Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:31 pm
Why not try draining the damper and checking the viscosity of the oil in it and try a grade or two lighter.... how inexpensive is that... a few bucks...? Just to test ride you needn't re-gas with nitrogen, just air would do to try 'till you get an idea where abouts you want to be. If you put your adjusters to a mid-setting and try oils and springs 'till you're resonably happy then you can tweak the adjusters to fine-tune to your optimum requirements.
A softer spring is also a cheap thing to try as they are readily available from auto racing shops. They are industry standard 2 1/4" (58mm) ID springs and typically cost around $50. Even if it's not you're stock length (9") the spring platform can be adjusted a good way to suit and if you only use a 6" spring you can use a spacer to get the length up. You might even be able to 'borrow' some springs from a race team to try as they tend to have lots of different rates for different tracks/weather conditions.
Once you know what oil grade and spring rate you want you can then order a good quality, correct length, correct grade etc and finally gas it up with Nitrogen....
I am using a 404lb/in 6" Renton titanium spring but I have made a titanium shock body that is threaded all the way up the outside of the body so I don't need a spacer, the spring seat adjusts all the way up the body (the plastic sleeve has gone too).
A Ti spring has much more 'open' coils so you can use a much shorter spring and not get coil-bound on full compression.... I have some pics somewhere if you want to see what I mean....
A softer spring is also a cheap thing to try as they are readily available from auto racing shops. They are industry standard 2 1/4" (58mm) ID springs and typically cost around $50. Even if it's not you're stock length (9") the spring platform can be adjusted a good way to suit and if you only use a 6" spring you can use a spacer to get the length up. You might even be able to 'borrow' some springs from a race team to try as they tend to have lots of different rates for different tracks/weather conditions.
Once you know what oil grade and spring rate you want you can then order a good quality, correct length, correct grade etc and finally gas it up with Nitrogen....
I am using a 404lb/in 6" Renton titanium spring but I have made a titanium shock body that is threaded all the way up the outside of the body so I don't need a spacer, the spring seat adjusts all the way up the body (the plastic sleeve has gone too).
A Ti spring has much more 'open' coils so you can use a much shorter spring and not get coil-bound on full compression.... I have some pics somewhere if you want to see what I mean....