Hey Paul, awhile back you posted a process for establishing fork spacer
length in one easy step. i have recently lost it off my server, could you
postit again. thanks.....steve
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From: Paul Sayegh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: Front Suspension - Static/Rider Height
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> TC wrote:
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> > OK,
> > I have a question for the suspension advantaged out there ...
>
> TC, keep this in mind (most people lose it here) Your spacers only effect
> the INITIAL load and does not change anything but the ride height. For
> some reason people seem to think it changes the spring rate. NOT TRUE!
>
> If your ride height (sag) is correct and you find that your suspension
> uses too much travel or dives excessivley and damping seems ok, you need
> to increase the SPRING RATE (stiffer springs). On the other hand if you
> don't use all your travel and your front end seems too lose, try a little
> heavier oil to increase damping(unless you are using emulators).
>
> To increase damping with emulators, you have to increase the adjustment on
> the emulator itself. Rebound damping is mainly controlled by the oil wt.
> Again, this is only with emulators
>
> You can try adding a little more oil in the forks. This does the same as
> increasing spring rate except only in the last portion of fork travel.
> You can increase air pressure, does the same thing to a degree but not as
> effective on the last portion of the fork travel.
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