M6 with Bos Suspention & new Saint
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so Jeff, are you going to try to offer that BOS stuff as an upgrade when they get a US tech support group? I know of two guys on the East Coast with pro level motocross tuning training who are interested in doing the BOS stuff here in the US. No word on if they are going to sign on.
Personally can't see the guys doing it once they realize the income stream will be nothing compared to what they could make at a moto company.
Personally can't see the guys doing it once they realize the income stream will be nothing compared to what they could make at a moto company.
Should hook them up with my friend who is a head engineer at SHOWA USA! Though as said not much money. Unless they could maybe also become the distributor for them???
i guess i shoulda checked their site first...a few months ago when i last checked it out, they still offered it..oh well
I have the rear shock on my M6 but im still waiting for the front forks to reach the Uk im a little worried though cause i spoke to a guy who is working with Dave Garland in Morzine and said that the forks suffer from heavy stiction after a few runs and to stay away from them unless i wouldt mind them getting serviced alot, i dunno if anyone can clear this up before i blast my hard earned cash on them???
dang fool wheres the chromed out wheels on that low hanging creature?
haha pretty sweet looking suspension. How did you get it, how much $, and most importantly how does it ride?
haha pretty sweet looking suspension. How did you get it, how much $, and most importantly how does it ride?
what do you know about 13 minute tunnel runs haha jkGood Lord! looks like it's time for a 13 minute SB run or two. Roll that thing up here and get it all broken in on :biggrin: TRAIL!
Sick bike and well Mclaren F1 for suspension!
lets ride! they just did some bush wacking on tunnel its much nicer now!
I'll be riding all weekend hope to see some of you guys on the trails!
how does the stoy compare to a double barrel in performance and feel?
Wish i could say but i went from fox dhxeveryone to a bos but my mate has the DB on his Empire and says its awsome hey rode my socom with the bos and said the same so i guess there both as good as each other.
Dave Garland as in Stendec? If so ignore everything that man has to say. Stendec are cowboys
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Strong words mate to put on a forum but if thats how you feel. I had a shock done by Stendec it took a little long to get it back but was ok when i got it back!
used to deal with stendec through the shop i work in. They where a disaster too many shocks got lost in the post for my liking haven't dealt with them in years didn't think they where still going. Also agree there very strong words to put on a forum but i'd kinda agree with them
Yep stendec dont get a great write up.
But for 1500gbp I would expect that the bos forks will be nothing short of awesome.
They are a high performance suspension fork.
I would be expecting nothing less
But for 1500gbp I would expect that the bos forks will be nothing short of awesome.
They are a high performance suspension fork.
I would be expecting nothing less
Strong words indeed. But then when someone services your forks and charges you for parts that are not fitted you tend to be bitter.... the fact that the forks were also incorrectly re-assembled was the icing on the cake.
Sorry dont mean to drift off the topic.
That Intense M6 is simply stunning. Whats the bos shock like?
With Bos, vivid and cane creek on the market I wonder if fox will step up the game. That said I have a DHX and find that it does everything I want!
£1500 seems like a ton of money for a fork but thinking back was the R.S. DHO not £999 ?
Sorry dont mean to drift off the topic.
That Intense M6 is simply stunning. Whats the bos shock like?
With Bos, vivid and cane creek on the market I wonder if fox will step up the game. That said I have a DHX and find that it does everything I want!
£1500 seems like a ton of money for a fork but thinking back was the R.S. DHO not £999 ?
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I does seem like a ton,But fox are like £1200.
On the whole £300 more doesnt seem like a lot.
Only problem will be everyone and there dog will have them at the uk and europe races next season.
On the whole £300 more doesnt seem like a lot.
Only problem will be everyone and there dog will have them at the uk and europe races next season.
You obviously didn't notice what the two world champions were running this year. For the most part it will be next years production Fox suspension.
factory stuff is totally diffrent to the stuff use minions get.
Totally diffrent.Hopefully Bos will be as close to factory as we can maybe get.
Totally diffrent.Hopefully Bos will be as close to factory as we can maybe get.
The whole point of "factory" stuff is to bring better products to production for the market. The Rock Shox Black Box stuff, and Factory Fox stuff that the factory riders test do make it to market, albeit a year or two later.
The good thing for the general public is that they get to use what "worked" and was successful, Often factory riders will be testing and trying set ups and products that dont "work", ironing all the kinks out until there is reliability and consistency.
The "Black Box" boxxer fork will come to market, as will the new Fox front and rear suspension.
Bos is no different, their riders have been "testing" units over the last few years and now its coming to production. Its real not a new concept this factory/production business.
dang euro suspension parts brought out all the gibberish euro chatter in this thread. 
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But to make it more american we could add some words like rad and stoked....dang euro suspension parts brought out all the gibberish euro chatter in this thread.
Would that make you feel better
it's easier to read than your last post.But to make it more american we could add some words like rad and stoked....
Would that make you feel better
konastab01 said:
I don't know about the Fox stuff, but the Black Box Boxxer isn't guaranteed a mass production run. Black Box tuning isn't meant to be production prototypes. They are a strict racing-equipment program whose products might trickle down to the end-users.
Although I do hope that the Black Box Boxxer, in all it's 35mm stanchion and Mission Control dampened glory, will be released as a production model, I won't hold my breath. There was an article (DIRT?) a while back that did an interview with Peaty and the Black Box staff while they were out testing the new fork and they listed a bunch of Black Box innovations that did not make it to the assembly line.
That BB Boxxer has addressed both of my criticisms of the Boxxer (I currently run the Team model): the skinny 32mm stanchions could be bigger, and more tunability options.
Correct, Decline did a write up about black box and what it does as a "System" not nessisarally as a testing phase. Black box is a group of guys generally making suspension mods, and even full bike mods, on a race by race system, tuning the bike to the riders specifications as a whole. Yes they are involved with some product testing but it seems logical to me that those products would make it to the market with or without the race test, Im sure Peaty doesnt want to be a guinnea pig with his season on the line. so while there is some stuff probably in the mix with Black box they are really more concerned with getting the most out of each bike for each rider on each race and making the mods nessisary for that, not doing product reviews for SRAM on a daily basis and donig guess and check with race bikes.