Ricor Itiminators Fork Emulators.

I’ve had the Intiminators fitted for about a week now and want share the difference it has made in my SV650s (K6). We all know that the stock suspension SV650 is a real weak point. I had the opportunity to get hold of a set from Brian at Ricor. What a massive difference this device has made in ride quality, stability, and comfort. I was running a set of RT gold valves, 0.85 springs 20w oil. The Intiminators use 5w oil so much less prone to change with the temperature.

These are like day and night over stock and cannot see me going back to RT emulators, when I fitted they I first tried the 0.85 springs but felt that they were a little harsh so I then fitted the original springs back in with the Intiminators and wow they felt great. I had modified my damping rods for the RT Gold valves but you do not have to for the Intiminators.
The front end feels much more stable and rebounds better when hitting bumps, there is still some dive under heavy braking but this seems more controlled than before and predictable for throttle input. I have been over manholes cats eyes; the bike now just soaks these up whereby before the bike was a bit skittish. Cornering, the bike once again is much more settled and really planted and it holds the line superbly, can really corner with real confidence now, (No more like a pogo stick and drifting off line).
Reading other review it is said that with these fitted those doing racing have been achieving faster lap times.

The following is from Ricor Shocks

(Patented Inertia Active dampening for damper rod front forks. This is the only product on the market that is smart enough to know if the wheel is trying to move or if the chassis is trying to move. We give you the best of worlds, a more stable chassis and a faster wheel response over bumps. The Intiminators sits on top of your stock damper rod forcing the oil through high quality deflected discs found in top of the line shock absorbers. When the front tire hits a bump then the inertia of that bump opens the inertia valve instantly allowing for a faster response.

Installation is easy. Drain the fork oil, remove the spring, drop in the Intiminators, and add oil then the spring and away you go. )

More info on their website http://store.ricorshocks.com/default.asp
At the moment they are only available from the USA, I have asked Brian if we can make them available directly over here. I will email him to find out more if there is enough interest here in the UK.

Forgot to mention I have currently fitted a ZX10r rear Shock which works well with the Intiminators.

Just to clarify the difference between The Intiminators And Emulators

The following info is from Ricor


I'd like to state that I have a lot of respect for Race Tech and their products and am not attempting to degrade their product in any way only state how our INTIMINATORS are different.

They are similar in that they add compression valving to a damper rod system and both have no effect on rebound dampening. Rebound dampening is still controlled by the weight of the oil.

The Emulator uses a bleed hole and then a pressure spring blow off. Their system is adjustable by either changing the spring or adjusting the spring preload.

The INTIMINATOR uses no bleeds, in fact we run an additional seal to catch any oil trying to get around the damper rod. We use shims, the same you would find in a cartridge system, for low speed, chassis compression. Now where the magic is in our Inertia technology. We have an inertia valve that can sense when the tire is trying to move. So when the tire hits a bump the valve opens and creates a separate and independent wheel circuit. A typical shock absorber cannot tell if the tire is trying to move or if the chassis is trying to move. Typically you want a wheel to move fast and a chassis to move slow, but a conventional shock can only compromise between the two. Our IAS system allows for the best of both worlds.

Basically what you would feel with our system is the comfort, traction and feel of 5 w oil and the stability of 30 oil at the same time.

Brian (Ricor Shocks)

[Speedy]

Interesting.

Do you still get that horrible "clunk" noise with these when you go down a hole?

Originally Posted by Speedy

Interesting.

Do you still get that horrible "clunk" noise with these when you go down a hole?

So far have NOT experienced the Horrid Clunk, my regular drive to work does have some nasty pot holes that used to make my forks Clunk (traits of the SVs).

As said in first post, very impressed with the Intiminators, they work so well.

A lots more reviews here

http://forum.svrider.com/showthread....ighlight=ricor
http://forum.svrider.com/showthread....ighlight=ricor

hope this helps

I fitted a set last week and they're pretty impressive, its like a different bike, no more clunking or bottoming out under braking on bad roads.
Well worth the money.

Originally Posted by echomadman

I fitted a set last week and they're pretty impressive, its like a different bike, no more clunking or bottoming out under braking on bad roads.
Well worth the money.

Glad to hear you are impressed with them, I have had them fitted for about 6 weeks now. I had Racetech gold’s before but the INTIMINATORS in my opinion are far superior.

Totally gone has the dreaded SV clunk

I have spoken with Brian from Ricor, was talking about arranging the possibility of have a few set over here if there is enough interest.

Hi - just wondering what the shipping costs were like from the US. Did you have to pay import duty and vat?

Cheers Steve

Originally Posted by RedMacgregor

Hi - just wondering what the shipping costs were like from the US. Did you have to pay import duty and vat?

Cheers Steve

Hi Steve,

The normal shipping cost from the USA is about $30 and takes about a week to 10 days, not too sure on the duty or vat as managed to get mine sent as gift sample so that I could test over here in the UK and speed the word. They was doing the Intiminators at half price as to promote them, you have to put svrider in the coupon code box. I have checked and the price at the moment is $149 + postage, so really good deal. As mentioned before if there is enough interest I can see if we can get a batch sent over in one hit to cut costs.

works out about £110 inc postage, + you may have duty and VAT, would need to check this out.

Cheers Dave

Thanks Dave - when I noticed they were still half price I ordered a set come what may. Even if I have to pay vat etc they are a steal at half price.

Cheers Steve