Used Chevy valve springs under the seat on the last hard tail chopper I worked on. They will bottom out on a hard bump (like just about anything will) but for the most part they seem to work fine.
What's the approximate length and i.d on those do you remember?Used Chevy valve springs under the seat on the last hard tail chopper I worked on. They will bottom out on a hard bump (like just about anything will) but for the most part they seem to work fine.
Yeah beehive seem to fat.Ive used the little 3" beehive springs before. They seemed to do the job but on a severe bump, they would bottom out, and then "unwind" really hard firing me up off the seat. The little shock I run now is a whole lot better.
I mounted two of those mountain bike shocks under my seat.Its like sittin on concrete. Im gonna replace tbe springs with cut down fork springs see how that feels.I've seen a couple of people using the shocks from mountian bikes as of late. Might be worth a shot.
I wonder how one shock would feel? I imagine seats are different for different weights of riders, as well.I mounted two of those mountain bike shocks under my seat.
That's a good idea, I never thought about an adjustable air shock. Hmm. Do you have pictures? I'd love to see how you mounted it, and how big it is. My problem is I'm pretty picky on how much new-fangled looking stuff goes onto my ironhead.My shovel has 1 fox mtb airshock under the seat,when you find the right pressure for your weight its all good and doesn't btm out I just find springs with no damping just don't work for me.
Yeah I can see it being incorporated into an overall design but it's got to fit the ride style and it's not an easy lump of mechanics to hide so then you'd have to make it into a featured part.I mostly wonder if you can hide it enough to keep it from being an eyesore.
I know it wouldn't fit well on the ironhead I'm doing now. I do have a more modern-inspired build on the drawing board for the future, though. I will keep the air-shock seat in mind for that.Yeah I can see it being incorporated into an overall design but it's got to fit the ride style