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Unharsh Modification & Matrix Tune:
This is a set of modifications for the Fox & Marzocchi GRIP2 dampers combined with internal tuning (revalving) to make the fork work for your weight, terrain and riding style. This gives you more comfort, control, traction and speed.
Benefits:• Eliminates spiking, fixes harshness & improves ride quality; especially at speed and on choppy terrain.
• Allows full travel and fast response with correct air pressure.
• Improves traction and response while keeping bike composed on rough ground at speed.
• More control and stability for heavier and more aggressive riders.
• Lets the fork work correctly and use more travel for lighter riders.
• Makes the LSC knob usable without harshness.
• Usable LSC gives you less diving, less wallowing and better traction.
• Rebound damping to suit your weight and spring type, giving more traction and control.Spring Upgrades:
Note for International Customers
Vorsprung Smashpot is a coil spring system with hydraulic bottom out control.
Vorsprung Luftkappe is an internal air-spring upgrade which gives better small bump response and better mid-stroke support.
Vorsprung Secus is an external air spring upgrade which is makes air perform like coil springs. But lighter and more adjustable.
Bushing Burnishing:
Final sizing of fork bushings for a big reduction in friction and improvement in fork response (more information here).
Yes we will modify & tune dampers sent from overseas.
Customer Feedback
I got in touch with Dougal after completely failing to get the suspension on my new bike to work for me. I’ve mainly been riding road over the last few years so was beginning to think I maybe had unrealistic expectations and modern suspension wasn’t all it’s made out to be. I tried a couple of local tuners and got responses ranging from: “there’s heaps of adjustment in those dampers, just needs a service”, to “only a coil will fix your problems” and a variety of other fairly unhelpful responses. Fortunately I then stumbled across Shockcraft and a quick email to Dougal reinforced my suspicions – I wasn’t imagining things and this isn’t how it’s ‘supposed’ to be.
Dougal’s team worked their magic on both my fork and shock, as well as installing a Vorsprung Secus for me. The service from Shockcraft was top notch and Dougal went out of his way to time the jobs to keep me riding for as long as possible – fixing the issues turned out to be quite an involved process. I was initially sceptical about whether I’d notice a significant difference but can honestly say the tuning has totally transformed the bike: bumps and tree-roots just disappear, great support in corners and buckets of traction both up and downhill. I’d love to say I land all my drops like a cat now but there’s a slight skills deficit there to overcome first…… I can't blame the tools anymore!
My issues were no doubt exacerbated by being on the light side (sub-60kg) but I can’t help but wonder how many bikes get written off by their owners due to bad (or insufficient) suspension tuning. It’s a shame companies like Shockcraft are the exception in this industry.
- Jen
(Fox 36 GRIP2 with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune plus Vorsprung Secus)
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Thanks heaps for shipping the fork back to me the same day, I was able to try it out this Sunday!I did a few Christchurch Adventure Park laps only so far, so no extensive trail riding yet. Quick impressions - it feels like I got a new fork! Note, I have not changed any settings or even pressure, just mounted and rode it.
A few takeaways after the first ride:
- I can now reach full travel, according to the o-ring. No hard bottom outs happened. I have never visited the last quarter of the travel on this fork before, ever (no volume tokens installed).- F36 now feels A LOT plusher (less harsh) at speed on a bumpy chattery rocky trail (400-500m at 50-60 km/h). I could normally throw my hands away into a trash bin as useless waste after this section before the tuning, now I just keep riding on.- Strong braking over well-developed brake-bumps before a turn now feels just like normal riding vs. "oh sh*t" panic state before.(Fox 36 GRIP2 with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune)
- Alex A
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Absolutely loving the bike now! The fork stays up in it's travel a lot better as you said it would. It's a fair bit firmer than before yet still quite comfortable and isn't harsh or diving whilst hard on the brakes on rough terrain.
- Sam
(Lyrik with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune plus Vorsprung Luftkappe)
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I've had a few rides with my new fork now and wow the difference in feel is noticeably better, damper side is much more controlled now and no more harshness indeed.Definitely what I was expecting, so thank you and I might send you my partner's fork for a tuning too ;)- Alex
(Pike RCT3 with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune)
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Just been for a spin. That’s an amazing piece of engineering. Way better than the stock damper in steep rooty terrain at speed.I’m really impressed.- Tom
(Lyrik RCT3 with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune)
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Very impressed with the tune of my Pike forks. Mid stroke harshness is now gone. What surprised me the most tho is the plushness on high speed compression however the forks don't dive on the likes of the fast berms at Dean's Bank in Wanaka so i'm able to carry better speed through those corners. Really happy thank you.
- Marco
(Pike RC with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune)
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So I thought that I would weigh in with a long term test report. Because its gone a little different than I would have thought. My first impressions around home were that nothing had really changed. So to counter this, I threw out all my old settings, ditched all the tokens and set things up from scratch.
Without the tokens, the fork appears to work slightly deeper in the stroke. But with the pressure dialled in to the correct natural frequency, the overall changes felt minimal - To the extent that I don’t think I’d spot them in a blind test.
Out on the trail everything seemed pretty similar and i began to feel some disappointment creeping in. However - And this is a big however - That first ride had me set personal bests on all my favourite trails - And I’ve continued to set personal bests, on every trail i’ve ridden since! So after the initial mixed feelings, I’ve come to the realisation that I was trying to fix a very specific problem - what the fork was doing under extreme circumstances - so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it functions largely the same most of the time.
My hypothesis is that the bike is now tracking the ground substantially better in the rough stuff. So my internal traction control system has been bumping its upper limit and allowing things to get more rowdy. I’ve been riding faster, and have more confidence on the limit. The ragged edge is now a lot more manageable.
So thats where I’m at - Feeling really positive about my riding. Feels like I’ve been doing some of the best riding of my life. I think phase 2 might be installing a Luftkappe to improve small bump compliance, and then maybe tuning or replacing the rear shock.
- Simon
(Pike RC with Unharsh Mod & Matrix Tune)
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