It looks like the rebuilt ES system won’t get installed this weekend. I rode my 2012 to DC yesterday to help with the marathon, and I’m still waiting for a set of Seal Savers for the forks. I want to share the details of the rebuild now, and will update with riding impressions as soon as things are together.
The stock ES forks and shock visited Race Tech for almost a month. I figure a third of the time was shipping across the US and back. Actual time in house for evaluation and work was just over 2 weeks, and I sense that future work will turn around faster.
RT supplies a standard form to fill out with rider information. In my case: 200 lb. rider, primarily one up or one up with luggage, sport & adventure touring.
After 10 days or so, I spoke with the tech doing the evaluation of the ES system. He related that there is no issue with either the forks or the shock that prevent them from replacing springs and valves in each with appropriate springs and their gold valves. He said all the fork electronics are in the respective caps which make things easier on their end. The shock is easy to get apart (for them), and there is a stock RT spring that fits the ES shock using a collar.
Here are a few images of the returned items and setup sheet.
The shock collar is 25mm tall and the rear spring has a rate of 10.7 kg/mm (850 lb/in). It’s definitely different from Karl and Jeff’s setup. I’m not a suspension expert, so I’ll leave it to someone more versed in these things to interpret the differences for everyone.
The fork springs are .88 kg/mm. For reference, Stoltec used .90 springs when he rebuilt my 2012.
My total cost was less than $1,200.00 for the work (shipping extra). I’m not sure if it is a good budget number for others thinking about doing the same work and sent an email to RT for clarification.
