Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

i know what they are and what they do but what i want to know is do they work and if they do are they a noticable mod? should i just re-springing my forks to sort sag and using different oil/levels for the damping? new bushes and seals will be replaced at the same time. (just incase you thought ive overlooked them)

i dont want to change to thundercat forks because of cost, and then the cost of having them revalved and resprung. i would rather have maxton convert my trx forks if i go down that route.

basicly should i save he money towards a new shock or not?

what you saying? would love to know if youv'e used racetech's stuff.

going through the same thoughts myself check in mods and upgrades

In short, yes they do work. I had a re-spring and emulators fitted to my TRX and noticed the difference within 400m of riding (going over a train line). The main difference is large bumps/dips, the forks would soak up the bumps/dips rather than send a jar through the bike and me.Handy for the goat tracks they call roads here in Oz. One of my favorite corners close to home hard a large bump mid corner, travelling at around 120 kph and hitting the bump would send the bike skipping to the edge of the road , with the forks done, no such problem. A bonus was much better rebound damping as well, this is more due to the expertise of the guy that installed and setup the forks though.
On adjustability, as I mentioned in the other post on Springs and Sag etc you can adjust the damping but it involves removing the forks however, once set up there should be little need to adjust them again (how many people do to you see constantly adjusting their suspension once they have found a good setup, professional riders excluded of course)

great thanks for the info. just out of interest how are they adjusted? through shims? or is there another method?

kookimonsta wrote:great thanks for the info. just out of interest how are they adjusted? through shims? or is there another method?

There is a preload spring adjusted by a screw on the top of the emulator, the compression damping is adjusted using this screw, rebound is adjusted by oil weight.