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Don't think it offends him, its just one of those moments you read something and just cant help yourself but want to smack the person behind their head for being utterly dumb about something so simple...
Im all for people on budgets, spending big bucks in what others think is a stupid sport or hobbie... but to some extent everyone has a bit of common sense when it comes to their hobby and investing in it... of which this OP shows 0 sense from shocks to arms...
Justifies spending cash on cheap as hell shocks from china and gets them re done ok so be it I can live with that shocks can get expensive... claiming their just as good as name brand in performance, claims their just a rod of metal with oil and compressed oxygen? ok this guy fell on his head,.... THEN saying he refuses to buy "budget" a arms and wants quality ones because budget arms are no good and wont last seriously?
you just fluked on cheap ass shocks and now can't justify lower cost arms LMAO
last I looked most budget arms even come with a great warranty!
sorry but Zillafreak is right OP is Utterly stupid....
Sorry to babble on this as my 1st post... but came across this thread and couldn't stop myself from posting -
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Went back and re-read OP.
Zillafreak has a point. -
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There really is no such thing as budget A Arms for an lt250r. But Again im not saying my shocks are as good as name brand ones. Im just saying for the time being. I cant notice a difference.
Seeing how you can buy a decent lt250r now adays for around 1000$ im saying i cant justify spending the same amount on front shocks alone. There is no logic in the world that could re-inforce that front shocks are just as valuable as an lt250r. For that I say anyone who spends this much on Front Shocks either has too much money, or is stupid.
Would I have much rather spend the same amount of money on Elka Front shocks or Works? Hell yes, but i sure wont spend 5x the amount on front shocks.
As I said in previous posts. If my front shocks blow, i will rebuild them again for 40$ if it happens more than twice. I will then reconsider. I was simply stating what I did and how it is working out so far.
Springs, gas and straight metal was obviously a vague description of what shocks really are.
(I knew this post would attract all kinds of negative reactions)
Not like it matters or that I really cared enough to put this in the original post. But my friend that rebuilt my shocks used to work for Elka. -
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My personal opinion is that it's a "to each his own" kind of a thing, and enthusiasts on forums tend to be dogmatic brandwhores who ONLY think you can build a bike one way or use only one kind of a product.
But the reality is that most of us aren't MX racers nor do we beat the **** out of our bikes. I live about fifteen minutes away from some dunes and I make it out there maybe ten times a season if I'm lucky. I think you only REALLY notice that performance deficiencies in cheap **** when you're really putting your bike to the test, but the kind of riding that most people do doesn't do that.
That being said, you don't know what you don't know-- so saying those GFY shocks are comparable to Elkas, Works, or Racetech, etc... is just silly. Good example, I used to ride a RZR 900. When people told me how much more awesome the suspension on the RZR 1000 was, I couldn't even fathom how that was true. Well, recently my dad bought a RZR 1000 and I took that **** out and romped it to the edge of death. It was like night and day, and I'd wager a guess that if you every did put some performance shocks on your machine you'd realize how silly saying those shocks were comparable with Elkas. Not saying it's a bad thing cheaping out on some parts and not others. Parts for sand toys are ridiculously marked up, and sometimes you just have to do enough to get the bike out and going so you can justify to yourself all the work you put into it.
But I do feel you when you're saying spending that much money on accessories is silly. But I also think you can't look at spending money on toys as a "financial decision" because if you were looking at buying one of these machines from a pure "personal fiscal responsibility" standpoint, you'd have never bought one in the first place. Sand toys, like boats, tend to be money pits. You're never going to get the money out of what you put into it. Knowing that (to some) makes it easier to spend say, 1000.00 on suspension components when you only paid 650.00 for the bike.
For what it's worth, I totally disagree with calling someone stupid because they don't want to spend ridiculous amounts of money on shocks. -
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You're comparison to mine although probably true is slightly different seeing how mine was professionally rebuilt. But, I do agree with you on many aspects. Hobbies are expensive, why spend more than you have to on making something more than efficient?
Its almost like saying. Hey, I bought my Works shocks brand new never been used for $700 and another guy saying... Hey, I bought these used Works shocks that were used only a couple times and spent $250 and arguing that the $700 are 3x as good.
Money is not what makes a quad good, however in many cases you get what you pay for.
Anything based from China generally has a horrible reputation yes. Can anything be rebuilt to fix exceptions and exceed expectations? Absolutely.
By GOD if you say FFS one more time I am 100% convinced you have PMS.
If you do a quick search for people that have used these shocks and had them rebuilt. There are many similar posts to mine; however, weight of quad and rider seems to matter a lot on these shocks. People out there are getting good results though.
For the record these shocks are RFY. Not GFY shocks. I would not have even attempted trying these shocks if I didn't have a dependable and reliable source for a rebuild, nor would I ever use these stock. They seem to have very inconsistent stock builds. -
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Seeing how you can buy a decent lt250r now adays for around 1000$ im saying i cant justify spending the same amount on front shocks alone. There is no logic in the world that could re-inforce that front shocks are just as valuable as an lt250r. For that I say anyone who spends this much on Front Shocks either has too much money, or is stupid.
Would I have much rather spend the same amount of money on Elka Front shocks or Works? Hell yes, but i sure wont spend 5x the amount on front shocks.
^^^^ what??? You should be so thankful that an lt is 1,000$ to buy and build into a badass quad!! You could spend tice that for a trx, 1.5-2x's that for a banshee, and more and more for other quads!! Parts are hard to find but they do pop up!! Just gota search, be patient and jump on the oppuortunity when somebody offers you parts for cheap!! And any of those quads shocks are 1,000$ And more so why wouldnt you do that for the lt? -