(909) 838-4587 ed [at] le-suspension.com

2,000 Years!

Around about 350BC Aristotle said that heavy things fall faster than light things. He was wrong. I’m not getting down on him, he was after all, one of the first guys thinking about this stuff. What gets me is that it took humankind about 2,000 years before someone,...

Riding on your Magic

Edwin called after riding his ’08 GSXR600. LE rebuilt, re-valved and sprung his stock forks and shock. I missed his call so he left a great message. The highlights include: Amazing, impressed, perfect, absolutely floored, I was costing in the turns, now I’m...
BMW Air Valve Notch

BMW Air Valve Notch

  In order to recharge a shock that does not come with an air valve I add one. On some bikes you will need to cut a notch or drill a hole to make space for the air valve. This is a BMW R1150RT with a hole drilled to make space for the valve. Be sure to trim off...
Happy Rider

Happy Rider

  This just in from MG: Ed: Although I know you think the hanging-off riding style is way overrated, you’ve gotta admit, the photos look spectacular. I wanted to say thanks for the adjusting you did to the suspension of my 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 at Auto Club...
14 Year Old Penske & Silkolene

14 Year Old Penske & Silkolene

  This is the first TZ 250 shock that Penske built. I ordered it from Jim at Lindemann Engineering in ‘99 for my ‘93 TZ 250 that I was racing in AMA 250 GP. In 2000 I moved it to my ‘00 TZ 250 that I raced till the end of ‘03. Later I sold the bike to Don who...