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Originally Posted by CSG David
I like the Ohlins TTX stuff...2-way, 3-way, 4-way.  |
Yeah they are serious and seriously expensive, total art to having them valved and setup properly.
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Originally Posted by d1ck
What is it that makes a damper so expensive? Dampers are generally pretty simple devices, so would the additional cost be due to R&D mainly?
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In the case of the F1 shock pictured below, they are designed from the ground up. So the F1 dampers for Toyota cost the team 5 Million USD for the year for both cars, that included design, valving and rebuilds after every practice and race. They only last one session before having to be re-bulit.
The shock weighted almost the same as my Galaxy Note 2, and Ohlins said the teams would remove the adjustment knobs and have them build the fixed valving to save even more weight.