Keith Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Anyone heard of this shock company? What sort of quality and reputation do they have? I'm quite happy with my Penske, but a friend heard of Elka and wondered what I knew; since I don't know anything about it, I thought I'd come here to the "well of knowledge" Quote
CxBXR Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 The company is mainly aimed toward's off-roading, sportquad's,dirtbikes,baja trucks, etc.... Never heard any street use for them, but they might custom build something for the right $$$ They are also on top of the food chain, some of the highest priced too be found. Quote
Keith Posted November 13, 2007 Author Posted November 13, 2007 The company is mainly aimed toward's off-roading, sportquad's,dirtbikes,baja trucks, etc.... Never heard any street use for them, but they might custom build something for the right $$$ They are also on top of the food chain, some of the highest priced too be found. Interesting. My friend has a CBR1000RR and Elka apparently makes a shock for that bike. He says it's a "piggy back, two-way system"; I don't know what that means. Quote
R1000 Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 The company is mainly aimed toward's off-roading, sportquad's,dirtbikes,baja trucks, etc.... Never heard any street use for them, but they might custom build something for the right $$$ They are also on top of the food chain, some of the highest priced too be found. Interesting. My friend has a CBR1000RR and Elka apparently makes a shock for that bike. He says it's a "piggy back, two-way system"; I don't know what that means. Two-way means adjustable compression and rebound. The piggy back means the the nitrogen reservoir is bolted to the shock and is not a separate unit. Three-way includes double compression settings (low/high speed) Quote
Keith Posted November 13, 2007 Author Posted November 13, 2007 Two-way means adjustable compression and rebound. The piggy back means the the nitrogen reservoir is bolted to the shock and is not a separate unit. Three-way includes double compression settings (low/high speed) Ah, OK. Thanks for the clarification! Quote
CxBXR Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 The company is mainly aimed toward's off-roading, sportquad's,dirtbikes,baja trucks, etc.... Never heard any street use for them, but they might custom build something for the right $$$ They are also on top of the food chain, some of the highest priced too be found. Interesting. My friend has a CBR1000RR and Elka apparently makes a shock for that bike. He says it's a "piggy back, two-way system"; I don't know what that means. I have been away from the seen for awhile & last time I looked that's all the made them for (primarily) 3-4yrs ago. Guess Im a bit out of date Quote
cbrxxquad Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 We run them on the race quads. Compression & rebound adjustments, as well as high and low speed adjustments. Quad rate springs also. Internals are the same as Ohlins. Very high quality and support. Are being beat out by the new Fox float air spring shocks. These are lighter and easier to adjust spring rates. Internals are the same for all purposes. All are wafer over ports rather than spring ball checks. Quote
jc Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Here in Canada alot of people use them on the roadrace circuit, Gsxr's, CBR's ZX etc. they seem to only make them for newer roadrace bike's, people seem to be very pleased with them, they are a little cheaper than a penske, the price might be a little lower here becouse they are made in Canada. But there bread and butter are offroad machines. Quote
RedFury93 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Keith Code's Superbike school runs them on their rental fleet of Kawasaki's. Good piece of kit I tell ya! Quote
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