Shock FADE

[lil'redrocket]

What does it mean when your shock heat up and FADES. Does your shocks bottom more when the oil in them get hot?

[lil'redrocket]

come on somebodys gota know. thats why you buy rezzies right?

[Mitch400EX]

Yes, fade is when the shock oil heats up and comprimises it's ability to control the shock. Shocks will bottom easier when they are hot. I used to have works w/o rezzies, and they would heat up too quickly for my kind of riding. During races I would be bottoming hard on the last laps of the race whereas I wouldn't bottom at all on the previous laps. THese shocks failed last august and after 5 months of saving money I just got works with rezzies. The difference is night and day. They didn't fade at all even after hours of hard riding. After repeated jumps and riding hard I felt the shcok bodies, they weren't even hot. The real test will be the riding in 90-100 degree weather during the summer though. Bottom line, if you're thinking of getting shocks get rezzies!!!