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Progressive Suspension Press Release: High performance suspension and massive touring machines are not often spoken of in the same sentence, yet Progressive seems to know these are the bikes that need it the most. With that in mind, they’ve taken their top shelf 970 Series damper and engineered a remote reservoir to provide a performance [...]
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Orient Express Press Release: K-Tech Suspension is pleased to announce its new 35DDS Light series of high performance Direct Damping System rear shock absorbers. The new 35DDS Lite utilizes the same shock body and internals as the 35DDS, and the same championship winning design & performance with nearly a $400 savings! The new 35DDS Lite [...]
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For a bit of insight into how Dynamic Electronic Suspension Adjustment works, I sat down with BMW’s head of chassis development, Jörg Ploss. I told him how much we enjoyed the pushbutton ESA II on the K1600GTL long-term bike we’d had and his comment was, “Yes, but this is old!” According to Ploss, 90 percent [...]
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At the recent EICMA show in Milan, Italy, Tenneco-Marzocchi kicked off a revolution in motorcycle suspension by unveiling the first aftermarket electronic active fork and shock. Company officials humbly referred to these components as “semi-active” because all parameters are not adjusted automatically. In fact, spring preload can only be altered manually; on-the-run electronic changes would [...]
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Enhance the apex experience on your late-model Harley-Davidson Dyna, XR1200, Sportster or Triumph Thruxton with a set of Progressive’s 970 Series shocks ($999.99). These piggyback-style dampers use a gas-charged monotube design with progressive springing and deflective disc valving that routes fluid through separate circuits for a premium-quality ride. Manufactured in the U.S., the 970s are externally adjustable [...]
Read Full Post | Comments(0)Suspension engineer Jim Lindemann has died after many years of successfully fighting brain cancer. Jim was for 25 years a familiar face on the AMA roadracing circuit and could sometimes be seen with a wire loop around his neck, onto which he had threaded the washer stack of a suspension unit he was servicing at [...]
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