This may be no news to some of the pro's but I've been looking for options to perhaps lower the rear on my XB12Ss a little for comfort and after reading several threads I really didn't find a definitive answer about swapping springs, or the whole shock for another model. So I emailed EBR direct and got a really informative answer that I thought I would share for the knowledge pool.
EBR Tech Support:
I get a lot of questions about “mixing and matching” XB suspension and the unfortunate answer is pretty much none of it is interchangeable without parts of the bike hitting each other at full compression and an unpredictable impact on handling
The spring from the S and the Scg are enough shorter that they will not work well with the overall length and valving in your shock. I’ve never tried that combo but I suspect it will very negatively affect the handing of your bike.
A lot goes into spec-ing the shock and making sure the bike handles well. It really doesn’t take much to screw it up a lot so I’m very hesitant to suggest any combination I we haven’t tested.
Of the people I know of who have gone this route and had a good result it involves a custom progressive spring so the overall length was correct, the initial sag was more to drop the static height, but still provide the proper compression at ride height with rider weight.
In general I really do not suggest modifying the suspension in any way, but if you are going to go that route I would suggest working with a company like hypercoil on a custom spring and be very cautious shaking down the bike and evaluating any impact to handling.
EBR Tech Support:
I get a lot of questions about “mixing and matching” XB suspension and the unfortunate answer is pretty much none of it is interchangeable without parts of the bike hitting each other at full compression and an unpredictable impact on handling
The spring from the S and the Scg are enough shorter that they will not work well with the overall length and valving in your shock. I’ve never tried that combo but I suspect it will very negatively affect the handing of your bike.
A lot goes into spec-ing the shock and making sure the bike handles well. It really doesn’t take much to screw it up a lot so I’m very hesitant to suggest any combination I we haven’t tested.
Of the people I know of who have gone this route and had a good result it involves a custom progressive spring so the overall length was correct, the initial sag was more to drop the static height, but still provide the proper compression at ride height with rider weight.
In general I really do not suggest modifying the suspension in any way, but if you are going to go that route I would suggest working with a company like hypercoil on a custom spring and be very cautious shaking down the bike and evaluating any impact to handling.
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