I have heard that you can send them back and they will valve them for you if you feel they are off.
Or you could send them to pep for a revalve and have pep shocks for the price of a revalve.I am going to try that when my shocks wear down in about a year and a half.They use the same high quality materials,the only real difference between elka elite shocks and pep is the valving.My shocks now though are valved perfectly and i love them.I guess i must have been lucky or something because i keep hearing about other people not being happy with the valving the first time with elkas.I have ridden on other top aftermarket shocks and these elkas are the best so far,exept for a set of progressive sixth sence series i tried and they were amazing and just as good.frankhkp7 said:Buying used Elka's and sending them for revalves might be a cost effective way to upgrade your suspension. Here's what I did:
A couple weeks ago I bought a full set of Elka Dune edition shocks off a dude on Ebay. Got the whole set for 1100 bucks, fronts and rear. The shocks dont have a scratch on them. I think the guy ran them three times. Before I pulled the trigger I called Elka and asked what the price per shock is to revalve to 160lbs, intermediate MX and upgrade to Elite w/ triple rate springs. They quoted $150 per shock. I didnt think that was a bad deal considering the rear alone in the elite series is almost a 1000 bucks. Unfortunately, with free time becoming more and more scarce, I haven't had time to send them back for the revalve. :'( I'll let you guys know how I make out when I finally send them back.
I think what it is where everyone is complaining about elka lately is that they get to ride a better set of shocks and it leaves a bad taste in their mouths for elka. This is what happened to me. I could not believe the difference when I got to try a set of motowoz shocks for the first time. I immediately sold my elka's and got a set of Motowoz. Elka shocks when properly setup and valved/sprung are good, it is just there so many options that are better now. Elka's do look really good still though and definetely better then stockpudamac12 said:I guess i must have been lucky or something because i keep hearing about other people not being happy with the valving the first time with elkas.I have ridden on other top aftermarket shocks and these elkas are the best so far,exept for a set of progressive sixth sence series i tried and they were amazing and just as good.
Just curious but what kind and what year elkas did you try before?Were they the mx setup elites or something else like dune edition?Please don't tell me they were the recs.promethius said:I think what it is where everyone is complaining about elka lately is that they get to ride a better set of shocks and it leaves a bad taste in their mouths for elka. This is what happened to me. I could not believe the difference when I got to try a set of motowoz shocks for the first time. I immediately sold my elka's and got a set of Motowoz. Elka shocks when properly setup and valved/sprung are good, it is just there so many options that are better now. Elka's do look really good still though and definetely better then stockpudamac12 said:I guess i must have been lucky or something because i keep hearing about other people not being happy with the valving the first time with elkas.I have ridden on other top aftermarket shocks and these elkas are the best so far,exept for a set of progressive sixth sence series i tried and they were amazing and just as good.
that is the best thing about the owner. He doesn't care about selling 100 sets a month. He is at a race every weekend and helps out anyone with suspension problems. He has even tried to help out my buddy setup his elkas at the track. He refuses to let a set of shocks go out the door without proper dyno time. He is that committed. And promethius what kind of a arms are you using. I might have a deal for you. If you use 18.5" shocks pm me and I will fill you in.promethius said:Yeah motowaz are really being promoted lately.You would think if they are that good they would be allot bigger of a company and i would like to see how all their shocks are set up if they had 3000 orders per week.When you have just a few custermers you can really pay attention to detail.That would be interesting.The progressive sixth sence series are incredibly adjustable too as they use springs and air like fox and combine them well.You could valve them yourself for 6-7 different people just by the adjustability they come with.I rode on them before and i was really impressed.I would like to try out these motowaz shocks sometime soon as well.I am probably getting another quad in another 8-9 months like an ltr450 just so i don't beat on just one quad all the time and was going to get either elka elites again or try the pep shocks that everybody loves but if i try these motowaz on someone elses quad and they are as good as you say,maybe i will try them on my next quad,we'll see.