Preload adjusters
Road Warrior
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From: Louisiana
Yea for sure. Springs are pretty cheap. To be honest, I just figures at 195-200 lbs Im pretty much in the middle of the average HD rider weight for stock springs. I did try to mess with the sag when I intstalled my progressive drop in lowering springs but those things were so stiff it would have been damn near impossible to get it right. I ended up throwing the stock springs back in and the ride felt good so I left it alone. I do have a manual though so if you want I cant try to look up the sag specs for you.
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From: Corona, Ca
im running the speed merchant adjuster and I gotta say I love em, I can adjust/ tune the front with a quick turn of a wrench. yes they are expensive but they are worth it to me. id rather make a small adjustment than tearing it apart and cutting or adding to the spacer etc
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From: New Braunfels, Texas
As an example, if you had 6 inches of total suspension travel, you want to set your sag to 3 inches. That means your body weight and normal riding gear should compress the front forks to half of it available travel.
Most dyna have 4 1/2"-5" of travel, and 1.5 works pretty good.
Road Warrior
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From: Louisiana
I would get the Speed Merchant ones over the RSD ones any day. Mostly just because RSD stuff is so over priced that I feel compelled not to buy from them just on principle. lol. And the adjusters ARE cool. Even if you only need them once I think its worth the money just so you don't have to remove the caps over and over. Those things are a pain in the *** and its almost impossible not to nick or gouge the caps unless you wrap the **** out of them with tape or use and aluminum wrench. Im not rich but little upgrades like that are fun and cool even if they aren't completely necessary. Personally I think the stock forks aren't worth the effort but that's just me. Im also the dumbass that spends **** loads of money trying to make my 8000lbs diesel 4X4 fast, so I understand the urge to tinker and mod and improve stuff. If I "were" to try to mod the stock forks I would go with Traxxion straight rate coils, SM adjusters, and Ricor Intimidators. Short of a cartridge install or straight up USD fork set up, springs, adjusters, and Intimidators would be a pretty sweet and affordable set up.
Last edited by spankdog; Mar 10, 2014 at 06:03 PM.
Road Warrior
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From: Louisiana
Can you tell me where you got your information? Everything I've ever read says that on a street bike your front sag should be set at 33% or 1/3rd of the travel. I've never heard of using half your travel for sag on any bike made.
Most dyna have 4 1/2"-5" of travel, and 1.5 works pretty good.
Most dyna have 4 1/2"-5" of travel, and 1.5 works pretty good.
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