can shocks be used in extension?

irishpowerjunkie

irishpowerjunkie

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Hi guys i was wondering could somebody help me i am trying to figure out if the shock on the back of a bike can be used in extension, dont care if they have to be air or not. Could somebody who has ever used on in this method for anything could shim in a tell me if it would be possible
 
irishpowerjunkie said:
Hi guys i was wondering could somebody help me i am trying to figure out if the shock on the back of a bike can be used in extension, dont care if they have to be air or not. Could somebody who has ever used on in this method for anything could shim in a tell me if it would be possible
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I read a thread by Bigboy here where they were warning a bike builder
about using shocks in this manner and the bottom line it was liable
to fail.

Are you using the shock on a fork?
http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?p=471913#post471913
 
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it is being considered for a idea of alternative suspension layout to normal for a project i am in design stages of, main build thread is in chopshop its a chopper to be soft tailed in imitation of harley style.
 
UH........????????OK????????

Never mind.
I'll just chalk it up there with the mysteries off the Universe, the things I'll never understand.
 
irishpowerjunkie said:
it is being considered for a idea of alternative suspension layout to normal for a project i am in design stages of, main build thread is in chopshop its a chopper to be soft tailed in imitation of harley style.
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Huh? I asked you a straight question, "Are you using the shock on a fork"?

Punctuation and capitalization would help........

Shocks can fail in extension but I guess a failure on a soft tail
is better than on a front fork?
 
motorbicycle racing okayy sorry about that i thought by my answer it would be obvious its not in a fork.

wheel bender can you put a link to this bike you are on about up if possible i would like to see a picture of its location and use. never realised they were different styles of shock, should of been obvious to me since i studied hydraulic and pneumatic systems in college though.
 
just to close this thread nicly i discovered that a air shock can be used in either direction but to do so in a dirction it is not intended for automatically voids warranty on parts. i read on mtbr forum a poster said that he had done this. he simply put more air in side where the rod of the cylinder is than on air chamber and les in chamber. of cousre this changes where rbound and all associated parts of shock travel in relation to ordinary usaeg but i repeat do not buy a new shock and do this if you want the warranty to last as if they discover for a conventional shock was usd as a pull shock it is automatically voided as misuse. :-||
 
Cool. You just add more air to the rebound side than the compression side of the shock. If you could buy a used air shock, you wouldn't need to worry about violating the warranty.
 
If I recall correctly almost all the Buell motorcycles used a shock that woked in extension rather than compression. Not an Air shock though
 
Velodrome said:
If I recall correctly almost all the Buell motorcycles used a shock that woked in extension rather than compression. Not an Air shock though
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Good to know i was not first to try it but i will not be needing it as what i was pondering in my design is finallised. It was a idea i had for full suspemsion chopper frame
 
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