phm14

I'm sorry to say that after 15+ years of running CCBD coil shocks, I'm done with them. Once upon a time they partnered with ohilins and made a reliable, great performing shock. My last CC coil failed within ~ 25 hours, leaking oil at the shaft. When new, the spring was rubbing the plastic sleeve on the shock body, and the LSC adjuster had to be run full out (at CCs' instruction). I let that, and the rubbing noise go, but waited until the 12 month warranty period was out before contacting them, so I was told that despite all the problems, and that they had "fixed" the seal head problem, I'd have to spend ~$250 to get the shock serviced, and there was no indication that it wouldn't fail again. Since the protective sleeve was nearly worn through on one side (I bought a CC Valt spring with the shock), I thought the side load may have contributed to the leaking oil, but they said that the sleeve has to wear all the way through to metal for it to be abnormal/warranty. Now I have a $500 paperweight, since I'm not throwing $250 in good money after bad, on a squeaking, rubbing, leaking shock. Are there any other twin tube/4 circuit coils out there? Ohlins? The CCDB coil I put on my '02 Bullit is still going strong...but they don't make that shock any more.

Let's see...rattletrap, failure prone motor, over geared, over weight, short life drive train, and the top spec bike costs as much as a new KTM 450 motocross racer. Until this stuff is fixed, I'll be sticking with my '18 Nomad 4, and used KTM500, which came in at about the same money as this Emtb...for BOTH!