avalnche can't do, my boy tried to do that to one of the straight 8'sDoes anyone out there manufacture them any more? Could a smaller manufacturer like Avalanche put one together as a special order possibly?
I dont race I ride for fun at diablo and plattekille. I was thinking about putting my shiver on it to give it some more travel in the front. As for the rear do they make a shock to replace it or can it be rebuilt?I used to own one of those. For DH today, it would certainly be pushing it a bit. It's 6" in the front & 6" in the rear. The boxxer up front certainly isn't great, and doesn't handle the really rough stuff well. It's a decent fork though. Similarly in the rear, it's has an extremely linear, if not falling rate, so if you set it up to feel good (i.e. supple) you'll bottom hard regularly... which increases your risk of blowing the shock. I last had my shock serviced at the rockshox tent at a norba national in 2002 - they may still do this for you if you have the parts.
Other than this, for beginner or sport DH, it's an excellent bike. In fact, it makes a brilliant trail bike as well... it's relatively light at around 34lbs, and pedals better/climbs better than any "dh/freeride" bike I've been on.
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I had mine serviced @ the rock shox tent at snowshoe in 2002... so it may still be possible despite the "official" statement.Ok, Yeti DH-6. here's the facts you need to know"
1. The shock can NOT be rebuilt. RS stopped servicing pull-shox in 2001. Avy will not make one. You might be able to get Tim Flooks to service it if he can find parts.
Good recommendation - I forgot about that... go easy on the damping... My dh-6, unlike the dh-8 (also had one of those) is rebound only... but still, go easy on it.Hippy Tuning = Tim Flooks
Also, I almost forgot to mention, do NOT in an circumstance use the Blue (damping) knob on the RS. Get a properly weighted spring, as the primary reason for the RS pullshox blowing was overusage of the damping.
Yeah I saw that if he gets that much i should buy it to sell and make a profitthis is funny:
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