So what do you suggest for the rear? Do you need to balance out the 450 shcks up front with some sort of improvement to the rear of the Grizzlies??

 

I find that i like the rear stock grizzly shocks with the yfz450 fronts, it feels just like my race quads did, and you can really powerslide these babies then. I was looking at the rear, and you would need a remote rezzie set up. The pipe and rear clutch tube are to close to the bracket to to fit a piggyback style one there, unless you get a non rezzie shock, but that is one reason why you would replace the shocks, more oil means less fade do to heat, also you can make more adjustment due to compression and rebound to get the bike to handle the way you want.

But for now i like the way it rides now, sport front end feel, with a plush rear end,

 

did you change the springs or just run them ?



reason i ask is your running twice the wight on them than there ment for. probably going to blow the valves very fast

 

I got the stock 450 springs on it. Idot them set up with 1 1/4" of preload on them, and i got them set way soft, these shock are way more stiffer then stock, and will hold more weight then stock. The angle these stock run now are more verticle then angled in the yfz which has more pressure on them!

I got compression on click 1 on hard from totally soft, and rebound set at 6 from soft to fast.

 

Awwww crap, Jasson! Now you've added more stuff to my already WAY too long wish-list...

Between a pair of these and the Denton satbilizer, I won't have a chance when the Missus catches me!

Although I DID take her to the Can-Am dealer for a shopping expedition for one of those Spyders...

 

Bob, you can sell your high lifter springs and stock shocks for a few dollars, and these are on $100-$300 a pair , tell the wife well i could have spent $600-1300 for a set lol!

With the new shocks to turning is better, cause of the more downward pressure of the shocks and you get more turning bit.

 

My Grizzly just got put on the back burner and mothballed... other issues are in the way...

 

oh no, not your health bud? Please say the wife found out about you buying something!

 

Jasson, what year yzf450 shocks will I need to get. I think I will try that myself.

 

any 03-08 should work, i got 05 on mine now.

 

Just bought a like new set of 06 take offs off ebay. Thanks

 

Give them a good pounding for us and let us know what you think TJ!

 

It will be hard to get them to blow! I think your grizzly will be trashed before they go. tj, when you put them in, just take the preload all the way off and compression and rebound all the way to soft and slow! make it way easier to stuff them in!

 

Jason i am really excited about this new mod you have introduced to us. I am looking into doing this mod ASAP!!!

 

Yeah i wish the se would come with better shocks. I think a few might find them a bit stiff, but the harder you fide them the soft the feel. and you can always have them valved or light oil put in them, and you have a ton of adjustablity with these shocks!

 

I just posted a set of four Works Performance Shocks for the 660... see the Classifieds area.

Rob

 

I really thought gunny would have been jumping for joy when i released this info, where is the old man at?

 

he bought the works shocks from RobG, the sly devil!

 

Really??? Well good for him!

I tried to talk the Missus into it, but she told me that I've got more than enough going on right now to be looking for more ways to get into trouble...

 

UPS dropped of my new yfz450 shocks today. Tempted to go put them on, but really got to get ready to go to the beach. Soon as I get back they are going on!

 

tj ill be up late to help if you need any info. pm me if you need a cell call.

 

what does gunny not like us sport grizzly owners anymore? no more smart comments, i just wait for them but nope no more really wtf!

 

TJ you get your shocks in yet?

 

Jasson, Don't underestimate our Gunny... I'm sure that he'd be your worst nightmare if you thought you could show off by passing him on a tight trail...

He'd block, roost, bump, bump, roost, and then probably just pull away and pretend that he didn't even know that you were there...

 

Jeez, I've been busy .... Iput some items up for sale on a local web sale site ... and sold a set of wheels in 45 minutes. Still need to sell my 589's & my Banshee. Then the grandkids knocked the rear screen door off it's track & busted the rollers ... dang little munckins !!!!

And I sold my fender extensions & HL springs & shocks so I've gotta get them boxed up & shipped. And I've been trying to figure out some mapping software issues, and needed to install my steering dampener & then the Works shocks I got from RobG. AND ... when ya posted this info .... I was in Moab dude !!!

Now, to comment on Jasson's comments & mod, which he wants me to do so badly for some reason ........ I liked the HL springs .... for the type of riding I do .... and I don't race. Only reason I sold'em was, I got a killer deal on some used Works shocks .... which I've always wanted ..... or some other high dollar brand. But I really liked the way the HL springsrode, controlled the bounce, and gave me a little bit of lift.

Personally, I'm not a fan of having a real high dollar shock on the front & my lowly mediocre stock shocksin the rear ...... I mean .... to me ........ that's likeonly doing half of a full mod.......... but whatever turns yer crank.

And as you know, I feel if ya wanta take a utility ATV & treat it & race around on it like it was a sport bike .... buy the sport bike. Then you get things like .... really good shocks right off the bat

Well .... those are my opinions & thoughts ......... however, those YFZ shocks do look cool on there, that's fer sure