So I put this together for anyone who upgraded their factory shocks on the Can-Am Gen 2 650 XMR, 2015 800 XMR and for Renegade/Outlander owners who have these shocks. These are the BRP Catalog Fox Racing Podium shocks you can buy at the dealer.
The issue I ran into is that after a year the shocks started to sag and I was faced with putting spring spacers on them, this was till someone mentioned in a facebook forum about swapping springs. So I swapped the original XMR springs on to the Fox Podium springs.
Fox Podium springs = Can-Am Gen 2 Renegade XXC Springs
Factory 800 XMR Springs = Can-Am Gen 2 650/800 XMR Springs
Result is my sag is gone now, I’m back to 13.5" of ground clearance in front and I now have 14.25" of ground clearance in rear. I will say the ride is back to being XMR like but I need to give it some time to settle in as well.
This is a great upgrade for those wanting to gain ground clearance but not give up travel and do it with Factory parts. Yes a set of Elka’s tailored to my machine, weight, riding style would be the correct way to solve the problem, but this was a free option for me and I hope it might help others.
So I put this together for anyone who upgraded their factory shocks on the Can-Am Gen 2 650 XMR, 2015 800 XMR and for Renegade/Outlander owners who have these shocks. These are the BRP Catalog Fox Racing Podium shocks you can buy at the dealer.
The issue I ran into is that after a year the shocks started to sag and I was faced with putting spring spacers on them, this was till someone mentioned in a facebook forum about swapping springs. So I swapped the original XMR springs on to the Fox Podium springs.
Fox Podium springs = Can-Am Gen 2 Renegade XXC Springs
Factory 800 XMR Springs = Can-Am Gen 2 650/800 XMR Springs
Result is my sag is gone now, I’m back to 13.5" of ground clearance in front and I now have 14.25" of ground clearance in rear. I will say the ride is back to being XMR like but I need to give it some time to settle in as well.
This is a great upgrade for those wanting to gain ground clearance but not give up travel and do it with Factory parts. Yes a set of Elka’s tailored to my machine, weight, riding style would be the correct way to solve the problem, but this was a free option for me and I hope it might help others.
