Going to run them on my Gen1 using the KHC front buckets: a late November project when my last dirt bike race for the year is done. Have a few months to get the electronics figured out while I get the rest of the parts I'm throwing on (leafs, bumps, etc...). Parts for all of the electronics are cheap, the "expense" will be in the time involved to get it adjusted and working smoothly.
I program process logic controllers and high level control systems as part of my day job. The live valve control on the level I'm going to do is very simple by comparison.
You will never lose the full compression/rebound as the live valve really only controls the bleed/HSC between the main body/reservoir the same as it does in a motorcycle shock: I've been inside a 100 of those or more as I've been revalving/rebuilding dirt bike shocks for decades. The main piston valving will always be present and is not controlled by the live valve. Can it get soft if it fails in a certain way? Sure, but with leaving the system intact on the shock and just working to control the current (the same way it works on the stock Gen2s), the worst case scenario is that you smoke a wire or the electromagnet and the shock fails to full stiff by default same as it would in a stock new Gen2.
I've gotten to drive/play with the Dynamix system in a RZR, and frankly I love the technology/adjustability aspect of it so I really want to give the Live Valves a go on my Gen1.
