Advice, please. Which way up?

Ventodue

Ventodue

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Non-Laverda question, but please be tolerant ... :-*

Which way up for these shox, d'ya reckon?  The 'Classic': pre-load adjuster ring and air valve at the bottom?  Or the more 'Modern': ring and valve at the top?

Or does it not make a blind bit of difference ...  :D

TIA

Craig

 

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At a guess, air valve at the top.  Look similar to the Bitubo I have on the RGS.

Most gas- or air-assisted shocks have a specified orientation...  rtfm?    Reckon you don't have one, otherwise you wouldn't be asking. :D

What's the bike, Ducati Scrambler?

piet
 
Thanks Piet, thanks Grant.

Yeah, Piet: Ducrappi 450 Scrambler, cheap Chinese shox as an experiment  8).

As you guessed: delivered with no manual or instructions, nat' 

Well ... I reckon anything has to be better than the Marzocchi originals  :D.  And, having seen all the little bikes in Nepal - and riding a couple - functioning perfectly well without any help from Ohlins or the like, I thought, let's give it a go! :P
 
Ventodue said:
Yeah, Piet: Ducrappi 450 Scrambler, cheap Chinese shox as an experiment  8).
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My guess is that you will be supper impressed by them ::) ::) :LOL:
And good to see your supporting China,  ???  ::) they need all the help they can get cause they always behave so well.
:o
By the way, having ridden in Nepal for about a decade, top speed on a Nepali rd is about 40k, any faster and your shit scared a cow or a person or a bike or anything is going to jump out of nowhere right in front
of you, oh and your Hero Honda weighs in at about half your Scrambler.... just saying.
Good luck with your purchase  :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :-*

Let us know when you bin them wont you.... :-*
 
paulincayman said:
Skinny bit at the bottom. Looks awful on the top. No other criteria.  8)
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Good comment, Paul -  (thumbup).  'La bella Figura' , 'n all.

(The other fella seems to have issues he should try working out elsewhere ...  :-X)
 
Valve at the top Craig.

I hope you are as happy with your Chinesium shocks as I am with mine...
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Scary but true story, big fang from tumbarumba up to cabramurra, tight twisty mountain road, glorious.  Pull over with Chris, aka Woody, and notice the bodywork on the RGS is not sitting right under the seat.  Maybe a loose bolt.  While we are waiting for the slow coaches to catch up, I have a bit of a closer look.  Both chinese shocks had snapped clean off!  Theres another of Chris's nine lives used up.  Brett to the rescue, he rode to Albury and picked up a set of Ikons straight from the factory.

Chinese shocks, no thanks, ride at your own peril.  I would call you a bloody idiot, but I don't know you that well, and you might take it the wrong way.  Nah, you're a bloody idiot.
 
:)  Maybe guilty!

I'm generally of the same mind martymoose, I took mine to bits to check for integrity and to get rid of some horror-show-colour anodising. Materials and machining seem OK. They are basically a copy of ?hlins Blackline and imagine they are at the top end of Chinesium shocks. Circa 900 miles on them now.

Barring any imminent and catastrophic failure resulting in my early demise, they function shit loads better than original Cherries. If I suddenly stop posting - then you know what has happened.  ;)
 
martymoose said:
I would call you a bloody idiot, but I don't know you that well, and you might take it the wrong way.  Nah, you're a bloody idiot.
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:D :D :D

You should see the quality of the original Marzocchis, Marty.  Now, they really were built down to a price ... :

Trying to reconcile a 450 Scrambler and 'fanging' ...  Hmmm.  No, not really ..  :LOL:.  I have a super-duper pair of Shock Factory shocks on my Corsa, btw.  Happy to bequeath them to you, if you like?
 
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