When looking at purchasing aftermarket suspension to freshen up your tired adventure bike, there are many things that can be confused.
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The following glossary terms will help you understand more about the purchase process and what some of the details of our complex suspension products are.
Balance: Distribution of weight between front and rear wheel
High Speed/slow speed: Adjustment possibilities of the compression damping for differing spring compression speeds, such as those caused by short hard hits versus long drawn out undulations
Piggyback reservoir: External reservoir for additional damper oil. The larger quantity of oil increases stability under high constant load
Plug and Travel: Describes the easy installation of electronic suspension systems from Touratech suspension, using all the original plugs and switches.
Semi active suspension: Suspension whose shock absorbers adjust their damping characteristics in real time to the prevailing road conditions.
DDA: Dynamic damping adaptation: Sensor controlled adjustment of the damping characteristics for electronic suspensions, determined by the road condition in real time.
Spring Preload: Adjusting how compressed or released the spring is under normal conditions. Vehicle is raised or lowered as a result.
Spring Rate: Describes the force required to compress a spring by a certain amount.
ESA: Electronic suspension adjustment. Setting of the damping characteristics of shock absorbers by electric remote control on BMW bikes.
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