy]

If the air shock works on the same principle as a mountain bike shock it might only need a new set of seals. Mine failed in the fully compressed position because air got past the internal seals.
If it's like the Monroe Air Ride they use a standard shock with an airbag spring. That would need a suspension specialist to rebuild the shock.
The standard seat height should be shown on motorbike spec websites though they can be inconsistent.

 

[mtncrawler]

Im not sure if this sheds any light, but when I converted from the air shock to my Yacugar - I changed the "ride height" by first being sure that I had the correct rider SAG setting on the air shock (adjusted via pressure). This should be somewhere near 30% of overall travel. Once that was known - I made a judgement as to where I wanted my new shock to sit (height wise). In my case (I'm shorter too ) I wanted the Yacugar to be about 1/2-3/4" lower (again, with correct rider SAG) to help me touch the ground a bit more. So to do this, the shock is built shorter with correct spring/preload (based on my weight and weight of gear I'd mostly be riding with). I lost a bit of overall travel, but now, again, with the correct rider SAG now set, I am that 1/2-3/4" shorter in terms of seat height. A compromise.

The real bonus going to the new shock (over air) is that I don't feel like I'm going to bucked off every time I stop and the rear is unloaded. Another bonus for us shorter folks is that the actual free height (with no load) is not as tall, so its easier to kick a leg over - for mounting and dis-mounting. I can't recall the exact amount of difference there is in seat height between the two, unladen, but its much nicer now.

Hope that helps...
Mike

 

[rocky burns]

Im not sure if this sheds any light, but when I converted from the air shock to my Yacugar - I changed the "ride height" by first being sure that I had the correct rider SAG setting on the air shock (adjusted via pressure). This should be somewhere near 30% of overall travel. Once that was known - I made a judgement as to where I wanted my new shock to sit (height wise). In my case (I'm shorter too ) I wanted the Yacugar to be about 1/2-3/4" lower (again, with correct rider SAG) to help me touch the ground a bit more. So to do this, the shock is built shorter with correct spring/preload (based on my weight and weight of gear I'd mostly be riding with). I lost a bit of overall travel, but now, again, with the correct rider SAG now set, I am that 1/2-3/4" shorter in terms of seat height. A compromise.

The real bonus going to the new shock (over air) is that I don't feel like I'm going to bucked off every time I stop and the rear is unloaded. Another bonus for us shorter folks is that the actual free height (with no load) is not as tall, so its easier to kick a leg over - for mounting and dis-mounting. I can't recall the exact amount of difference there is in seat height between the two, unladen, but its much nicer now.

Hope that helps...
Mike

have one on order now, The answer i was looking for......

 

[mtncrawler]

have one on order now, The answer i was looking for......

Glad it helped. Loving your build thread by the way..thinking about custom racks and fairing for mine as well..

 

[rocky burns]

Glad it helped. Loving your build thread by the way..thinking about custom racks and fairing for mine as well..

Thanks, Big job but im happy with the out come....built to my own spec and. great to ride now with no wind blast