I absolutely hate working on it, but honestly - how often do you have to? I mean I changed my fork after 2 rides and haven't really messed with it since...
My thoughts so far: The AVS looks promising. Ok, I bend parts like this on a dayly basis at work. using cnc brake presses so I might be a bit biased. I'm tempted to (and probably will) make one myself. Only drawback I see, it really doesn't look nice on the bike. The angular looks and the gaps...
So, yesterday I cracked the motor cover in 2 places when I was a bit to optimistic crossing a fallen tree : ( .
I'm actually surprised it lasted this long, given how many rock hits I've had lately - but it is a pretty stout piece of plastic. A spare Orbea part is 29,95 € which isn't totally...
Probably. I haven't even checked. I got a smoking deal from RCZ bike shop and thought I'll try it. It's a tight fit, but it's not touching anywhere. Size M frame.
Well, turns out with a bit of tinkering you can fit a Rockshox deluxe coilto the wild. I got the shock for a great deal, but soon found out that it has bearings in the upper eye. So I took out the bearings and spacer, reamed the upper mount to 17mm H8 and pressed in a igus bushing (GSM-1517-15)...
Either get a Stark Varg and ride in a low power mode, or get a KTM Freeride e-xc and grab a couple extra batteries for it. Neither option is cheap (the only reason they're not already in my garage), but you didn't ask about that so I'll assume you can afford it. Have fun!