How does your decoy hold up with crashes?

[marcellistudios]

Hey everyone, curious how the decoy holds up to crashes? Obviously every crash is different and I’m no stranger to it after 25 years of racing motocross at a semi pro level, but I’m looking to buy a decoy and was wondering how they handle a hard crash.

my concern pertains mostly to motor and crank

 

[leftside]

It's solid. More so than the Capra I used to have.

 

[marcellistudios]

Ya eh? I guess I’m thinking what the shock from a blow to a pedal or to the crank would to to the motor. But I assume the motor is solid mounted to the frame to handle that kind of blow.

 

[leftside]

Lot's of people have had pedal/crank strikes on here with no reported problems. I got the shorter 155mm Miranda cranks.

 

[Liftman]

Many many crashes no issues, its like a tank

 

[ichauchtt]

Lots of strikes, never had any issues, I never actually even thought about it...

 

[Sapientiea]

After switching to high setting and increased fork travel no more pedal strikes. That indeed sucked monkey balls all those pedal strikes. Although my wife is still in the low setting and she never strikes a pedal. Must be paying attention more than I did

 

[ebnash]

I’ve had one high speed crash and and just noticed today that the block lock for the headset is no longer centered. I need to pull the fork and look to see which side of the lock block has slipped. Hoping I can sort it myself, but no telling.

Not a major issue, but I do have crashes from time to time and hoping this is not going to continue, espically if I’m going to need to buy tools in order to pull and then re-press the component that slipped.

Rest of the bike is totally fine other than typical rash that can come from a high Impact crash.

 

[His_Turdness]

My bike has a taped up crack on the battery cover. Previous owner probably crashed it, or pulled on the cover when it was super cold outside. I haven't crashed hard, yet, but I've had a lot of pedal strikes on rocks and roots. Seems to have no issues.

After switching to high setting and increased fork travel no more pedal strikes. That indeed sucked monkey balls all those pedal strikes. Although my wife is still in the low setting and she never strikes a pedal. Must be paying attention more than I did

Totally forgot about the flip chip! Gotta give that a try. Based on the geometry of the bike, a bigger rear shock shouldn't affect this, should it?