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Message: [QUOTE="terry hay, post: 697738, member: 48273"] SVI I passed comment in the cylinder valve thread regarding product being released by manufacturers whilst still under-developed. Personally I don't believe this is fair to the motorcycle purchaser. The PDS shock brought huge attention to KTM when it was released and bikes were sold on the concept of the product rather than the performance. This attention has enabled KTM to finally be taken seriously as a mainstream manufacturer in the offroad market. For this reason alone the PDS shock has been a major success. Honda were guilty of similar dealings with its aluminium frame in 97. It took four years to come close to the performance of their steel framed 96 version. You remember that bike. It was the one that McGrath rode, only he chose to use the 93 model frame. From what I'm led to believe the PDS shock contributed to the overall performance of the KTMs by allowing a more direct flow from the carby to the cylinder. Figures were thrown around and claims of up to 3 hp gains for the 125 were common. Having ridden several KTMs its hard to not be impressed with the power delivery. As for the shock itself, every year sees steady improvements. Wether the day will come that the PDS shock will hands down outperform the linkage setup remains to be seen. In the meantime we'll do the best we can with what we've got. Terry [/QUOTE]