Bumpers on Pro Action shocks

[DK Custom Products]

I took trike out Wednesday set both clickers to 4 seemed better but wife still sliding some. Stopped and set right to 5 a little better. The bumps that are the problem are heaves in The road all the way across the lane that Even jar my shoulders on the handle bars. Illinois roads are horrible maybe I’m expecting to much from the shocks. I have 2 questions I may call D K about. 1 if I can see the top of the bumper at the top the black concave shock fitting on bottom do I have the quarter inch required clearance under the bumper? 2 is moving clicker up to 4 or 5 the right direction to absorb these bumps or should I be going down to 2 ? Thanks again to everyone especially Kevin for taking time out of his busy schedule to reply.

Hi Mike,

Not sure if we spoke last week or not. But here is some useful info-

Regarding the "quarter inch required clearance under the bumper", those are instructions on the PA website video regarding 2 wheel bikes.

That is Not how we co-developed the Trike Series Shocks™ with PA.

When you are fully loaded, and riding the roads your normally ride, you want that bumper to go all the way to the bottom, but Not feel a harsh jolt.

Those bumpers will compress to about 1/3 their height before you feel a harsh jolt.

So to get maximum use of the stroke you want the bumper to go all the way to the bottom when fully loaded and hitting a typical hard bump.

Regarding the clicker, you should start at 3 clicks on each side. Then move one side 1 click up (4 clicks) and see if the ride quality is better. If it is not, then go back to 3 and move it 1 click down (2 clicks) and see if the ride quality is better.

If either direction gives a better ride quality, then move to the other shock and put it at a matching point (2 clicks or 4 clicks) and see if it is even better.

It is perfectly fine for one shock to be at a different level of clicks than the other shock.

The important thing is to get the best ride quality for you on your roads.

The technical things that happens when you adjust the clicker are:

When you move from 3 down it allows the oil to move more quickly, reducing the damping effect. Too far and you get a pogo effect because there is not enough damping control to stop the spring from pogoing (bouncing).

When you move from 3 up it restricts the oil and increases the damping. If you go too far (5 is the max damping effect, even though it will click past 5) then shock movement is restricted and it will feel too stiff.

Here is a video where the clicker is shown how it works is explained-



Kevin

 

[Tinner]

Thanks Kevin for the info on the bumper. It sounds like i may be alright because my bumper is on the bottom of shock. I will keep trying different combinations on the clicker. As i said before the ride is a major improvement over the stock shocks and the roads in Illinois are pretty bad. I should also mention that the day we road the road with the problem bumps my 2 friends were on CVO street glides and they were complaining about the bumps and their wives were sliding forward on the seat. So it is possible that my shocks are tuned in the best they are going to get. Thanks again to everyone else also for the info it has been very helpful.