View Full Version : Mojo - it's the answer.
LordNikon
20-03-2006, 11:05 AM
Recently I decided I needed a new fork for my DH bike as the previous one was fubar.
I went out and found a mint condition 04 Boxxer Race, ordered the Mojo kit to match, and Oh My GOD!
Best feeling fork I have EVER ridden.
Anyone thinking of doing this upgrade should do so immediately. It's worth every cent!
After riding it on the trails at Buller on Saturday I found I was riding better, faster and much more confidently than I have been all season.
The upgrade is a piece of cake to do aswell, I did it myself in about 40 minutes and I took my time making sure everything was perfect. The hardest part of the whole upgrade was rummaging through my tools trying to find a socket big enough for the top caps. :p
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scblack
20-03-2006, 11:28 AM
The carpark test is pretty ordinary isn't it.
But get them on the trails, and THEY ARE THE BEST, no question. I love them anyway.
Agree with you fully.
Yeah, i couldnt agree more - i actually installed them in 06 boxxers.
Alot of peoplehave said "why didnt you just keep the boxxer internals, the 06 ones are awsome". My god are they missing out.
They have the best characteristics of any fork, even with the considered lack of adjutment, they outperform anything ive riden, as you said LN, very confidence inspring, so plush, but solid as hell - i dare you to try to bottom them out - the closest ive got is about 10mm from top out...
sooooo goood, and about 300g ish lighter then a standard boxxer too;)
Welcome to the club:D
scblack
20-03-2006, 03:53 PM
I have had mine for roughly two years, and have bottomed them out a handful of times in that whole period, ajay. And I have had several people tell me the 2006 Boxxers are so good that you don't need a mojo kit. Good to get some feedback.
wannabeabighitta
20-03-2006, 04:21 PM
I have only had my 06 Boxxers for a month & they feel pretty good, but these are the first triple clamp forks i have owned, (had several long travel single crowns).
Is it easy to do this upgrade myself?
What does the upgrade kit cost ?
Dirt Devil
20-03-2006, 04:40 PM
They're a worthwile upgrade but it's hard to convince your mates when they take them for a spin 'round the carpark. I was pretty skeptical when I first installed them but I changed my mind once I'd done a few runs.
I have had mine for roughly two years, and have bottomed them out a handful of times in that whole period
Sounds like you need to soften them up a bit then. You're not making full use of the travel you have available.
scblack
20-03-2006, 04:44 PM
Sounds like you need to soften them up a bit then. You're not making full use of the travel you have available.
Not necessary. They come with the spring rated to the riders weight - just sitting I can press them and get within 10mm of full travel. They really do ramp up extremely well when they get a proper full hit.
LordNikon
20-03-2006, 04:47 PM
Doing the upgrade yourself is easy, takes under an hour. You need to be a little mechanically minded as you need to remove most of the internals but it's pretty straight forward.
The upgrade is about $479 so it's not cheap, but well worth it.
fleshbone
20-03-2006, 08:55 PM
i myslef have not experiened the mojo feeling,though i read an article in dirt mag that made me drool over them.they also have the lightest dh too,sweeeeeeeet.:D
They're a worthwile upgrade but it's hard to convince your mates when they take them for a spin 'round the carpark. I was pretty skeptical when I first installed them but I changed my mind once I'd done a few runs. yeah totally, a few people at Beauty spun around on my bike and said "yeah they're good, but they feel like boxxers", but they completely transform into a different fork once you get some dirt and sped beneath you!
Sounds like you need to soften them up a bit then. You're not making full use of the travel you have available. na, set up properly, they dont top out, well rarely anyway... i use about 95% of my travel - perfect!
FLESHBONE - get into man, you wont regret it, especially if you have an earlier boxxer...
cam-o
21-03-2006, 10:43 AM
I was lucky enough to Mojo up halfway through a weekend of riding Thredbo, so I had a day without Mojos, followed by a day with.
It was like someone had carpeted the hill overnight, the difference is truly astonishing. I'm a convert!
