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Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:24 pm
by persempre907
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:28 pm
by Tamburinifan
Tried that, forks as harsh as before.
5W oil, 130mm air MUCH better!
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:48 am
by Laddie907
they are certainly air release...
I had a set on an XS1100 years ago..and tried pressurizing them (BAD idea).
first...you can't balance the pressure in each fork...so what does Laddie do??? connects both forks to ONE valve with a tee fitting and plastic tube (just brilliant...methinks)..
result: seems like riding on a cushion of air..for a while...but there is increased stiction to get them to move at first...
all is good until eventually oil pisses EVERYWHERE because the seals will wear VERY quickly...the air pressure forces the seal lip in contact with the fork, by this time the air is lost instantly.
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:36 pm
by paso750
connects both forks to ONE valve with a tee fitting and plastic tube (just brilliant...methinks)..
quite common on older offroad bikes, wasn`t it ?
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:59 am
by jcslocum
The Goldwing had this set up and it was supposed to have 7 PSI in the front minimum.
It's been sold tho and I only got to ride it for about 50 miles.
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:54 pm
by Tängri
Hello!
As a new member, it's a pleasure to learn that it's dangerous to measure air presure in M1R fork, especially because there is NO air in it ! I do like this kind of humour, guys, and it's very usefull to improve my english !
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:08 am
by fredskidoo
Hey 227708 (Robert from Brizbi, AZ)
I tried that link concerning Marcozzi forks:
http://www.moto-one.com.au/performance/ ... npro5.html and its dead. Any chance you downloaded/copied the webpage?
Thanks
Ethan
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:25 am
by paso750
Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:17 am
by fredskidoo
Nice one G

Re: PRELOAD-Air in forks
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:43 pm
by Tamburinifan