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Hey does anyone on here know of a showa suspension guy?i have heard of showa scott but im looking for some help with a showa A kit i got but trying to find a guy u racers have had do stuff and it is good!!!!anyone know?
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Yes, all suspension experts can service A kit suspension (whether its from PC, FC, RG3, or straight from the source at SHOWA) including spring swaps, seal replacement, even re-vavle. They also can order the common wear parts that are universal among the Showa suspension kits. I actually have my local small suspension shop (REP in Massachusetts) service and tune my PC Showa A Kit for my Kawi. The principals behind suspension tuning are the same among modern OEM suspensions and true A Kit. Heck, even the components are basically the same now a days.
But when it comes to ordering parts specific to the bike manufacturer (like shock bodies, clevis, fork lugs etc)... Pro Circuit is the exclusive Showa importer for Kawasaki's, Factory Connection for Honda, and if you have a Suzuki you need to go through RG3 to order these proprietary parts.
I've been down this road before. I needed a replacement shock body for my KXF Showa A Kit and have a good relationship with Factory Connection NH, they could not order a Kawasaki clevis. Similarly, they could not order an entirely new custom A Kit for my Kawi. Only Pro Circuit was able to.
Did you use an RM steering stem? What have you done for steering stops?
I'll be doing the same mod to my RM this winter so any info would be great!
I've bored out stock RM clamps in the past to fit RMZ forks. But want to use RMZ clamps this time so interested to see how others have done it.
For starters, you clearly posted a picture of an a kit on a honda. Which would be TRUE showa a kit. Not an a kit designed by pro circuit with showa. So right there should of been an ovbious sign for you.
Next- any yahoo can get springs for an A kit, and fork seals, and other common wear parts, and replace them. Fact.
And dennnnnnn - If you need specific parts for an a kit, like, Idk, a compression adjuster assembly for an A kit? If its true showa, sure FC can get it for you. If its for a kawasaki? FC will politely tell you go ahead and deal with pro circuit as they have a very difficult time getting it. Its not cost OR time efficient for them to do it ( for you, OR for them).
So, As CPC 252 said, its pretty obvious. I'll add another one to the mix for you guys that are so certain you're correct.
A local shop tossed my A kit shock on the dyno for me. Compression assembly broke. They work very closely with FC for mx stuff. They order the compression arbor assembly. I toss them a bone and let them do this, rather than disassembling myself and figuring out the issue, as a "gesture" because I dont normally pay to have shocks dyno'd and I service them on my own.
FC sends them a comp adjuster, it gets installed, and guess what, it broke again. Now, this stack clearly had a free bleed issue which was causing this, however, the arbors are different between SHOWA and PC Kit shocks. I pick the shock up from the local shop, and call FC. "Hey, i want to send this to you and be done with it, just fix the valving so it stops doing this." FC -"Is it true showa or PC? if its a kawasaki, its PC. We cant really get parts for that stuff easily at all, send it to them" Me - "Do you know XXXX shop?" FC " YES". Me - "Why'd you send them an arbor for this shock if you cant get them?" FC "Oh, we shouldnt have, its not the same, it wouldnt work".
End of story. Carry on with your misinterpretations.
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