Elka Suspension History & Products
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Today, Elka Suspension is known around the world for being a top manufacture of ATV suspension among racers, recreational riders, and even manufacturers, and with the growth of the SxS / UTV industry, Elka has expanded it shock production to include SxS / UTV vehicle suspension as well, and has inked deals with CF Moto in Canada and even bigger Arctic Cat. Elka Suspension Stage 5 shocks come standard on both the 2014 and 2015 Arctic Cat Wildcat Limited Edition along with the new 2015 Arctic Cat Wildcat Sport Limited Edition
Elka is also working with several SxS / UTV racers in fine tuning and developing their SxS / UTV line of suspension, and Elka has been working closely with Best in the Desert Racer, Cory Sappington in 2014.
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Elka Suspension has been working with Best in the Desert Racer Cory Sappington to fine tune and develop Elka's SxS / UTV line of Suspension |
Although Elka can produce suspension to meet manufacturer specs, Elka is known for hand building shock to each individual rider’s preferences. When an individual orders from Elka, their shocks are custom built to order depending on their riding style, aftermarket components they are running, terrain they ride on, machine they ride / drive, and rider weight.
“There are over 5,000 combinations of valving, springs, body, shaft, pistons, and adjusters that all go into play when building shocks for each order. There is a lot of thinking that goes behind every set of shocks and it takes time to produce each set of shocks,” said Elka’s Yann Guilbeault.
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Elka Shocks are hand built to order & there is over 5,000 combinations of valving, springs, body, shaft, pistons, & adjusters all go into building just one shock |
Since there are so many combinations, Elka uses an assembly like manufacturing system. When shocks are ordered parts are pulled from the inventory room and sub assembled. Each shock can have fifty or more parts that go into sub assembly. The sub-assembled shocks are then placed in a bin where another person then pulls all the custom parts that are needed.
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Once parts are pulled and the shocks are sub assembled they are sent on down the line |
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