Let’s face it… do you really know the importance of a correct spring mounted on your ATV?

Did you know that a perfectly chosen spring mounted on your shock absorber gives you great riding performance even if the setting is all wrong? Or worse… a poorly chosen spring mounted on your shock absorber will for sure give you an unpleasant day on your ATV, even if the setting is perfectly made!

Almost all of our ATV shock absorbers are delivered without a spring. Based on the statements above it makes perfect sense not to give out a standard spring without asking what the purpose of your ATV is.

Your specific needs and riding technique determines what kind of spring that will suite you the best and of course what type of ATV you have. Öhlins provides a full range of springs adapted to almost all riding techniques and are made to complement the shock absorber for maximum comfort and performance.

Be sure to put some extra thought when buying your shock absorber… and from now on you won’t accept a standard spring on your new shock absorber without asking.

As an ATV rider you have most certainly seen a shock absorber with two springs and some of you have seen shocks with as many as three or four separate springs mounted.

The simple reason is the never ending desire to find the optimal riding experience and performance of the vehicle. This ongoing quest results in many solutions, one of them is the inflation of springs.

Öhlins Racing has undertaken numerous tests in the past and our recipe for a well functioning shock absorber is two springs that interacts with different spring characteristics.

The main spring has a progressive force curve which means that the spring behaves different depending on the stroke. The force curve has an exponential design with tuneable points where the characteristics of the spring changes, the so called Cross Over Points. The Cross Over Points are a well known factor when you trim your ATV to get maximum stability when making fast turns and rolls. This functionality enables the rider to keep the amount of springs on the shock absorber to just two instead of three or four which considerably eliminates the chances of getting an uncomfortable ride with decreased performance.

A great thing is that you can change the Cross Over Points on the shock absorber thanks to external adjusters without taking off the shock absorber from your ATV.

In fact, the two springs gives us the unique Triple Rate functionality because of the two characteristics in the main spring combined with the secondary spring. This functionality will most certainly give the performance and comfort needed on your ATV.