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GPS steering damper kx500
jazg:
man how badly is your collar bone broken?! :-P
k he said he took too much fork oil out the one day when he was working on his forks so they would compress really far in and then in order to rebound all that distance they'd shoot back and instead of then lifting the bike against the tires grip it would just kick out and down you go. so to fix it he put the correct amount of fork oil in and to help the situation also slowed down the rebound a little bit
hope it helps, i'm not very clued up on suspension!
dsrtrider:
Gdog - what have you done so far with suspension and what is your wieght?
what i have heard in general is that most bikes come with weak springs that are overpreloaded and stiff valving. suspension companies reverse this and use heavier springs, lighter valving and reduced fork spring length to lessen preload. this is what they did to mine years ago on my old 1990 kx500. that was supposes to help with deflection, etc. it seemed to work. my current 1994 has stock suspension and i ride desert and for the most part it works fine and i don't get into to much trouble but i am getting ready to rebuild and revalve and add heavier spring to improve it more.
TheGDog:
The suspension was setup by the same shop that did my KTM that I loved the suspension of soo much.
The previous owner was probably around 235 Lbs and I judged him to not be as WFO as I tend to be so I was actually quite stoked that he had the stiffer springs and so-forth already put on.
I hover from like 205-215 Lbs mostly.
I got a personal message from jazg... and I think adjusting the rebound to be just a touch slower is going to be the trick.
Hmm.... I also noticed that black junk managed to drip out of my steering head bearings when I inspected my bike after the crash.
I'm thinking this is probably due to this one ride where the dang breather vent tube fell-off while I was riding and a lot of fuel got sloshed around on not only the bike, but me as well. Oh yeah... the lungs just loved that! Desert heat, together with gasoline fumes... gives me a woody just thinking about it! (insert cynical smirk here).
So anyhoo I'm thining that the fuel maybe got into the grease in the steering hed bearing maybe!?!?
dsrtrider:
i run a sterring damper on my ktm and they help with bars whipping side to side and can help if you get a sudden hit that casues whipping. Although i have heard the term deflection alot i am not sure i understand exactly what deflection is. if i can get a good description i can try and see if the damper would help with that.
just curious - who set up your ktm suspension? i am looking to modify my new ktm suspension in near future for desert an am looking around. i hear facotry connection is ok for a local firm. athother than them dicks racing and trail tricks are suppose to be good but require shipping suspension out.
TheGDog:
I'm in the OC. So I just had 3 Brothers Racing do the suspension work... they... in turn... farm-out that job to "CLEAN RACING".
A gentle-man by the name of Mr. Stearn. I was very please with the follow-up aspect of this guy. A day or two after I picked-up the bike from 3 Brothers Racing... I got a call from the guy and he spent some quality time on the phone with me making sure to explain that since these were new springs... after a few rides I may find that I need to redo the sag on the rear.... although he went on further to explain to me that he goes easy on the sag (less sag) in anticipation of this as well... so that I shouldn't have to re-adjust it.
The gentleman's number is:
714-434-9201
I'm thinking of hvaing him go thru my KX500... so if you should happen to utilize his services please let him know that Gary Hart referred you - via KXRiders.com (Who knows.. maybe the guy'll knock a few bucks off my K5 work!?)
Anyhoo... the KTM I had came back with the suspension absolutely plush and amazing!
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