11-04-19, 05:54 PM
I suspect you're thinking of how the standard fork setup would feel with 15w oil - i.e. harsh.
For this conversion, the thickness of the fork oil determines how quickly the rebound damping circuit operates, while the emus control the compression aspect. When I had my old TRX850, the recommendation for their forks was to switch to 20w oil instead. 10w might be boderline light, but a mixture giving 12.5w would still work fine. You could always raise the oil level to firm things up if needed.
Edit: According to my original Gold Valve emu installation: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,71.0.html the preload on the valves was only 2 full turns as opposed to 2.5 turns on the debrix emus. For a more squishy front-end you might want to stick with only 2 full turns of preload.
Fork springs - yes, I used 0.85kg/mm springs (and have the smae now in my 1000). I'm currently around 12 stone if that helps.
For this conversion, the thickness of the fork oil determines how quickly the rebound damping circuit operates, while the emus control the compression aspect. When I had my old TRX850, the recommendation for their forks was to switch to 20w oil instead. 10w might be boderline light, but a mixture giving 12.5w would still work fine. You could always raise the oil level to firm things up if needed.
Edit: According to my original Gold Valve emu installation: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,71.0.html the preload on the valves was only 2 full turns as opposed to 2.5 turns on the debrix emus. For a more squishy front-end you might want to stick with only 2 full turns of preload.
Fork springs - yes, I used 0.85kg/mm springs (and have the smae now in my 1000). I'm currently around 12 stone if that helps.