26-10-13, 04:54 PM
I fitted a set of Hyperpro progressive springs today that Jeff spotted on fleabay, they're Hornet springs too and as you can see slightly longer than the Fazer springs at 335mm.
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I cut my spacers to 150mm, no idea what my air gap is now, it was at 120mm but I lost some oil in the swap process. Anyway I had a good ride around the crap B roads, starting with a high preload and working down by checking the zip ties now and again. Ended up with 6 lines visible (6th being level with the top of the cap) and a nice plush ride so I'm very happy.
I thought I'd check things out while I had the springs out and try and measure the total travel. So with a jack under the headers and the front of the ground I pulled up the front wheel until I felt the bike lifting off the jack.
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Roughly 90mm of travel doing that (bottom of zip to top of seal). Dunno if that proves anything in terms of difference between boxeye and foxeye. I also noticed some scratches on the stanchions just above the zip tie which suggests to me that the seals don't go above there.
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Cheers,
Rob
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I cut my spacers to 150mm, no idea what my air gap is now, it was at 120mm but I lost some oil in the swap process. Anyway I had a good ride around the crap B roads, starting with a high preload and working down by checking the zip ties now and again. Ended up with 6 lines visible (6th being level with the top of the cap) and a nice plush ride so I'm very happy.
I thought I'd check things out while I had the springs out and try and measure the total travel. So with a jack under the headers and the front of the ground I pulled up the front wheel until I felt the bike lifting off the jack.
[smg id=1280]
Roughly 90mm of travel doing that (bottom of zip to top of seal). Dunno if that proves anything in terms of difference between boxeye and foxeye. I also noticed some scratches on the stanchions just above the zip tie which suggests to me that the seals don't go above there.
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Cheers,
Rob