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Message: [QUOTE="James Dean, post: 24452, member: 18501"] How often do shock springs break on dirt bikes?? Does it happen mostly when the preload is set too firm, with frequent hard landings, or just random flaws? If you could reduce the wire diameter by 5% the number of active coils will be reduced by 23% to achieve the same stiffness. The spring weight would drop about 20-25%. This isn't as exotic as carbon fiber, titanium, or hollow springs but every pound counts. Doesn't get much cheaper than this. [/QUOTE]