View Single Post Old 01-08-2013, 08:10 PM   #4246 Beastly
Adventurer Moronic's Avatar Joined: May 2006 Location: Perth,
Australia Oddometer: 1,569 Sock, I've read everything I can find
on Skyhook and from what I can gather, oalvarez has it pretty
much covered.  A bit I might add:  The key to "getting" Skyhook
is to accept that the valving can react so quickly that it
adjusts as the wheel encounters each bump/irregularity, and the
adjustment is done as the bump is being handled. That is the
"active" part. The claim is that an adjustment from full-hard to
full-soft takes 10 milliseconds, or 1/100th sec. The computer
reads axle acceleration and position from sensors and tells the
valves at each end what to do.  That's how it does what no
passive system (e.g. current tech Ohlins for bikes) can do. Run
along in full-soft and hit something very hard and the Skyhook
valving firms up as the suspension handles that particular hit,
preventing it bottoming out. Run along in full-hard and hit the
same something and the v