Jeffro
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There's so many ways to skin a cat I can't decide how or what will best tackle my ergo and mods.
At 6-2, ~255 my I'm focusing on suspension and fit. One thing i've noticed is that after I hit a few bumpy roads the forks fade and seem less willing to turn. I tried home-made preload spacers but both times got the ID wrong. What I did notice was after putting the caps back on, dropping the bike to floor height (meaning forks were fully extended when caps went on) the front end handles GREAT and I feel like Kenny Roberts driving around the back roads looking for another sharp turn. But after a few hours or good bumps it's back to feeling mushy under my weight.
My cheapo fix (and off road mentality) is to buy the fleabay preload caps but I also want air bleeder caps. This way (I hope) I can get that proper balance. If anyone has any words of wisdom... I searched high and low and couldn't find anyone discussing air bleeders on the forks caps. It appears I can't have my cake and eat it too though.
Will update after this weekend with pictures. Trying homemade preload and drill/tap caps for air valves first. That way if I destroy the caps I can fall back on the fleebay caps with preload adj.
At 6-2, ~255 my I'm focusing on suspension and fit. One thing i've noticed is that after I hit a few bumpy roads the forks fade and seem less willing to turn. I tried home-made preload spacers but both times got the ID wrong. What I did notice was after putting the caps back on, dropping the bike to floor height (meaning forks were fully extended when caps went on) the front end handles GREAT and I feel like Kenny Roberts driving around the back roads looking for another sharp turn. But after a few hours or good bumps it's back to feeling mushy under my weight.
My cheapo fix (and off road mentality) is to buy the fleabay preload caps but I also want air bleeder caps. This way (I hope) I can get that proper balance. If anyone has any words of wisdom... I searched high and low and couldn't find anyone discussing air bleeders on the forks caps. It appears I can't have my cake and eat it too though.
Will update after this weekend with pictures. Trying homemade preload and drill/tap caps for air valves first. That way if I destroy the caps I can fall back on the fleebay caps with preload adj.