Turner Bikes Tech

Turner Air Shock Setup

Setup your Fox Float air shock on your Burner / 5.Spot / Sultan / Flux / Czar.

To properly set-up your new Turner's Fox Float air shock, first find your 'Ready to ride weight'.

Your 'Ready to ride weight' is how much you weight with all of your riding gear on, yes that includes your helmet, water and spare tube as well. Just how you normally look while riding.
tip::. Be sure to write down your 'Ready to Ride Weight'. And Remember, if you change your gear, you're changing your 'Ready to Ride Weight'.

As a starting point, your 5.Spot's rear shock will run about 30lbs of pressure below your 'Ready to ride weight'. So if your riding weight is 180lbs then you want to put 150lbs of pressure in your shock.

Not riding a 5.Spot? Then check the chart below for the appropriate PSI Adjustment for your Turner model.
tip::. Keep in mind that these suggestions are just a starting point to custom tuning your Turner ride.

Once the pressure is adjusted, push the shock o-ring against the wiper seal of the shock and make sure the ProPedal feature on your shock is in the off position.

Find a stable wall to lean on, then mount your bike with all of your riding gear on. It may help to lower your seat slightly so you can easily reach the ground while sitting. Then bounce a little, just enough to engage the shocks travel.
tip::. Find a friend to help with the next 2 steps.

While sitting, carefully reach down and slide the shocks o-ring back up against the wiper seal and smoothly step off of your bike while trying Not to engage the shocks travel.

Then measure the distance between the shocks o-ring and wiper seal. On your 5.Spot, this should measure 15mm when the proper sag is acheived. Again, check the chart just below for the appropriate Sag Amount for your Turner model.

Next add or remove 5psi and re-check the measurement of sag-

using the previous steps until the proper amount of sag is accurately achieved.
tip::. Be sure to write this psi amount down next to your 'Ready to Ride Weight' to make any future changes easier to determine.

The amount of sag effects BB height and handling with no loss of dw-link performance. Try plus or minus 2mm of sag to custom tune your Turner Ride.

Plus = Stability / Minus = Nimbleness.

* Our shocks come custom tuned from Fox Shox for our bikes specifically, which has a very low- compression and low- rebound setting. This is crucial for the dw-link to perform to its fullest which is why we opted to spec our bikes with the FOX RL. If you choose the FOX RP23 option we suggest to not use the Pro- Pedal feature on your shock, or at the minimum only use the lightest (1) setting. With the dw-link, this feature should only be used on very smooth trails or while commuting on pavement to the trail head.

Air Shock Specifications:

modelsag amountpsi adjustmenteye-eye/ stroke length
Czar8-10 mmTBD6.5in x 1.5in/ 165mm x 38mm
Flux12 mm~30 lbs6.5in x 1.5in/ 165mm x 38mm
5.Spot15 mm~30 lbs7.5in x 2in/ 190.5mm x 50.8mm
Burner15 mmTBD7.5in x 2in/ 190.5mm x 50.8mm
Sultan15 mm~40 lbs7.5in x 2in/ 190.5mm x 50.8mm
AllThe Burner, 5.Spot, Sultan, & Flux use 21.8mm wide reducers/ 6mm hardware.

The Czar & DHR use 22.2mm wide reducers / 8mm hardware.
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