007banshee Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Has anyone heard of this company and what have you heard about their shocks? What are the compariable to?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 I've heard more good than bad. I'm pretty sure their shocks are kinda like suped up yfz 450r shocks. Dual rate, stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyracing Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 They make some of the best mx links for shocks that i can say. There stock rebuilds and tripple and dual rate conversions ride decent but at the price you gonna pay you could just score a nice used set of axis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007banshee Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Ok. Reason I ask is i bought a set of non ressie from them used to fit my fireball racing arms that are made to work with 450 shocks, these shocks are 1/2" shorter than 450 shocks but i talked to them and said since the arms are+ 2 and just have different shock mount location and these shocks are near that design i should be close to a nice ride and they said they help if anything needs to be adjusted with the shocks. They are already set up for my weight so that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyracing Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 post up a pic of the shocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl87banshee Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 I was talking to him last night. Here's the shocks. I was on there website, they sure seem to know what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007banshee Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks Jordan, the shocks are 15.5 eye to eye. Bought them from GT, they had them used and rebuilt and revalved them. Talked to Lazarus Sommers last night and seemed very knowledgable and said he can get those to work on my banshee just need to get him some measurments of the arms and ground clearance one everything is set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0chek Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 never heard of these guys but sounds like they are solid ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Cal Suspension Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 GT Thunder has a pretty good reputation. FYI, though if those are the tapered bump stops, they're on upside down. I've never had my hands on any of their shocks, so I can't attest to the quality of them, but they look VERY similar to the older PEP Shocks... pretty much a works shock. Not sure what kind of valving they're using, as I haven't opened one up. The shocks pictured are NPL shocks (No Preload), you won't have much (if any) preload adjustment for ride height with those springs. See if GT Thunder can get you a set of regular dual rate secondary springs. Most of the NPL shocks I build are for TT or XC races where there is little to no jumping. There's a thread here somewhere that I explain the difference between NPL and regular dual rate shocks. Not sure where it was though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007banshee Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Matt, Thanks for the info. Once I get them on here this week I will get some measurements for Lazarus and see what he can do as far as dual rate springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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