04-08-2010, 02:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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shocks
im currently riding the gio beast with stock shocks but there really stiff and shitty. any suggestions, can i make them softer or should i buy new ones.
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04-08-2010, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Welcome to the forum!
My first recommendation is to not ride any more on the stock shocks; they beat the heck out of the control arm bushings. Pick up a set of performance shocks from www.giobikes.com. They're cheap and decent. Buy them at auction for the best price and expect to pay something less than $50.00. 
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04-08-2010, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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awesome thanks man
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04-10-2010, 11:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: SASKATOON
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shocks on gio..
I wish I could buy some at $50.00.. usually the are around $60.00 & up.. plus $30.00 for shipping.. the shipping cost went up this year..
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04-11-2010, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: London, Ontario
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Re: shocks on gio..
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04-11-2010, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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yeah whats up with teh shipping costs on all there item now like 25$ for shippin that kind of steep
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04-11-2010, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: wise va
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i dont know about up there, but here shipping went stupid, and never went back. seems odd that with things so tuff with the economy, why is everybody raising the prices of everything.
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04-12-2010, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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the ecconamy isnt even bad anymore
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04-12-2010, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: wise va
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the news (you know the ones that caused the trouble) still says its bad, so you know it must be true 8O myself im still trying the person who wants to work, his/her scheduled hours, pass a drug test and still needs a job
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04-13-2010, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: SASKATOON
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GIO PERFORMACE SHOCKS
I just got some of the shocks today..I thought they send me the old style.. but they have changed the colours on them... now they are red & yellow.. looks good..
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04-13-2010, 04:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada
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Re: GIO PERFORMACE SHOCKS
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 Some members had red and yellow ones before that were not.
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04-13-2010, 06:23 AM
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The GM of the place I work at (part time, as much, or as little, as I like), who is younger than I, got a call at the beginning of last month, help, help, eldest son (36, wife, 2 kids), fly out 3500 miles, rent him a U-Haul truck (credit and card gone), and bring him (and family) home to live in his basement. So, it seems, for some things are ok, for others it couldn't be much worse. (though, *thinking* about it, after leaving home (for the great freedom, many years ago) the absolute last thing I would have admitted to my dad was financial ruin, some have pride, some do not.) |
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04-17-2010, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: SASKATOON
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200 performace shocks installation
when you put the new shocks on... the rear shock will need a couple of washers as the new shock is a little narror than the stock ones.. needs spacers to fill the gap...good upgrade.... and the no limiter ... WOW
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