The fact that you're carrying a sidearm in this video sealed the deal for me when it comes to buying shocks for my Uforce 600 from you guys. You have my business. My kind of people!
Yes, I love the sidearm. I live in a open carry state and do this often as well as conceal carry under certain circumstances. Always remember: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. No matter what anyone says, this is in the Civil Bill of Rights which applies to the individual People. Carry and carry often, I say! It is YOUR Right.
I have a yamaha kodiak se 700. I don't run fast, I always go with a passenger, I like a soft ride and climbing. I go for a walk. some kind of internship is better for me? I believe stage 1, do you agree?
No video but have explained several times on our social media, I know I need to do a video, but the difference is every thing, elka only makes stage 3-5 in most cases, we do all 5 We have modified extended and compressed lengths to max the potential of the vehicle we build for. We have a custom 2 stage high/low speed valving design in all 5 stages to offer stage 5 level performance across the board. Along with Elka's epic shock quality and legendary rage pedigree, you get a shock package totally transforms the vehicle they are installed in.
I don't know if its because your from NM is why I understand so much now but I really appreciate your breakdown this was extremely helpful...we need shock im down here in alb 👍
do you mean X3? the side by side? Or the outlander Mx 2 passenger ATV? If ATV what engine size? You can also give us a call or text Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558 as well.
I have 2009 Canam Outlander 800R. I want to replace my crappy stock shocks. I have a 2 inch lift on front and spring spacers in the rear. I run big mud tires. I don't do fast trail riding. I ride mud/water and I like to ride wheelies. High ground clearance is important to me. I don't want to loose ride height or have a saggy shocks. Also I want to soften the front end coming down from a wheelie. And I want an overall better ride. What stage Elkas should I get? Thanks
I ride with 200+ hp sxs in a stock teryx. Don't blame anyone for doubting it keeps up. With that said, how much for the front-end long travel kit. Don't need rear, as it's the front end that is maxing out and turning into snowplow at the base of big bowels.
It comes as a whole set up, on a teryx you will go from 8" to 18" of wheel travel and ride better than a KRX with our MT Long travel. Shoot, JUST adding our shocks on your rig, not even the long travel is night and day. Check out our Everything Elka playlist to see videos on both set ups on the Teryx.
Will they ever offer shocks for the newer yamaha kodiak 450's. There are no good options for upgrading the shocks on that atv. Probably would sell quit a few.
We have shocks for the 08-09 450 IRS, have not delt with the newer ones, just not enough demand, hardly ever sold when we did make them. If we could get a newer 450 Grizzly locally, we can sure prototype them and make them. If you are around us at all, get with us and we can make it happen.
A verry professional video - in Germany it´s hard to get any suspension gear for the Uforce 1000, MJ 2022. Originally buyed at the dealer, the uforce is way to low for huntin purposes to get through the woods - i would need between 10-20 cm more space below the machine. Are these suspensions able to lift the uforce that much? Thank you verry much for your response.
Check out our "Everything Elka" playlist to see the U-Force 1000 shocks we have, BIG upgrade! We are not shipping world wide, but it is something we are looking at doing in the future. Thank you!
Stage is 100% your wish on how much is on the shock, a stage 1 is a huge upgrade, if you want to fine tune ride and performance, that will be higher stages. Let us know! We will get you rolling at a great price! Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558
I have a custom Yamaha Raptor with a 3 cylinder FZ09 engine swap and I would like your opinion on a shock upgrade option. I am torn between the Fox & Elka. Since the bike gained about 60 lbs with the engine swap and I am 220lb riding sand dunes, what direction should I go? How much improvement should I expect compared to OEM SE shocks.
Chucking the "barely adequate" stock shocks, any aftermarket will be a big improvement. Most will depend on your use, if you are mostly roads and drags, you could just get new springs and up for the added weight, but if you are really using the suspension a set of Elka Legacy shocks will be a MASSIVE upgrade over stock and the best bang for buck.
We have the C-Force line on our list to start building shocks for, soon as we get them done will have all 5 stages. We are hoping to start having the C-Forces by summer, been so crazy busy not enough time to R&D them all quick enough, but on our to do list.
Thanks for the video, that's a helpful explanation. Will you be stocking any of them for the Kawasaki Mule Pro-FXT? Even stage one? Or are they all a 6 month wait?
As of right now (end of Oct 2020) they are about 10 weeks from date of order, we are working on taking care of that, come the first of the year we should get in an over $100K shock order so we will do our best keeping or Hester Edition shocks in stock and ready to ship. If you ordered now you would get your shocks about that time as well (first of the year 2021). Elka has hired more people and are upping production to try and keep up with demand world wide. But yes we are working on keeping MANY shocks in stock.
Oh night and day my friend, the 500 pioneer shocks are the cheapest of the cheap atv shocks. We can for sure make the ride and performance a whole lot better. Give us a call, we build them in all 5 stages for the 500 Pioneer. Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558.
