Stiffening forks ?

Nevergrew

Nevergrew

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Hey fellas, got myself a little brat bobber thing I'm building (cb250rs)

Have installed Honda rebel rear shocks and as they are super hard, I want to harden up the front forks to match. With the soft front/hard rear, the bike feels weird on the bumps.

Any suggestions on stiffening up the front end? Spacer on top of the internal spring under the top nut?
 
I'm guessing it will feel even more weird if you stiffen the front also. Bike should be sprung for your weight and application. Putting a heavier sprung system on both ends is probably not "fixing" anything.
 
Adding a spacer will only preload the front forks, not making them stiffer. What you want to do is add a spacer and cut a few coils off of the spring (same amount as the size of the spacer). I'd only go one or two coils at a time until you get it to the stiffness you want.
 
O1mark - know what you mean but, my forks travel 90mm and the rears travel 15/20mm (max) I weigh 70kgs. If I could halve that fork travel I'd be happy. I think it would feel normal (albeit rough). Almost like a bicycle, if you know what I mean. The bikes primary use is just putting around town, no twisties or anything outrageous.
 
Nevergrew said:
O1mark - know what you mean but, my forks travel 90mm and the rears travel 15/20mm (max) I weigh 70kgs. If I could halve that fork travel I'd be happy. I think it would feel normal (albeit rough). Almost like a bicycle, if you know what I mean. The bikes primary use is just putting around town, no twisties or anything outrageous.
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nEVeRGRoW, it's o1marc
 
o1marc said:
I wonder if some of you ever even went to school.
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We ain't no fans of no fancy book learnin' dangit. Now ifn y'all exuse me I gots some shiney rocks to stare at.









Again.

What. A. Douche.
 
VonYinzer said:
We ain't no fans of no fancy book learnin' dangit. Now ifn y'all exuse me I gots some shiney rocks to stare at.







I knew you were one after the first reply I saw from you.
You have one or more items that are no longer available or cancelled
Again.

What. A. Douche.
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It only took one reply from you to make the determination that you were one. I'm not childish enough to spend my time calling people names though. I expect it from you ever post though.
 
I'm done...


To the original poster, I apologize for the derailment. If there's anything I can do to assist in getting your bike together, don't hesitate to ask.
 
I agree with both O1MaRK... Name calling is just childish! Yinzer you should be ashamed.. I think we all can agree that a mixup involving a shift key requires a response like that!

o1marc said:
It only took one reply from you to make the determination that you were one. I'm not childish enough to spend my time calling people names though. I expect it from you ever post though.
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Oh... And try draining the fork oil and replacing it with a slightly heavier oil. Don't go crazy and fill them with gear oil or anything. JuJust slightly heavier than what the factory recommends.
 
Wow...what happened there.

Anyway, like Von said, you could replace the fork fluid with heavier oil, but use fork oil. There should be a spec in your owners manual as to what it should have from the factory.
For example, if your bike came with 10wt fork oil, try 15 wt and see how it is.

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Thank you, thank you for bringing this thread back on subject. And yes, it was a simple typo using my phone. Apologies to Marco What's-his-face.

Cheers for the help fellas.
 
Don't mess with the fork oil until you get the preload correct. Oil changes the damping and rebound, which need to be adjust AFTER the preload.
 
His name is 02Mark just fyi.

Nevergrew said:
Thank you, thank you for bringing this thread back on subject. And yes, it was a simple typo using my phone. Apologies to Marco What's-his-face.

Cheers for the help fellas.
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My phone always capitalizes the first letter....It also corrects words that need no correcting...Oy Vez....Lord help me from auto correct...
 
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