03-07-15, 01:31 AM
(02-07-15, 08:45 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: With stiff suspension, you are instantly planting the force on the tyre and it could be potentially hazardous if the force is applied too quickly. With soft suspension, you are using up suspension travel before you get effective braking - the mass of the bike is trying to outrun the front wheel and so the nose dives compressing the suspension. Once the suspension is compressed you are getting full braking performance acting on the entirety of the bikes momentum.
With stiff front suspension or no front suspension the forces from body weight would be pushing the bars forward, past/over the top of the wheel instead of down on to the wheel. Noggy seems to compensate his stiff forks by lowering the front (raising stanchions) thus directing his weight on to the wheel before breaking. Safe or truly effective who really knows )bet the wrists suffer though).
I presume the addition of spacers/washers will be the same as adjusting preload so should in theory change the ride one way or the other. Definitely worth trying with obvious caution.
another option would be if possible to swap the forks for some from a later model tiger. Price permitting. I read somewhere the mistake triumph made on the earlier tigers was trying to make it dual purpose with more enthasis on off road, which it never really cut the mustard. On later models though they steered away from the off road side to make it more road friendly.
Disclaimer as always that I have no idea what shit I'm chatting about... just like noggy...
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