flamepainter78
Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi, I put my 40mm forks on today. how far out of the triple clamp on top do you guys start with 1" 1.5" ect. Thanks Doug.
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
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Thanks for your patience and support!
40mm forks
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Husqvarna
fran...k.
Husqvarna
AA Class
I suppose most of the riders here are track oriented and experiment with things like how far to stick out the fork tubes. I geneally put them flush across the top. Upon measuring the distance the distance from the top of the tire to the bottom of the fender it came out close to the 11.8 inches or so listed in the manual for fork travel. I would suggest making sure the wheel doesn't contact the fender before going an inch or so. An o ring, sting or zip tie on the fork tube to see how far the forks actually compress is common. I believe there is an 1983 owners manual on here you might download and see if there is a paragraph or two about this.
Fran
Fran
I have heard that you can check your height by letting the forks go all the way down and then checking to make sure tire is not hitting... Kindof like what Fran is saying... then play with it to see where it feels best...
Putting the tubes flush would definitely rake it out .. would be great for a high speed track but poor for a track with tight turns.
T
Putting the tubes flush would definitely rake it out .. would be great for a high speed track but poor for a track with tight turns.
T
mr stainless
Husqvarna
A Class
personally i'm a short arse and so mine stick through as far as i can ...
NFG
Husqvarna
AA Class
Standard set-up for me on almost all my bikes is to lower the front as much as posible. I love a bike that will turn hard and give me the best traction it can. It is a trade off sometimes between tank slappers vs quick turn in. Personal taste. Husky will be set up that way as soon as I change my fork seals and oil. She weeps right now so I will be getting on it sooner than later.