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Re: [St] Fork service/Race Tech



John,

Thanks for your input. Yeah, I bought a pair of Storms
and a pair of 021s based on the last tire thread I
started and you were a part of... I put the Storms on
my Superhawk and love them, havent ridden the RS with
the 021s yet. If they fall short, I will put Storms on
both...


--- JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 02:14 PM 9/21/2007, you wrote:
> 
> >Well, the deeper I look, the more questions I have.
> I
> >have been fighting with handling issues on this
> bike
> >for a season and a half now. At first I thought it
> was
> >my choice of tires. Ran several sets of stock 020s
> and
> >loved 'em. Got a deal on several pairs of 014s,
> dont
> >like them at all. Now the bike has 21k on the
> clock, a
> >good portion of those two up. Fork service has not
> yet
> >ever been done. Considering fork service shortly,
> was
> >quoted $325 from local dealer. Wondering if I
> should
> >also look to replace springs at the same time with
> >something a little stouter. I'm 6'1" about 230,
> >without gear. I am guessing the springs dont just
> >"drop in", so adding them after the fork fluid
> service
> >is prolly not an option, if I want to save
> >money/labor. Opinions please...
> >
> >John
> 
> Well you are definitely in the over 100 class of
> person when you look 
> at the target physiology that bikes are designed
> for.
> I would add heavier springs and get the fork
> serviced at the same time.
> This is not race track tuning where you want to
> evaluate the change 
> that each variable makes.
> look into the fork oil, maybe some gold valves or
> the like for your 
> forks while you are in there!
> 
> Oh yeah and I recommend the Avon Storms. I have them
> on my VFR and love them.
> 
> 
> JohnS
> A Dragon Ascending
> "Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"
> 
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