I'm 22k miles in with my BP51s. No evidence of rear shock mount bending when I installed the rear shock mount guards this spring after ~8-10k of driving (including a trip to Banff and back towing my trailer, which 100% will smash my bump stops on occasion).
I started to get a slight chirp from the passenger side rear area about 2k miles ago. I'm not sure if it's the rear BP51 shock or it's some contact from my rear bumper against the plastic body vent.
My issue with the BP51s is tuning. Mine are set C2/R6. Around the city at very low speeds (<~15 mph) I feel every pothole and bump. But on the highway at 70+ I'm soft and floaty. Slee had originally set the shocks at C3/R7 and around town was worse though the highway was better (but still a bit floaty). Running lower tire pressures around town and higher pressures on the highway seems to help but that's not really practical. I suspect I'd have the same complaint with any digressive shock design though.
I started to get a slight chirp from the passenger side rear area about 2k miles ago. I'm not sure if it's the rear BP51 shock or it's some contact from my rear bumper against the plastic body vent.
My issue with the BP51s is tuning. Mine are set C2/R6. Around the city at very low speeds (<~15 mph) I feel every pothole and bump. But on the highway at 70+ I'm soft and floaty. Slee had originally set the shocks at C3/R7 and around town was worse though the highway was better (but still a bit floaty). Running lower tire pressures around town and higher pressures on the highway seems to help but that's not really practical. I suspect I'd have the same complaint with any digressive shock design though.