Does anyone have firsthand experience on how good the new velocity shocks are compared to Raptors/Fox or Exits? Last season Keith Curtis made the switch from Raptors to the velocities and they sure seem to work for him.
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I agree the 180 stock spring is not that great for over 200 lb riders, I am 210 and found once I set the 180 spring 1.5 to 2 turns tighter( which is appx 10 1/8 ") it was much better and I am now happy with the Velocity shocks, Love the way they fine tune so easy for different conditions, while the piggy backs on the the pro's are very good the velocity shocks are a big step above. IMOI have no experience with the exit shocks, that being said I think they are all equally good once set up for the rider. Most people tend to forget when you order aftermarket shocks they are valved and sprung for each order. I found ND the velocity shocks a little lacking. Once I changed the factory rear spring (#180) out for a stock rmk rear spring (#210) I found the total set up to be very good and they left me wanting nothing more. (I'm 250 before gear for what it's worth)
Just curious if those customers have had there velocity shocks revalved for weight/riding style and or changed the springs out for triple rate springs. I know the raptor springs on my standard rmk shocks was a world of difference.I run Raptors on all of my sleds because I know they flat out work! I have some customers that have both the Raptors and the Velocity shock on their sleds this year. From what I am being told the Velocity shocks are way better then the previous Polaris Piggyback shocks but are not as good of a shock as the Raptor shocks they have on there other sleds.
While the WER Velocity shocks are by far the best shock package Polaris has offered on a sled it is still unfortunately rather "dumbed down" in setup for consumers. We put a couple hundred miles on the factory shocks to get comfortable with various configs before switching and running the new fox package as well as did side by side back to back laps on harsh terrain to really compare what was different.
The simples change but biggest gain we saw with the Fox package was ease of adjustment, on the Velocity shocks, too many finite clicks exceeded what any of our test riders cared to tinker with and it was very common to lose track of where you were at on adjustments. This resulted in guys just sort of just cranking knobs without much purpose. The Fox with the QS3 package is awesome and an easy way to make a substantial change from 1-2 or 2-3 etc and also very quick easy visual to see what position you are in. The 3 position clickers represent distinct changes in shock performance that anyone could feel, not some minute change that is almost impossible to discern.
Range of use - The next thing would be the broad range a single setup would run, meaning, with one setup (and clicker position/air pressures) we could easily ride in a larger variety of terrain without making adjustments to the shocks. The progressive nature of air springs coupled with the Evol chamber creates an impressive ramp up in spring rate. This means you have a nice soft initial rate ramping up to very firm right at bottom out. We found various members of our team could run the same setup from trail to powder/backcountry riding to rather large jumps all running the same setup. With the stock velocity shock we just found we were making adjustments more often chasing the "perfect" feel.