Well, I finally pulled the trigger on some shocks and tires. Went with the Bandits after reading countless positive reviews. I just threw them on and went riding. They were awesome!! Huge improvement in smoothing out the normal trail rocks, roots etc. but was still able to bottom the rear. Added 4 clicks of compression and it helped. Need to check my preload and tune it in really well but I was too excited and wanted to try them out.
For tires, I decided on the Kenda Bear Claw HTRs in the 27×9-12 size all the way around. Again, super pleased with the performance. I ran them at 9 pounds but will probably try more pressure as they felt flexy and gave me the sensation of feeling a bit tippy. Maybe the additional ground clearance gave me the sensation of being a bit tippy. Overall, these mods made a huge improvement to the ride and handling of my Trail. Some fine tuning will no doubt improve it even further. Thanks to all on the forum that share their setups…makes it easy to make good decisions on expensive mods.
For tires, I decided on the Kenda Bear Claw HTRs in the 27×9-12 size all the way around. Again, super pleased with the performance. I ran them at 9 pounds but will probably try more pressure as they felt flexy and gave me the sensation of feeling a bit tippy. Maybe the additional ground clearance gave me the sensation of being a bit tippy. Overall, these mods made a huge improvement to the ride and handling of my Trail. Some fine tuning will no doubt improve it even further. Thanks to all on the forum that share their setups…makes it easy to make good decisions on expensive mods.
