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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Comet Rear Suspension
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<blockquote data-quote="hadronuk" data-source="post: 42323" data-attributes="member: 1866"><p>I mean short in the sense of having a small closed length, allowing more room for spring compression. A damper that was short in the sense of having limited travel would not be helpful! Producing a damper with a short closed length but a long travel was the reason for the offset RFM mounting of the AVO rear dampers.</p><p> </p><p> I have always understood "bottoming out" to mean the suspension has hit some mechanical limit that prevents it from compressing further, be it the spring going solid, the damper bump stop, or the mudguard hitting the seat.</p><p>Similarly, when the suspension hits the limit of its extension, it is "topping out".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hadronuk, post: 42323, member: 1866"] I mean short in the sense of having a small closed length, allowing more room for spring compression. A damper that was short in the sense of having limited travel would not be helpful! Producing a damper with a short closed length but a long travel was the reason for the offset RFM mounting of the AVO rear dampers. I have always understood "bottoming out" to mean the suspension has hit some mechanical limit that prevents it from compressing further, be it the spring going solid, the damper bump stop, or the mudguard hitting the seat. Similarly, when the suspension hits the limit of its extension, it is "topping out". [/QUOTE]
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