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THE GLORY DAYS!~ Perhaps the best twenty years in motocross, the bikes, the shocks, an some interesting scoop.

My father took my brother and i to see an amazing event at about 13 years Old, The Unadilla 250 USGP glory days circa 1979!

”The Woodstock of Motocross” with over thirty thousand Crazy Spectators like no other time in Motocross.

See  below as to how this  .50 cent disposable camera changed the World!

Which led to a more than a forty year carrier,

More than a decade of professional racing, traveling the world,Suspension building for so many wonderful people over 40 plus years.

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Above Newer Version  Ohlins S36P Piggyback shocks divided fluid and nitrogen design with internal floating piston in reservoir.

Black or Yellow springs,Optional spring rates available,  10mm or 8 mm Mount Sleeves bushings available for mount bolts sizes, Eye-to-eye 380.5mm long.

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Ohlins Newer Version Vintage MX  S36D aprox, 360m Long preferred divided internal piston design , not emulsion.

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Above shown Ohlins S36ER1L 360+10mm with rebound, 10mm sleeves all 4x corners for your mount bolts.

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Above popular divided fluid and  nitrogen black or yellow springs 340mm eye-to eye.

*Note the bolts all corners will normally have 10mm sleeves and/or some flat washers,

if your bolts are 8mm shoulders or other size you would change the sleeves.

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Above Popular divided fluid and nitrogen 380.5 mm with 10mm mount sleeves all four corners common eye-to-eye with either black or yellow springs (see full page below details…).

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Above this set of S36D divided fluid and nitrogen was 360mm finished with a longer bottom Ends call end eyes, sometimes that’s helpful getting around the swing arm gussets and the way some things mount need a little more room.

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Above same but Yellow  springs S36D series divided fluid and Nitrogen.

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Above these are S36P with Short end eyes

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Above this one is a S36P divided fluid and nitrogen “piggyback” has longer shafts so 393.50mm (about 15.5″) eye-to-eye, also shown 10mm mounting sleeves and random flat washers if needed , included  spring spanner wrenches plus you can move the body clips every  4mm up and down body, and has the Longest End eyes on bottom.

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S36 p with yellow springs and short end eyes.

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