ya there shorter and have way less spring rate. I have a pair I was going to put on then I tried with the honda springs and they where almost toped out. with the kfx springs maxed out they sit about 3-4 in lower than the stock shocks. But on a side note they are comp and rebound adj and ride great on the 08 450r kfx.
well he swears they didnt change the ride hight but like I said im not convinced here is a pic he sent me and a pic of my bike im calling bull$hit looks alot lower to me
The 2008 kfx 450r shocks are NOT a direct bolt on. the bottom bushing has a bigger bolt hole and is longer,and larger diametor. the top you have to cut also cuse it is to wide. fully extended they are only 16 and a half inches.I did kind of half ass them on my quad and they where great but they make the front of it look like a lowrider. I can pull off a 700 shock and take pics beside a kfx 450 shock for comparsion if any one wants me to.
hu I never thought of that duels on the front??? :lmao: just kidding. I can also pull a rear off of the 700 and check also but I think the rears have more spring rate than the front
There is a huge difference in the length, length of the stroke, and the travel of the shock vs. the a-arm. I can lengthen the stock kfx450r shocks by 2" which would correct the travel. Springs and revalve service is required to make it happen.
well I know the bolts were the same on the bottom mounts went right in no play no slack no nothing ... as far as the top all it required was a few thousandths with a file just a quick coouple swipes and away they go lol ... but i have to say getting the nose down makes the damn thing turn and slide like it should finally ...
yes im back dude lol ... ok now im gona stick my foot in my mouth here i went by my friends who i got the shocks from we did a lil more research come to find out these are kfx400 shocks not 450sbut they still have comp reb and preload adjustments now the 64 dollar question is for josh can you still do what we talked about with these as well bro for the same price we came up with??? if so im gona still do it man
lol ok we ran our first race with these new shocks I dont think they passed the test
ok totally way to soft plus it is shorter as well and @ 600+ to rebuild them elkas could be cheaper of course you wouldnt get all the adjustments with elkas around that price so its like stage 2 elkas with comp. and rebound for 2/3s the price
The elka stage 2 (piggyback, compression, and pre-load) are really nice. Retail on those is $940. To redo the front shocks it would cost $565.00 and you have piggyback reservoirs, compression, rebound, and pre-load on the OEM shocks. The elka's you have no rebound control.
Has anyone tried the Honda 450R front shocks?!!? I dont ever remember reading someone trying those. On the parts fiche they look like they have similar mounting brackets.
This is the differance between 700xx and 450r stock shocks.
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