I wish my Jr. T would ramp up like that. It's really soft, and the first 4" are great. After that, I think it should be putting on some serious brakes, but it don't. It keeps sliding all the way down easily if I do a 4' drop. I can't tell that there is much dampening at all. I have been told by a mechanic that no shock or fork really has dampening on a bike, that it just goes down, and the only adjustment is the rebound coming back up. Whether or not that's the case, I think it's BS. I am used to shocks for off-road vehicles, and am familiar with the idea that you want the shocks to turn the sharp hit into a pillow type of hit, not just let it jar as hard as possible on the compression then soften the extension on the way back. I have put an air adjuster in one side, but now the spring flops around like crazy since there is no preload, and also 10 weight oil was put in but it doesn't do much good. Marz told us not to put in more oil than they recommend since you're putting all the pressure of a hit on the seals.