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Originally Posted by Luckypants
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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S
I ended up putting 80w springs in, 1.5 turns of emulator preload and 15w oil ... it is still a little too stiff for my liking, but markedly better and I now have much much much more confidence in the front end and it actually moves a bit!!
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Blue - is that your road bike or track bike? I'm around 13st and am thinking of the .80 springs with 15wt oil in standard forks, but will add preload caps. |
Trackbike ... but I tested them out on my roadbike first ... 100 times more surefooted than the 85w spring setup (too 'ard and harsh damping) I had and 100 times more surefooted than stock too (too soft and horrid damping)
Basically I was finally content with my front end
Another thing antony, if you haven't stiffened the rear too ... having a stiff front will completely destroy the 'balance' of the bike ... you need a new shock too dude ... pref a race shock, but if you are tight like me a ZX shock is fine!
Edit: .. ok forgive if some sucking of eggs is about to go on ... but hopefully these pics will help ...
The layout 'exploded diagram' style:-
Length of OLD spacer i.e. when I had far too much preload. NOTE ALL THESE PICS ARE OF THEM AS THEY WERE (horrid) NOT HOW I FINALLY HAD THEM (nice)
Forks assembled and you can clearly see that things are protruding ... my best results were when that washer bit was just about level with the top of the fork tube ... so about 8mm further in ... if yours is 50mm out at this point it is obscene, that with the 4 turns of emulator preload, 85 springs and 20 oil, then no wonder you have problems; mine were horrid enough as they were and that was with 2stone more lard on them and a lot less adjustment!!
