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Motorrad:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on September 10, 2010, 08:49:34 AM ---Just got a reply from Destry abbott about what they ran on their 500's
"I'm 99% sure we changed ours to 23mm off-set."
So this means Im golden... Shweeeet. Always good news when your told you screwed up in the right direction ;)
Cant wait to pick up my forks and shock from Precision concepts tomarrow....
(was going to go racetech, till I found out they wanted $1600 for the custom rear shock I was planning on having them make)
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bringing this one back from the dead.
Im not happy with the way the bike handles.
front end is washy. and rear will just kick out when bombing a corner (perhapse this is the desert IT rebar tire)... not predictably.
Ive been faking this by running tubliss, with about 5psi in front tire, and 5 psi in rear. pump the front up any more than that and its a bitch to ride.
I believe its all in the offset of the tripples is where my problem is. suspension gurus? (ahem alward25)
MY 1991 kx500
Trail: 4.57"
Head Angle: 27 Deg
Travel: 12.20"
Triple offest 22mm
06 KX450
Trail 4.6" (probly same)
Head Angle 27 Deg
Travel: 12.4"
Triple Offset 24.5mm
Now looking for a 20mm or 22mm set of aftermarket clamps.
http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,14872.msg117025/topicseen.html#new
MRDART:
Well the kx450-08 also has a tendency to wash out the front end, I know a lot of guys bought aftermarket trippleclamps with 22 mm or sometimes even 21 mm
From what I can remember the kx500 (stock) doesn't have the same tendencies, so less offset would be preferable... Mind you I can only speak from mx experience, no trail or desert riding for me :-)
alward25:
What is your rear shock high speed comp set at? Too stiff can cause that too. Front settings?
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: alward25 on June 15, 2015, 11:56:24 AM ---What is your rear shock high speed comp set at? Too stiff can cause that too. Front settings?
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ugh. Ill find out. all suspension was done by precision concepts local chaper for high speed desert set to me.
when I got it, I turned the damping up 2 clicks on the front. rear felt good.
side note. anyone ever run differant offset clamps on their K5? stretch I know...
Danger4u2:
Back in 2006 thru 2009 when I was on my parts/bike buying spree I picked up
a fork set and offset Emig clamps. I put them in the container and have never messed
with them. I hope someday if/when I retire I will put them to use.
The p.o. said they make the K5 handle like a CR500.
My plan was to use them on my fat tire sand KX500, another project I haven't
gotten to. I have all the parts, bike, just lost interest. I have many projects like that.
I've been clearing out projects that I will never get to. Like the CR500 AFC bike.
I bought it in 2007. I rode the bike the day I bought it, brought it home, drained the
gas tank and it sat for 8 years. A friend started bugging me about the bikes I have sitting one day.
He wants to make a Super Moto so I sold him the Honda for what I paid for it.
He told a friend of mine, "Every time I touch that bike I get hurt on it".
I say "Welcome to the half liter 2 stroke world".
If you would like, I can dig out the Emig clamps and see if they have any i.d. numbers
or what the offset might be.
For those NOT in the know....A quick guide to motorcycle rake, trail and offset.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/a-quick-guide-to-motorcycle-rake-trail-and-offset-part-1-83482.html
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