Both Michael Pichon and Josh Coppins have used Ti springs supplied by Mojo Suspension in previous year's championship. Both teams tested back to back steel versus Ti and both came to the same conclusion, that not only was the Ti set-up obviously a lot lighter, but that the rear end benefitted from an improved all around feel. It was true that slightly different suspension setting were used from Steel to Ti,
but the improvements to suspension feel and control were dramatic... Most of the AMA field run the Ti springs supplied to us via RCS, they are track tested all over the world, get on board!
We also tested ti springs with Honda's Supermoto team at the end of last season and these guys also commented that they got improved feel from the rear suspension.
The rider's feel was that the 'edge' of the bump was different, easier...
That would correlate with the fact that some of the shock spring is 'unsprung' weight
and the lower this can be the better. The mid section (un-supported) of a spring is prone to oscillate along the axis of the shock in high frequency situations - i.e. stutter bumps... Titanium springs being lighter have less inertia
so this phenomenon is reduced
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TITANIUM ROAD SPRINGS
TITANIUM MX/OFFROAD SPRINGS
PERFORMANCE BIKES ZX7 PROJECT
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