New fork springs

[AyJay]

Yes, I wouldn't go with 10wt oil again. It's far too harsh. The problem seems to be that the forks simply don't react to smaller bumps quickly enough. You can look down at the fork legs (straight road, no traffic please) and see them locked out on smaller bumps. But then, because of the soft spring, when you brake, they dive like a submarine. The way forward is definitely much much higher spring rate and maybe a small increase in fork oil weight. This makes the forks support the weight of the bike better. RavenRiders idea was to bring the compression of the air gap into play sooner which is why he increases it. That should help too.

The other problem is that the rebound is not very good, so when you let the brakes off the forks spring back too quickly too. I did try 2.5wt oil, but that made the rebound problem even worse, although it did make the ride softer. I've done quite a bit of testing and if my bike was young (so long ago!) and brand new to me, I'd definitely get them revalved. But I'm not spending 500 quid when it's done so many miles.

Ricky, I would strongly recommend a better rear shock as well. I have an Ohlins on mine and the difference it made is astounding. I just wish I could get the forks to feel that good, it just feels so well supported and supple at the rear with a proper shock.