DESCRIPTION
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- Significantly increased riding comfort and adjustability
- Alloyed steel main shock body with black finish
- Springs manufactured from Cr-Si alloyed steel (black)
- Black anodized CNC machined billet aluminium head
- Manual spring preload adjustment system (tool included)
- Nitrogen pressurized coaxial chamber with oil/gas aluminum piston
- Includes set-up manual, install instructions, and adjustment tool
- Adjustable features include:
- Spring preload (manual)
- Hydraulic rebound
Spring Rate Applications:
Standard:
- Bagger with rider, passenger, and gear less than 500 lb. (227 kg)
Heavy Duty:
- Bagger with rider, passenger, and gear over 500 lb. (227 kg
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If you're lucky enough to live in a place with beautifully paved roads and an unexplained lack of potholes, then shock absorbers aren't a big deal for you. For the rest of us that ride on today’s roads, varying levels of shock performance make significant difference in our riding experience. Most OEM motorcycle suspensions are carefully designed to ensure adequate performance under a variety of conditions. Still, every suspension represents numerous compromises, as manufacturers must design their motorcycles for a variety of needs and conditions, while ensuring that some customers’ expectations about ride and handling are met effectively and safely. But, your needs may not match what the manufacturer had in mind for their particular model.
Bitubo presents its WMEo series rear twin shocks in chrome and black, for select Harley-Davidson models. The WMEo shocks allow a remarkable overall improvement over the factory shocks as well as improved handling at higher speed, higher loads, and variable terrain.
Technical Features: These monotube shocks only use a single outer tube. The oil and gas are separated by a free floating piston which puts the oil on the top and Nitrogen gas on the bottom shock body in high resistance alloy steel with a CNC machined billet aluminum head.
- The monotube shock design contains a larger active piston surface area, which means greater and more consistent damping force.
- Lower operating pressure leads to more consistent and controlled rides.
- Other benefits include increased oil capacity, improved heat dissipation, and longevity.
- The free-floating piston valve never allows oil and gas to mix thus minimizes foaming. The overall effect is that monotubes offer better and more precise damping.
- Monotubes are more durable; require minimal maintenance and the cost in the long run is much lower.
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Founded in 1963, Bitubo immediately established itself as a dynamic company on anything related to the control of vibrations of any type, creating cutting-edge, innovative damping systems. Bitubo extended its knowledge to applications such as artificial limbs, seismic dampers, damping systems for oceanic platforms, including vibration dampers for naval engines.
Since 1975, Bitubo has imposed itself at the forefront of the motorcycle market with the innovation of a famous pair of shock absorbers connected by two compensating rubber pipes – hence the name “Bitubo” – that were immediately adopted and raced by the greatest Champions.
In the track racing, the 1st World Championship was won in 1979 by E. Lazzarini in the 50cc Class, repeated the year after.
In the 125 GP class, the 1993 World Championship was won by D. Raudies, then runner-up in the 1994 season.
In 1993 Bitubo presents the RST world fork with separate chamber with a “big piston" system.
In 1998 Bitubo introduced the revolutionary Mono 4 Regolazioni rear shock absorber. Protected by international patents, it immediately becomes the benchmark, relevant even today, in the world of suspensions technology.
In 2000 Bitubo presents the HDX00 Racing Fork, the 1st complete fork designed and created by Bitubo to revolutionize the existing technology. Completely adjustable and pressurized (nitrogen), with a not rounded outer tube and a patented big piston system, it is adopted into the SBK World Championship, and in 2003 it wins the Italian SBK Championship.
In 2009 Bitubo has patented a significant, innovative hydraulic system, called FPS. FPS has quickly set new track records, podiums, and victories in competitions and championships. FPS is used in the new ECH29 and new RDH fork, and it is the first existing cartridge in the market with hydraulic spring preload.
In 2011 Bitubo won the World Supersport Championship with Chaz Davies on Yamaha YZF-R6 of the Team ParkinGo.
In 2012 Bitubo presented the 1st worldwide semi active electrorheological system for suspension (ER) for motorcycles as well as its first system of adaptive suspension (DS).
In 2013 Bitubo has won again the World Supersport Championship with Sam Lowes on Yamaha YZF-R6 of the Team Yakhnich Motorsport.
Today the range includes more than 1400 models available for Superbikes, touring bikes, Scooters.
Today Bitubo represents the ideal solution for riders who want the best for their vehicle: performance, comfort, riding precision, and most of all, the quality of an excellent product that is constantly developed in cooperation with advanced research centers and prominent universities. Tested and developed with fatigue and destruction tests, in software and dynamic simulations.
Bitubo has achieved great success in International race series such as: WSBK, BSB, CIV, CEV, IDM and many other national championships around the world.
In 2017 Bitubo obtains the Quality Certification ISO 9001:2015. The high-quality manufacturing process earned Bitubo the quality certification UNI EN ISO 9001:2015
