Performance Fork Rebuild
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So I'm ready to order my Race Tech springs. Based on whether I select expert or intermediate the online tool suggests a 1.02 or 1.06 spring, which translates to purchasing either a 1.00 or 1.10 spring. I am about 250lb and don't do a lot of aggressive riding, a blast here and there but I'm not constantly grinding my pegs.
Any suggestions on which one to go with?
Any suggestions on which one to go with?
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So I'm ready to order my Race Tech springs. Based on whether I select expert or intermediate the online tool suggests a 1.02 or 1.06 spring, which translates to purchasing either a 1.00 or 1.10 spring. I am about 250lb and don't do a lot of aggressive riding, a blast here and there but I'm not constantly grinding my pegs.
Any suggestions on which one to go with?
Any suggestions on which one to go with?
Also get yourself one of those parts grabbers so you can pluck out the emulators from your forks to adjust them, while the forks are still installed. Makes life easier.
And lastly, you probably will get tired of “expert” rate springs on the street pretty quick…
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Racetec says you can put one spring rate higher in one fork, essentially splitting the difference. However being so close, with your preload adjusters you can probably dial in the 1.0s pretty well. The nice thing is if worst case, its a 5 min job to swap springs. As opposed to springs on cartridges where the whole fork has to come apart. And remember, its easier to add a little preload, then remove a little spring rate
Also get yourself one of those parts grabbers so you can pluck out the emulators from your forks to adjust them, while the forks are still installed. Makes life easier.
And lastly, you probably will get tired of expert rate springs on the street pretty quick
Also get yourself one of those parts grabbers so you can pluck out the emulators from your forks to adjust them, while the forks are still installed. Makes life easier.
And lastly, you probably will get tired of expert rate springs on the street pretty quick
I ran 2" over for tubes with 12" rear shocks for several years. Honestly I don't remember noticing any significant changes in handling, but I did it over the course of a MN winter, so probably 5-6 months of downtime between rides. In theory adding longer fork tubes with no other changes will add a degree or 2 of rake and increase the trail slightly, so it will be more stable at highway speeds but maybe a little less stable on low speed corners. But probably not enough for you to really notice. I didn't really notice anything better or worse until I went 4" over and 1.5 deg raked trees, then it got kinda twitchy at low speeds but otherwise still handled fine.
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I ran 2" over for tubes with 12" rear shocks for several years. Honestly I don't remember noticing any significant changes in handling, but I did it over the course of a MN winter, so probably 5-6 months of downtime between rides. In theory adding longer fork tubes with no other changes will add a degree or 2 of rake and increase the trail slightly, so it will be more stable at highway speeds but maybe a little less stable on low speed corners. But probably not enough for you to really notice. I didn't really notice anything better or worse until I went 4" over and 1.5 deg raked trees, then it got kinda twitchy at low speeds but otherwise still handled fine.
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Well, this has all been pushed off to a winter project so I'm shopping for shocks now so I can do the front and rear at the same time.
Looking for recommendations between Ohlin's Blackline vs Legends Revo to go with this frontend setup. Also, since I'm +2 on the forks should I be looking for a 14" shock?
Looking for recommendations between Ohlin's Blackline vs Legends Revo to go with this frontend setup. Also, since I'm +2 on the forks should I be looking for a 14" shock?
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Well, this has all been pushed off to a winter project so I'm shopping for shocks now so I can do the front and rear at the same time.
Looking for recommendations between Ohlin's Blackline vs Legends Revo to go with this frontend setup. Also, since I'm +2 on the forks should I be looking for a 14" shock?
Looking for recommendations between Ohlin's Blackline vs Legends Revo to go with this frontend setup. Also, since I'm +2 on the forks should I be looking for a 14" shock?
Expensive as hell, but you definitely get what you pay for in this case. I hear legends are very good too, and most anything is an improvement over stock, but Ohlins will customize the spring rate for your bike and weight. Most others rely on preload for that, which isnt as good.
