You need fork oil, I use regular transmission fluid myself. But that is your issue, low fork oil you loose your damping. Like a coil spring/shock suspension on a car, if the shock is bad, it will bounce easy.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2015, at 1:03 AM, Simon Ehrlich <[email protected]> wrote: > > So my 83 cb60sc Nighthawk has some issues, mainly one hell of a loose cam > chain rattle, but nothing dangerous (right?) except for a super divey front > suspension. For one, its pretty obvious that my TRAC anti-dive system is > non-functional. changing it has no effect on the travel rate or distance > during braking or just forced compression. Now after reading lots of opinions > on our old honda forks being soft, it seems everyone agrees on replacing the > oem springs with progressive springs. > So today I finally got around to swapping the new progressive springs in. > With the bike on the center stand, and some blocks of wood keeping the weight > off the front, I opened the forks, removed the spacer, washer, and spring. > The instructions that came with the springs said to cut the spacer down to > 1.25" which I did for both, then installed springs, washer, and spacer. I put > them back together without doing anything to the fluid, because I'm planning > on doing a multi bike fork overhaul in a couple weeks when I have seals for > both my 700s and 650. > > So new springs in, I get the bike off the center stand so I can test the new > feel. Turns out, it made almost no difference. Still dives hard under > braking, still compresses easily if I put my weight into them. I'm not a big > guy, 5'10" 165, and I have no problem getting these to compress quite far. I > was under the impression even without doing anything else, without air in the > tubes, that these springs would seriously stiffen things up. > > What did I do wrong here? Should I have left the spacer at full length? I > have not seen any in depth spring replacement write ups for the 83-85 650, > can anyone link one? I have seen fork overhauls for the 700s but I was told > by a old mechanic just to pop off the top, and install the springs, since I > don't have a leak. Any insights are appreciated! > > Simon > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <IMG_20150329_111016909_HDR.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
