{"id":80681,"date":"2008-12-25T18:25:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T09:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=80681"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:10","slug":"two-shock-absorbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20081225\/everyday-events\/two-shock-absorbers","title":{"rendered":"Two-Shock Absorbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_57824246_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_57824246_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Two-shock absorbers have a low spring rate.<br \/>\nA low spring rate is easily affected by friction.<br \/>\nWhen the swingarm moves up and down, the upper and lower mounting points of the rear shock need to move freely.<br \/>\nStock rubber bushings and such can lock up if you tighten them too much.<br \/>\nLet them float and move properly with a firm hand \u2605<br \/>\nTighten it firmly and it moves smoothly \u2605<br \/>\nBoth top and bottom \u266a<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s warm today, but Route 7 is packed and I can&#8217;t get a test ride in\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Two-shock absorbers have a low spring rate. A low spring rate is easily affected by friction. When the swingarm moves up and down, the upper and lower mounting points of the rear shock need to move freely. Stock rubber bushings and such can lock up if you tighten them too much. Let them float and move properly with a firm hand \u2605 Tighten it firmly and it moves smoothly \u2605 Both top and bottom \u266a It&#8217;s warm today, but Route 7 is packed and I can&#8217;t get a test ride in\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-80681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}