Have any of you guys had the chance to ride those Ohlins? I love the design, but would be wary of their tune,which IMO is the real battle when setting up a mountain sled. Heat management, fade, etc really isn't an issue for most of us.
Either way, the twin tube stuff is really cool
Legit question... knew that was coming
The fronts(ttx) have been run by Jake at Skinz and some others for a few years. Whatever your opinion of Skinz, Jake is fantastic with suspension, and suspension set up.
The other shocks(shim shocks) have been run in Europe since the Axys hit the snow. You can actually order them out of the Polaris catalog. Plus there is a few builders. I am sure you have noticed on social media, pictures of sleds with Ohlins. Thats what got us going.
The gentleman that is doing the building and valve work, was a engineer and shock builder for Yamaha. Ohlins came on Yamaha(I am sure you are aware of that). When we talked to him, he knew the valving and how every shock on the market acted. He didn't just fall off the turnip truck. He fully understands mountain sleds(his personal sled is axys) and what needed to be accomplished.
Not to mention the support from the engineering dept, and development at Ohlins. Some of the testing they can do is amazing. I am not techy, so what can be done to me is crazy.
The rears just showed up this fall. They will be going through validation over the next month or so. The rears have been the big hang up. We have wanted to run the Ohlins for a few years, but wanted fronts and rears. Total package. At this point there is not a TTX for the rts, but with demand it may become possible.
Skinz will be the sole distributor in North America. Like I said earlier, there will be a couple different levels of pricing. All top quality Ohlins shocks. There will be different lengths for the various models. Plus adjustability within a shock to alter ride heights.
I am not sponsored by Skinz, Ohlins or anything like that. I get no kick back from them either. Just helping out showing what is available and be honest where its at. We just work a lot with Jake on set ups. Telling him what is working and not working. We love the Floats, they work great, but we wanted to go back to a coil. The main concern was the current coils are almost so plush they do not give much rider feedback. The Floats do give feedback, so we wanted a combination of the two. Plush with good feedback from the sled.
Hopefully that answered your question. We will have 3 sleds in our group set up this winter.
Technical questions, call Jake at Skinz. He can talk suspension for hours. If you want... jump in the truck for a test ride.
