Shock absorbers on a plunger!

[Greybeard]

What do you think about this?

[muskrat]

G'day GB.
That looks like handy work by a duTchman. The colours give it away!
Cheers

[Greybeard]

I think this was a B31

[Rex]

Seems a bit OTT. Plungers seem to struggle deflecting 1/2" or so let alone going into oscillation mode..

[Greybeard]

Seems a bit OTT. Plungers seem to struggle deflecting 1/2" or so let alone going into oscillation mode..

Mine frequently fully compress when I hit a pothole, with a hidious jolt to my back!

[Rex]

But then a shock absorber (damper) being added wouldn't necessarily stop that anyway. Are there internal springs inside the dampers I wonder?

[Greybeard]

But then a shock absorber (damper) being added wouldn't necessarily stop that anyway. Are there internal springs inside the dampers I wonder?

I feel that the hydraulic damping would be an improvement.

[RDfella]

"Mine frequently fully compress when I hit a pothole". Need to lose some weight, Neil (only joking, I'm 16st)   Doesn't take much of a road imperfection to hurt my back on my rigid M21 even though I keep tyre pressures as low as poss - 18psi for rear, 20 for front.

[muskrat]

I think this was a B31

I see another pipe on the other side.
C'mon duTch, fess up.
Cheers

[Greybeard]

I think this was a B31

I see another pipe on the other side.
C'mon duTch, fess up.
Cheers

Oh yes, I didn't see that.

[duTch]

 

.....That looks like handy work by a duTchman. The colours give it away! .....

... C'mon duTch, fess up.
Cheers..

 Not this little blue duTck wrong shade of blue....
 I had springs made and took a while to calculate the spring rate I needed but they worked out ok and it only bottoms out on serious holes, off which there are *MANY*..... There's only~ 50mm maximum travel
 I think I asked if anyone has the standard spring dimensions but can't remember if I had success....

[Triton Thrasher]

Shouldn’t the pillar be greasier than that?

[Greybeard]

Shouldn’t the pillar be greasier than that?

Additional damping?

[muskrat]

G'day duTch.
Sorry mate, I would have put money on it. Isn't your bike blue on one side and red on the other?
Cheers

[duTch]

 

...Sorry mate, I would have put money on it. Isn't your bike blue on one side and red on the other?.....

 Weeeel yes,no,and yes.... But the frame is different shade of blue- mine much lighter....

 PS I'd feel guilty taking candy from a baby