Wow, that's a pretty strong response. My advise would be to ride a socom before you buy it. Some people are put off by its geometry. I personally thought it ripped, to the point that I'm now rocking my 951 head angle in the steep setting to try and get it to feel more like my socom did.The Socom does well in the rough, but it is a strait up death machine.
I am running a CCDB...ace!Could never quite get the dhx 5 to work great on it (but I think that was more of a shock than linkage problem) and the rear end still worked fantastic. I can only imagine it would be stellar with a better shock.
Agree partially. 951 is a refined Socom for heavier dudes or people that minded the slight flex. I would LOVE to see Intense come out with a Socom 2. Same weight as old Socom, slacker, a little lower and VPP2.....into a used 951 (prob only a few hundred more than a used socom....if that)? It's basically a stouter/refined Socom. I'm on one now and couldn't be happier.
50The idea of anything being able to claim 2 sizes is just so wrong. (Eg - S/M, M/L etc..)
Really MFR's need to get honest and stop it.
Socom it is then!in ontario unfortunately, so not much in the way of vertical. Ive got a spot near my house that has some proper steeps though, only problem is you can only get a few turns in before you get to the bottom (maybe 30 seconds)
No changes to the swingarm on the later models besides the cable stops were put on the underside of the seatstays.fwiw I'm only 150lbs maybe 160 in gear and the flex was certainly noticed while riding. In its defense the bike was an early model the rear end could have been stiffer on the later models.