Subject: RE: Forks
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Mar 26, 2003, 5:08 AM
Post ID: 1712386526
Bought 7 weight fork oil yesterday, will change fork oil soon. Has
anyone noticed a difference in dampning with different weight oils?
Should I remove the spacers from the fork springs? If yes, how do I get
to the springs?
Keith Ruff
71 Police Ambassador - NJ
Keith Ruff wrote:
| man, horrible vocabulary this morning, haven't had my coffee yet, off to get a cup now. Corrected version below. Finally the warm air is hitting the northeast, had the Ambo out the past 2 weekends, feels good to be back out on the road. Patience ran well, still have some character oozing out of the main seal and tranny case shift return spring cover, think the main seal may seat itself a little better over time though. Question on the forks, Andy added spacers to the springs to relieve the sag, but now it is too stiff and I get horrible bangs over bumps, think the forks are topping out on rebound and that bang makes the tank bang as well. I have 30 weight fork oil in there now. Will going to a low weight oil help soften up the forks? Perhaps a 5 weight fork oil? Any other oil suggestions? Andy told me he used just 1 inch of PVC and is surpised the front end is banging, I agree with him, but something is not right. Need to soften it up. Keith Ruff 71 Police Ambassador - NJ Keith Ruff 71 Police Ambassador - NJ |