@@HesterEdition okay I’m going to call because I already put $2800 on upgrades next is Electonic power steering and DEFINITELY GOOD SHOCKS ABSOLUTELY HATE MY SUSPENSION RIGHT NOW. I rode my good friend 2015 Polaris RZR 1000 Fox edition stock even my other friend Polaris RZR 1000 walker Evans and is absolutely amazing insane. So obviously I don’t race my 2019 Honda Pioneer 500 is gutless for ración and don’t really care about racing is a work machine but I want a smooth plush suspension like the Razors. What Elka Stage do you recommend for my Honda Pioneer 500?
@@MOUSEBOWEN stage is your preference on how much tuneability you want on the shocks. If you don't care for any, go stage 1. All up to you what you want.
@@MOUSEBOWENwill for sure ride a lot better, we make the most out of those super short arms. Also, try dropping sway bars, let the suspension work, the sway bars hurt off-road potential.
@@HesterEdition oh the sway bars is true . I’m going to do it and buy those Elka chocks I just want a smoother ride . Don’t know what Elka stage I should get. Stage 1 or 2 or 3
We get all your weights and build accordingly. The shocks will handle weight far better than the OEM set up AND ride amazing without the plow on! Give us a call and we will get your vehicle info, and get you a price! (575) 445-3558
Hi. What stage would you recommend for can am ryker rally 900. Im just looking for it not to bottom out & hit fender when I ride with the wife. If the stage 1 will do that for me Im good with that.
Stage is based on how much tunability YOU want on the shock. For yours we have stages 1-5 for the fronts, and 3,4 and 5's for the rear. Give us a call we can get some rolling! (575) 445-3558
I have a Brute force and I've been researching these different stages. The stage 1 is a big upgrade but to me the stage 2 with the rebound adjustment is what's important. When you adjust your pre-load ,having the ability to compensate with rebound adjustments will keep your shock balanced. Hit the whoops /rocky uneven terrain without bucking off and losing control. To answer your question, the stage1 is a custom shock for you. Your weight, what you have on the quad gear wise etc. Brute shocks are horrible. The stage 1 will be an improvement over stock shocks.
Jason give us a call and we can get you detailed info and current pricing on Brute Force shocks, Stage 3' kits have been our most popular for the Brute, but it really depends on what YOU feel will be best based on your wants and budget, ANY stage is a big improvement over the stock MEH shocks lol.
Would I be correct in stating that the Elka Legacy Plus is somewhere between Stage 3 & 4? A Stage 3.5? It has low-speed compression and rebound adjustment but no high-speed compression. I just bought a set because the Stage 4's were a bit out of my price range.
Legacy line of sport quad shocks is more budget friendly, you get all the bang of stage 4's, but with steel bodies to lower the cost to less then a stage 3! always a good call for the best bang for buck shock set up!
I absolutely need the adjustability here in AZ. 3/4 seems perfect but a 4/5 seems like our type of play mode, to bad the wallet and the wife thinks different!!! LOL SOON the 3/4
Even just the 4s are very impressive. But yes the 5s will cover every scenario possible to fine tune to your wanted set up. We do discounts on all 3, 4 and 5's too!
As far as OEM fox's, depends on what vehicle you have, but YES, a vast majority of vehicles the Elka will be built to out perform the stock Fox shocks. Now... If you BUY custom built Fox's, that is a whole other matter as Fox builds great suspension, BUT for OEM, they have to listen to the manufacture and meet their price they will pay, therefor hardly any STOCK Fox shock that come on a vehicle is built right, mediocre at best. Upgrading the shocks is the BIGGEST upgrade you can ever do on a vehicle. And we sell massive upgrades for just about every major manufacture of ATV/SXS, and Trucks and Jeeps. Just give us a call and let us help TOTALLY change your ride.
I have an 09 yfz450r and I’m so torn between having the stock suspension revalved and sprung vs going elka stage 3. Can anyone offer any advise? I ride trails with quite a bit of large roots at high speed and some whoops. Really looking for a softer ride with a little more performance
Revalving and springing can help in that department, but if you want a BIG performance gain, AND by the time you pay for the valving, springs, shipping etc, you can have a set of legacy shocks that will be better, then you can sell your stockers and recover money, making the new shock option the winner, let us know, we can help with any set of Elkas for your Yammerhammer! (575) 445-3558
Aye man I know I’m catching this late and I’m curious as to what you want with? I was in the same boat with my 450r Honda ended up revalving and springing I kinda wish I would have just bought new
all your preference on if you like to play with clickers or not, stage is purely based on if you want reservoirs or not, and if you want all the clickers or not. As you step up in stage price jumps. If you don't care to touch, then stage 1.
