It's none of my business really, but I'm gonna run my mouth anyway. Hey - you asked!Originally Posted by REDLYNER
For your intended application why in the world would you want to downgrade from the stock reservoir shocks to emulsion shocks? Or has someone already done away with the OEM Kayabas on "the rig in question"? For intense use such as racing I would think you'd be better off with reservoir shocks, not emulsion shocks. Emulsion would be OK for street or plodding along (rock crawling, etc.) but offroad racing's different. The suspension will be swinging from topped out to bottomed out continuously - every second for the entire race - lots of heat to dissipate! I'm betting emulsions would suffer major fade w/in 15 minutes.
If you wanted an upgrade from the stock piggybacks you could go to a remote reservoir but a lot of them have externally adjustable damping which would not be within the rules. The stock KYBs you have to take apart and play with the shim stack to adjust damping so they meet the rules.
"You gotta keep em separated."
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