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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #15 - 09/28/13 at 04:53:02

WD wrote on 09/26/13 at 21:31:46:

20 weight oil? Pfff... needs at least 40 weight, I'm likely to try GL1 85W once mine is going again, since a springer is way outside of my current budget.

I've used 20 wt fork oil in my stock forks before and liked the FEEL of it. Did you use 80 wt in your forks ? If so, what was the difference in FEEL ?
Drilling out the holes in the damper rods will be a new step but I want to try it to see what difference will be. I have spare rods so can return to stock if I don't like the change.

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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #16 - 09/28/13 at 07:44:33

LANCER wrote on 09/28/13 at 04:53:02:

I've used 20 wt fork oil in my stock forks before and liked the FEEL of it. Did you use 80 wt in your forks ? If so, what was the difference in FEEL ?
Drilling out the holes in the damper rods will be a new step but I want to try it to see what difference will be. I have spare rods so can return to stock if I don't like the change.

If you like the higher wt. oil, then you want more damping.
Drilling out the holes will reduce damping, thus needing even thicker oil.

I'd like to get my hands on a cartridge emulator.

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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #17 - 09/28/13 at 08:44:13

verslagen1 wrote on 09/28/13 at 07:44:33:

LANCER wrote on 09/28/13 at 04:53:02:

I've used 20 wt fork oil in my stock forks before and liked the FEEL of it. Did you use 80 wt in your forks ? If so, what was the difference in FEEL ?
Drilling out the holes in the damper rods will be a new step but I want to try it to see what difference will be. I have spare rods so can return to stock if I don't like the change.

If you like the higher wt. oil, then you want more damping.
Drilling out the holes will reduce damping, thus needing even thicker oil.

I'd like to get my hands on a cartridge emulator.

YEP...emulator; I want to try as well.
Q ? does drilling just decrease dampening or will it increase responsiveness as well ?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #18 - 09/28/13 at 09:13:57 http://www.racetech.com/page/title/Emulators Nowq, when someone come up with adjustable carb jets Ill be a Great MeeeeKanik!
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #19 - 09/28/13 at 10:30:22 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/28/13 at 09:13:57: http://www.racetech.com/page/title/Emulators Now, when someone come up with adjustable carb jets Ill be a Great MeeeeKanik! For the mid-high throttle range that is called a "Dial-a-jet".
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #20 - 09/28/13 at 10:49:00 LANCER wrote on 09/28/13 at 08:44:13: YEP...emulator; I want to try as well. Q ? does drilling just decrease dampening or will it increase responsiveness as well ? I don't know what the difference between the two would be. dampening will slow the slider motion down in our case motion up is the same as down.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #21 - 09/28/13 at 10:53:12 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/28/13 at 09:13:57: Nowq, when someone come up with adjustable carb jets Ill be a Great MeeeeKanik! see that knob on top... can you guess what's that for?
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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #22 - 09/28/13 at 13:29:51

But you can only get those for real carbs... not the craptastic paperweights that our bikes are shipped with.

Haven't put 85W in the Savage, have used it in several other metrics and Harleys over the years. I LOATHE hydraulic forks, squishy, brake diving, head shaking pieces of scrap metal. I'm 7/8 and change tempted to load my Savage fork legs with cement. The beat to death Betor/Ceriani CL77 (Honda 305 Scrambler) fork on my CL72 (248cc Scrambler) ex-TT racer is at least twice as stiff as the Savage fork. And the CL fork is worn out... Angry

I'd buy a springer if I could justify it, the 5 gallon bucket of GL-1 85wt was found under a foot of dust in the garage. You've seen my place...

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #23 - 09/28/13 at 14:50:18 No, Versy,, I had Nooo Ideer! Dudn matter now,, Mines Gone,, prolly couldnt afford it innyhoo..
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