26-05-16, 07:17 PM
(25-05-16, 10:50 PM)Falcon 269 link Wrote:
- The problem lies in the compression damping valves. They are simply too crude to allow decent high speed compression damping, which is what determines the ride quality. but high speed damping determines how the forks respond to rapid transient movement such as you find when hitting the usual bumps and so on in the road.
- but the trade off is a reduction in rebound damping.
- Frankly, you can do what Tyres4bikes are offering yourself at a considerably lower price. Unless you make some fundamental changes to the valving, anything else on offer will be a compromise.
- Yamaha are trying to make light of the fact that the stock forks are cheap and nasty.
- Your call but IMHO there's no cheap solution to this and anyone telling you otherwise is only selling you a band-aid.
- So in this instance the maxton route would in this context would be the most cost effective route - (Im still not sold on the damping tube wear)
- As in when I release the brakes the front jumps up faster making me potentially run wider in corners? - I can most likely live with that. Yamaha suggest I get that insanley price kaya (or something) 01 fork oil and from what I could find its either 2.5 or 5W. What weight oil would you recommend to try?
- Yeah I figured, I just don't have a tool to hold the catridge while I do up the allen bolt at the bottom - does Pats site demonstrate an work around for this..?
- I'm not entirely surprised by that.
- I don't mind spending money upto a point, I just want it done right once - I don't want to have to revisit this after the fast.