Re: [St] Fork service/Race Tech

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is interesting is that when this bike was new,
and bone stock, I felt it was sprung better, or at
least as good, as my totally tricked out Superhawk
(Penske in back, full Lindemann treatment up front). I
have put less than 10k on the SH since purchasing the
RS ( from about 20k to about 30k), and in that time
have gone from 0 to 20 k on the RS, and now it is
completley different. I will say I have never touched
the suspension settings, but even so, when it was new,
it was awesome right out of the box, to the point
where it needed no adjustment for when I was two up or
not. I even had friends ride it that did not believe
me. They believed me when they got off...

But it does sound like it is time to do something
now...

John


--- Jeremy Witt <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How are you surviving on stock springs??  At a plump
> 185 without gear, I easily overwhelmed the stock
> springs.  I spent about $96US on some Racetech .95k
> springs and a bit on 15W oil and it made a HUGE
> improvement.  I worked backwards on Racetech's site
> to see what weight the stock springs should match
> and the rider came out to something silly like 85
> lbs!  
>  
> Drop the springs in after draining the old soup and
> add the specified amount/level of 15W.  I left the
> preload adjusters about midway and still have not
> gotten "a round tuit" in regards to properly
> adjusting preload.  Still a big improvement.
>  
> YMMV, but not too much!
>  
> J
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
> John Ulizzi
> Sent: Fri 9/21/2007 2:14 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [St] Fork service/Race Tech
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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