I want to eliminate body roll, suspension bottoming out and hit the whoops without losing control along with blazing over rocky terrain like a boss. Looks like Stage 4's for me. Ouch.
So the stage 2 you can adjust the rebound only and stage 3 you can adjust compression only. What is the best adjustment to play with...? Is it preferable to play with your rebound or compression?
Yes... Lol. Sorry, there lies in the preference of what you wish to do. If you want to control additude thats rebound. If you want to play with stiffer or softer for verying load weights that is compression. If you want both that's stage 4 or 5s
Stage is based on how much you like to play with the shocks. If you don't care to mess with them, stage 1, if would want more clickers to play with for perfection of your liking, then 3-5's. When ready give us a call we can get some romming for you. Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558. Thank you
@@HesterEdition I have walker evens on my old polaris ranger and they are great. I just leave them on soft all the time and I want these to ride as soft as those. I'm after the softest ride I can get. Will the stage 1 be that soft?
@@daverennpferd2273 not only will they be even pusher, the overall performance and load capabilities will also vastly improve. We build based off your weights and use
@@HesterEdition it's a standard limited 2023 defender trail riding want plush. 500 to 600 lb pound payload. Would like it to set 2 inches higher. How much for stage 1?
So I have a polaris rzr I'm from Tennessee and we go on forest trails and sometimes there's tracks but i still wanna jump like 15 feet up at the most and be able to go over whoops,potholes etc. What stage do you think will be good for me I still want some good durability
Which rzr do you have, and year. We can sure hwlp with that. Give us a call (575) 445-3558 Tuesday-Saturdays and ask for John, he can sure help you out.
@@HillsideAcres We send to you tube to see the stages to pick from, then you call us OR message us on facebook in you wish, there are 6 price structures, now that you know the stages you want prices on just give us a call Tuesday-Friday (575) 445-3558. We can get you prices and get you rolling on the set you choose :)
name of the game in powersports. Top notch suspension can get pricey, but offer the biggest gains and bang for buck than anything else on the machine. In many cases, cost LESS that a set of wheels and tires, and gain you worlds more!
Compare to oem crappy shocks, yes very. Most oem shocks are 4-600 a piece for lower end vehicles, and on high performance 2500+ each, ours are much better priced, unless you are trying to price stage 5s vs stock on let's say a Kawasaki Mule or Honda Pioneer, then yes we cost more, but are a whole new universe better built. Dollar for dollar, we can beat oem, provide a world better ride and performance and are fully rebuildable, not cheap, over priced oems. What vehicle do you have and I am happy to prove that to you.
Doesn’t explain the difference in stages…just some general blah…blah…blah…. My guess, he is a salesman and does not know the difference, or he is simply trying to con buyers.
We show the difference in stages extremely clear, show you the clickers and what stage add. That IS the difference in stages. The shock bodies and specs do not change, the stage is your preference on how much personal tuneability you want on the shocks. What else would you like me to show?
@@HesterEdition define the specific differences in each Shock or stage; don’t talk in generalities…be specific. Example…maybe one comes with dual coils and the other doesn’t.
@@TrainWreck000 stage has nothing to do with springs, the vehicle applications does, some vehicles will have dual rates, some vehicles do not, the springs have nothing to do with stage. Stage 1 pre-load only, stage 2 pre-load and rebound clicker, stage 3 rebound Removed and reservoir added with low speed compression, stage 4 adds rebound back on, stage 5 splits the dual stage valving for independent high speed and low speed adjustability, just like clearly shown and stated in the video, it is that simple in stage selection, not over comicated. Specific vehicles will only have certain size bodies and spring configuration and only higher stages, like pure sport high performance will only have stage 5s. But when stage selection is available it really is that plain and simple on selection based Your wants on personal tuneability and features you want on it. As show on the table, a stage 1 and stage 5 IS the same shock, you clearly gain the added features. No need to over complicate explanation when it really is that cut and dry.
Mostly depends on how much you want to play with and fine tune the shocks. If you are doing more performance driving and jumping I would say min 3s, probably 3/4 combo or higher, that way you have the ability to really dial it in yo take more abuse. Let us know, can give us a call Tuesday-Saturday. 👍
I live in the city more like a suburb city but we have so bumpy roads I weigh 270 and 6 feet I own a 900 would a 2 in the front and 3 in the rear do me justice ?
Not really, if you wanted the rebound go 2 all around, if you want the piggyback and compression clickers go 3 all around, if you don't care to touch the shock just bolt up and enjoy a whole new world better then stock just go 1 all around. As you step higher you gain morr things to play with. So if you love to dial shock in to perfection for your preference that is when the higher stages come into play.
Depends on what year, if pre-2010 with or without KDSS. Then 2.0 or 2.5 and the set up you wish, how much tun-ability you want, type of lift etc. Here is a video of us unboxing some 2.5's for a Tundra ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i174x0p-BPM.html
