22-10-13, 02:04 PM
I'll get back to you later on that Robbus~bikes still on my m8's drive~ sounds wrong though.I had bout 100mm from yoke marks to top of chip guard off bike.
If it makes you any happier i've now got a non working speedo, :o lugs have snapped on rotor, a mystery as fine when took off & missing when i came to put back. Just wondering if JB weld will fix.
Anyway initial results. I'd just like to point out i'm no gp rider.
settings: valve preload 2.5 turns,
spacers shortened by 8mm, (actually i found it easier to make some new ones up out of 1/8" wall ali tube, so this will affect air chamber vol)
oil 15w jmc brand~ never heard of it, must be el cheapo.
oil level 130mm
Damper rods 4x 8mm holes per rod.
Springs~fairly sure they're standard.
Preload adjusters backed right off, expecting to dial in a little once a few miles clocked up.
I weigh 72kg,least last time i looked.
Didn't go very far as it's mighty damp in Lincs today!
Deliberately aimed at all manhole covers~something i normally avoid even in the dry.
I didn't even know i was going over them without looking
Roundabout felt good,maybe better? as in the dry before mod.
Forks feel firmer, yet less jarry & defo less bouncy.
Perfect? probably not~ a few tweaks @ a later date, not zip tied yet~ a more scientific approach for next ride
Bottom line, Very impressed, best £40 i spent on the bike!!, even factoring in £ a new speedo rotor,& a few, ahem :o difficulties along the way.
So thanks very much to Jeff for organising it all & the others that helped get me(eventually) to the end.
If it makes you any happier i've now got a non working speedo, :o lugs have snapped on rotor, a mystery as fine when took off & missing when i came to put back. Just wondering if JB weld will fix.
Anyway initial results. I'd just like to point out i'm no gp rider.
settings: valve preload 2.5 turns,
spacers shortened by 8mm, (actually i found it easier to make some new ones up out of 1/8" wall ali tube, so this will affect air chamber vol)
oil 15w jmc brand~ never heard of it, must be el cheapo.
oil level 130mm
Damper rods 4x 8mm holes per rod.
Springs~fairly sure they're standard.
Preload adjusters backed right off, expecting to dial in a little once a few miles clocked up.
I weigh 72kg,least last time i looked.
Didn't go very far as it's mighty damp in Lincs today!
Deliberately aimed at all manhole covers~something i normally avoid even in the dry.
I didn't even know i was going over them without looking
Roundabout felt good,maybe better? as in the dry before mod.
Forks feel firmer, yet less jarry & defo less bouncy.
Perfect? probably not~ a few tweaks @ a later date, not zip tied yet~ a more scientific approach for next ride
Bottom line, Very impressed, best £40 i spent on the bike!!, even factoring in £ a new speedo rotor,& a few, ahem :o difficulties along the way.
So thanks very much to Jeff for organising it all & the others that helped get me(eventually) to the end.