Gotta say Luis, it has been some time since I've checked out your channel(bikes in general), took a couple years off. Pumped for you and how your channel has grown, youve grown tech skill drastically as well. Going to take a deep dive over your content this week...cool part too is you have merch. I remember speaking with you about that a couple times a few years ago and your modesty had you hesitant. Anyway...keep up the hard work, success had followed you. Oh...you'll love the MX Tech National shock.
Thank you so so much man!! I really appreciate the words and you coming back to the channel, mean a lot! Things are falling into place fortunately so it's just a matter of keep going and trying to change the offroad world one video at a time :) And regarding the Natty, I'm freaking in love with it! It's the OG of shocks.
Oh and yes I think I may be very inclined to buy Jeremy's full suspension set up next time, Ravens and National shock. I purchased fork drop in system Lucky a few years ago and the engineering is state of the art
I love my Raven Forks! But can you please do a video on how to service/rebuild them? As you mentioned there are no directions on how to service these forks. Your video would be something that no one else has done that would bring tremendous value to many of us. Regarding the comments on the special tools, I don't see that as much of a problem. MX-Tech lowered the cost of the tool kit and they have it in stock. I just need a video to show me how to service them! Please please!
I had a question for you on the Supertrax shock. On an MX track what would you suggest would be a good baseline for the TXN adjuster to start testing it out.
hello Joca! Well, yes and no. In some part yes, because properly tuned and well maintained they work really well, but no because they are prone to a lot of reliability issue, namely the purge valve (one of the reason they were discontinued because WP couldn't figure out a way to fix the reliability issues at an effective cost-cap). Comparing both would be a bit unfair to the WP since it's a discontinued product with more than 10 years, but I've ridden with both and in terms of comfort (a strong point from those WP) the Ravens stand as comfortable if not more than those! They truly are surprisingly comfortable :)
Is the tool even purchasable? My worry is having to send my stuff out every time for a rebuild. WP stuff I have a local guy I drive to his house. Very very convenient.
You don’t need a special tool. I just changed the oil in mine with zero special tools. You can press the top down enough to get the snap ring out. I used a large adjustable clamp and it worked fine.
@joelballard4955 make a video! Lot of people would love to see it. Could probably convince my local guy to do it. I wanna try mx tech stuff pretty bad but don't know if it'll beat my dialed in cone valve stuff.
So you believe these cartridges are better than the 6500 kit? And why? I heard you mention the Raven is as comfortable as the AER forks that were setup for enduro. I've heard many people complain the AER fork is very harsh , so for me, this is not a great compliment. Can you comment or add some detail to this to clarify?
Far better. They focus more on offroad needs. Provides more comfort but amazing bottoming resistance. Well, from my personal experience with the AER, I can say they can become quite comfortable (although I think they can be too soft and feedbackless to my personal taste). The Ravens provide comfort without sacrificing feedback needed to ride confidently and essentially, fast. The 6500 are just a simple closed cartridge kit with an external adjuster for preload. Nothing wrong with them, but don't have the potential the Ravens have.
@@StepstoPodium cool. That’s what I put in the outer chamber. 380. But on the inner chamber I wasn’t sure. So I filled it to where when I installed the base valve assembly I had slight bit of overflow. About 200cc.
