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Thread: team suzuki not racing on stock shocks

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    team suzuki not racing on stock shocks

    I just read on another atv site the team suzuki signed with fox racing shocks for the 06 season. I guess that throws racing the stock suspension out window huh?
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    big suprise! i sure didnt expect them to
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    In my opinion... Thank God!
    Stock suspension is "even if it's race ready" going to be setup for an all-around agressive recrational valving/springs at best. It only makes sense. Even the "race ready" dirtbikes require a revalve/respring to be truly competitive.

    I'd rather see them eat up the track on a 80% stock quad than come in 10th on a 100% stock quad.

    I still think the stockers will be a great revalve/resprung setup with a ZPS system. No need to spend $1000 on a LT front end.

    Even at that, I think the stock suspension will probably be way more than enough for 90% of the riders out there. (non-racers)

    I also think the LT will be great for the sport. For $1500 you could have a damn nice race quad, IMHO.
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    Will they be running stock a-arms or no?

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    I'm sure they will.
    Proper length, and already setup for LT. Also have good press-in ball joints.

    I don't see any reason why they wouldn't. If they don't it would be for weight (chormoly), and Suzuki would probably make them for them. Though weight savings would be minimal on a-arms. I would also assume they would be running final test prototypes for R&D for the next year's improvments (at least on the test/practice quad).
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    That press release was a surprise! I don't expect they will race stock arms either, just an assumption though. For most guys the stock shocks with a revalve and change of springs will probably be good.

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    They are sponsored by Roll Design, think they still have them sponsoring in 06' bet they wont be on stock A arms. Or stock anything on the LT, their bikes will probly have all aftermarket parts and wont be nothing like the stocker.

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    Yea they called the 450R and the YFZ race ready to. I figured they would go with after market shocks

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    Hey Killswitch, Suzuki ran Walsh the entire 2005 season and probably will do so again in 2006.
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    It will be Walsh.
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