A final summing up of this mod.
I cannot think that such a simple and cheap mod could make such a difference. The ride now is so much more pliant.
Ordinary road imperfections are now ridden over with minimal disturbance. Larger holes are still felt through the bars but without the jarring that accompanied them previously.
The bike now feels more planted and goes where intended without fuss. Considering I still have the o/e rear shock I am well pleased, in fact I would say it feels better than the VFR800 Fi1 2002 that I had and that was good.
The settings I have ended up with are as follows:
Front preload is about 22mm with oil level at 135mm below the top using Silkolene 10 wt fork oil. static sag is 22mm and rider sag is 32mm.
Rear preload is set 6 notches from full hard giving me static sag of 10mm and 40mm rider sag.
Considering I have used CBR 600 standard springs with Thundercat fork caps, which gives me adjustable preload and fit straight in, all in all a really cheap mod. i reckon £80.00 all in sorted it.
I must once again thank Kebab for all his help and for getting this job going.
Hope this helps others and can highly recommend this mod.
Just to add, I am 70kg weight without riding gear.
Barrie
I cannot think that such a simple and cheap mod could make such a difference. The ride now is so much more pliant.
Ordinary road imperfections are now ridden over with minimal disturbance. Larger holes are still felt through the bars but without the jarring that accompanied them previously.
The bike now feels more planted and goes where intended without fuss. Considering I still have the o/e rear shock I am well pleased, in fact I would say it feels better than the VFR800 Fi1 2002 that I had and that was good.
The settings I have ended up with are as follows:
Front preload is about 22mm with oil level at 135mm below the top using Silkolene 10 wt fork oil. static sag is 22mm and rider sag is 32mm.
Rear preload is set 6 notches from full hard giving me static sag of 10mm and 40mm rider sag.
Considering I have used CBR 600 standard springs with Thundercat fork caps, which gives me adjustable preload and fit straight in, all in all a really cheap mod. i reckon £80.00 all in sorted it.
I must once again thank Kebab for all his help and for getting this job going.
Hope this helps others and can highly recommend this mod.
Just to add, I am 70kg weight without riding gear.
Barrie