Javier, If you cut the springs you raise their rates. Just putting in a longer spacer jacks up the front end height, and messes with the front/rear balance. If you use a longer spacer or more fork air you typically need to raise the forks in the tripple tree to compensate. Either way when you get the fork height set properly the bike will not fall into (too low), or pull out of (too high) a turn if you let go of the bars.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Allen, why the need to cut the springs? if you want more tension just make > the spacer longer with the spring as it. > As for springs goes, I have replaced those in my nighhawk and on the > cbr1000f with progressive. They are longer so the diving at brake is > reduced, and they feel much better over all. > > Javier. > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You can also cut the sprigs down a couple of twists and use a longer >> spacer to increase spring tension. But Kurt is right on the money stating >> that these old bikes are never going to feel like a modern sports bike. You >> just have to get comfortable going with the flow. If they wiggle a bit just >> ignore it, and don't push it as much on the next corner. >> >> Allen Thomas >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