Misplaced
21-03-2006, 01:05 PM
Doing the upgrade yourself is easy, takes under an hour. You need to be a little mechanically minded as you need to remove most of the internals but it's pretty straight forward.
The upgrade is about $479 so it's not cheap, but well worth it.
I reckon its bloody cheap. World Cup quality forks can be yours for about a grand if you buy a set of $600 Boxxer races (they're around) and a Mojo kit.
Mojo love
What size spring rate are you guys running and how much do you weigh?
I have a 30lb in mine and weigh around 82kg, getting around 20% sag but its hard to measure on a DH bike.
I found it a bit harsh hitting small bumps at high speed at Thredbo last weekend but I had too much oil in the LHS leg and preload was set up wrong.
Rebuilt it last night but wont get to do a DH run until this afternoon.
I run a medium spring, i weigh about 72kg...
THe oil is used just for lube as the sealed nitro catridge handles the rest (afaik). About 75ml is reccomended i think. how much preload did you have?
I run SFA, maybe 1mm. They work awsome for me.
I run a medium spring, i weigh about 72kg...
THe oil is used just for lube as the sealed nitro catridge handles the rest (afaik). About 75ml is reccomended i think. how much preload did you have?
I run SFA, maybe 1mm. They work awsome for me.
So what's a medium, how many lbs?
Yeah I know about the oil I hadn't measured it correctly when I initially set it up and I tipped some out at Thredbo to make them work better (it did) but I didn't know how much was left so I rebuilt it. It says 30cc in the instructions which is 30ml.
The preload was wrong, I didnt have enough spacers in it so there was actually a gap above the spring. Its about 2mm now.
LordNikon
21-03-2006, 01:49 PM
If you're finding them harsh you should look at your damping first before the spring. Check that you have the right amount of oil in the legs too. If you put too much in there it could be the pressure building up inside the leg that's making them harsh.
Mine felt a little harsh for the first couple of runs, then I backed off the damping a little and they were smooth as butter. Setting the sag wont tell you if the damping is too hard, just that your spring is set up correctly. Experiment with the damping settings, I found the best way was to do a run with it completely backed off, then another with it slightly harder, then another, then another... and so on.
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If you're finding them harsh you should look at your damping first before the spring. Check that you have the right amount of oil in the legs too. If you put too much in there it could be the pressure building up inside the leg that's making them harsh.
Mine felt a little harsh for the first couple of runs, then I backed off the damping a little and they were smooth as butter. Setting the sag wont tell you if the damping is too hard, just that your spring is set up correctly. Experiment with the damping settings, I found the best way was to do a run with it completely backed off, then another with it slightly harder, then another, then another... and so on.
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Cheers,
Yeah I know they were harsh because I had too much oil, its all set up correctly now. I was running the damping full anticlockwise (off) but that wasnt my problem, it was the oil.
As for the spring, I was just interested to know what other people were running.
Dirt Devil
21-03-2006, 04:19 PM
I'm a bit under 70kg and I was running the softest spring.
The install is done properly now, they still feel a little firm on the smaller hits.
My rebound dampening is full anticlockwise and feels a bit too fast for larger hits but if I increase it It will probably make it worse on the smaller hits.
any suggestions?
Dirt Devil
23-03-2006, 09:53 AM
Wind on a bit more damping and see how it feels. It's all you can do really unless you want to change springs.
Mine felt simialr once i set them up, but after a few rides, the low speed compression characteristics began to loosen up a bit. After a just a few days riding on them they felt awsome...
And as said before a carpark test gives no real indication of how they feel on the trail (unlike boxxers and 888's) - have you riden them on the trail since you "re-set" them up again, if not, you'll find they'll spring into life once on the trail.
And as said before a carpark test gives no real indication of how they feel on the trail (unlike boxxers and 888's) - have you riden them on the trail since you "re-set" them up again, if not, you'll find they'll spring into life once on the trail.
I'm lucky enough to have a DH track 5 minutes ride from my house and I've done at least 6 runs already since the rebuild, I'll see how it goes at Thredbo this weekend anyway.
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