pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy - SV650.org

Nicky S · 10-05-09, 02:08 PM

i have pre laoded adjusters on my bike. but my forks are really soft even if i have the adjusters all the way down or all the way up. i take it if the adjusters are all the way down the forks get harder if they are all the way up they get softer ?

seeing as my adjusters seem to make no diffrent what are the bets springs and adjusters that you can buy ? or that people have found good to use

10-05-09, 02:32 PM

the adjusters are for preload only, it is the springs which determine the stiffness of the suspension

yorkie_chris · 10-05-09, 03:35 PM

The adjusters work fine when you have springs of the correct weight. Contact a suspension firm to see about getting some which are a higher rate than standard as well as a heavier weight oil.

timwilky · 10-05-09, 04:13 PM

get the right springs for your weight, maybe a thicker oil to help damp things and then decide where to spend money, cartridge emulators or a GSXR front.

SV suspension is very basic, you live with the compromise or pay to get decent suspension

10-05-09, 04:29 PM

try a change of fork oil. just out 15w in my pointy. and makes such a differance. not a hard job either. give that a go before "forking" out on new springs!!!

Nicky S · 10-05-09, 06:37 PM

so springs for my weight and thicker fork oil should make them stiffer ?? any good companys out there that people have used for springs.

10-05-09, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankie77

try a change of fork oil. just out 15w in my pointy. and makes such a differance. not a hard job either. give that a go before "forking" out on new springs!!!

ba dum pish.

10-05-09, 02:08 PM	#1
Nicky S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: crowborough, East Sussex Posts: 1,061	pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy i have pre laoded adjusters on my bike. but my forks are really soft even if i have the adjusters all the way down or all the way up. i take it if the adjusters are all the way down the forks get harder if they are all the way up they get softer ? seeing as my adjusters seem to make no diffrent what are the bets springs and adjusters that you can buy ? or that people have found good to use __________________ Curvy With Lots Of Bits ... But Still More To Come

10-05-09, 02:32 PM	#2
Geoffrey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy the adjusters are for preload only, it is the springs which determine the stiffness of the suspension

10-05-09, 03:35 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy The adjusters work fine when you have springs of the correct weight. Contact a suspension firm to see about getting some which are a higher rate than standard as well as a heavier weight oil. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

10-05-09, 04:13 PM	#4
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy get the right springs for your weight, maybe a thicker oil to help damp things and then decide where to spend money, cartridge emulators or a GSXR front. SV suspension is very basic, you live with the compromise or pay to get decent suspension __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

10-05-09, 04:29 PM	#5
frankie77 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy try a change of fork oil. just out 15w in my pointy. and makes such a differance. not a hard job either. give that a go before "forking" out on new springs!!!

10-05-09, 06:37 PM	#6
Nicky S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: crowborough, East Sussex Posts: 1,061	Re: pre loaded adjusters & springs - curvy so springs for my weight and thicker fork oil should make them stiffer ?? any good companys out there that people have used for springs. __________________ Curvy With Lots Of Bits ... But Still More To Come

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