Can excessive fork dive affect braking - Tiger 885

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Darrah!!!!!.......cheeky old foccers :grumble  What's a Darrah when it's at home ?


I do ask for it though :\  You weren't around so it was open season  :lol

Im no physicist but i always thought that more transferred weight on the front equaled stronger braking......and having a soft spring would allow more transfer of that weight downwards towards the wheel and tarmac as oppose to having for example absolutely no springs whereby allot of the energy would be transferred forward.....but not so much downward....but that is noggy science which is completely unreliable......because energy always transfers from one form to another so if some is still going forward and some going downwards then surely making more go downwards is a better thing......ok the brakes are taking off forward energy....but surely the suspension is also taking off forward energy....after all suspension isnt friction free....surely the more things taking off energy equals less energy going forward and that means stopping sooner.

Oh foc im confused :o :\ :o :\ :o

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To be honest Noggy, your last chapter essentially matches what Midden said (just with a lot more words  :pokefun) and I understand this concept - total sense. Hence me saying if I change the oil this will firm up the front and therefore reduce my braking .........I think  :o

Any advice on my last idea of changing oil and then trying spacers?

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Nick did you see my forks dive on entry to that one bend,,oh so did yours ,oh and also PieEaters ,a hell of a lot of late braking going on there

Ahaaaaaa - nope, no way Nick. Got an all singing/dancing 2 way upgraded Nitron rear shock fitted so  :2fingers

Cartridge emulators - that's the way to go. Keeps it all under control. K-Tech, plus R6 shock  :nana  :lol  Ahhh ok, slap an R6 shock on me Tiger - Righto  :lol

Orrrrrrrrrrrr, I could see if a certain someone wants to swap his Gen1 for it  Nick knows which one...........and it's yellow!

No such bike exists 
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