KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: serafin on December 04, 2007, 04:53:36 PM

Title: Fork Tube Height
Post by: serafin on December 04, 2007, 04:53:36 PM

What Fork Tube Height are you running and how are you measuring it?  Base of top clamp to top of fork cap? Or Base of top clamp to top of fork tube?

Serafin

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: js on December 04, 2007, 05:49:02 PM

http://www.tonyfoale.com/book/index.htm
take a look at this website
read the book and you'll understand the 40 things that happen when you change the fork tube height.

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: serafin on December 05, 2007, 04:18:14 AM

Interesting reading.  I was just interested in what other riders on this site are using.  Right now I using the stock setting per the owners manual. 

serafin

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: KXcam22 on December 05, 2007, 05:01:48 AM

I run my tubes 1cm up in the clamps for tighter turning. Cam.

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: crusty on December 05, 2007, 05:17:23 AM

top of tube to clamps should run around 1/8th to 3 16 of an inch

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: moburki on December 05, 2007, 06:45:13 AM

I run top of tripple clam to first line on fork...aprox 1cm drop iirc. A little easier turn in on single track.

Title: Re: Fork Tube Height
Post by: kx666 on December 05, 2007, 05:44:55 PM

the factory has marks ware to position the tubes... i know that a slight change makes huge handleing differences but i dont know enough about it yet.