• Hi everyone,

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Anyone tried the adjustable preload fork caps?

I don't see any bleeders either. Not worth giving up damping adjustment and ability to bleed the forks just for preload adjustment. I can do that with washers on the spring seat.
 
My priority is to change the springs. Anybody knows the exact sizing? Cant find any dedicated springs out there...
 
Mike-AK said:
I don't see any bleeders either. Not worth giving up damping adjustment and ability to bleed the forks just for preload adjustment. I can do that with washers on the spring seat.
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You do know you are in the TR650 section, right?

We ain't got dookie for adjustments or bleeding on the front forks.
This gizmo at least seems to provide us with preload.
 
Just take off the caps, remove the springs, and drop some preload washers down over the damping rod. They will float down to the bottom and settle on top of the spring seat. Do one at a time on both sides until you get the preload you want. A lot cheaper than some fancy cap, and just as effective. Make sure you use steel so you can remove them with one of those extendable magnet doohickey things.
 
I didn't order any they are on Fleabay and say they are for the tr650... I have used PVC pipe in multiple bike to add preload everything from a KLR down to small Hondas ... I just was wondering if anyone had bought some yet... At $100 and easy to adjust it's almost worth not having to guess on spacer length and do it 5 or 6 times to get it right ...
 
If you check out the fleabay listing carefully..you will see that they are not in fact for our bikes !! They are for the CF Moto 650R (A Chinese model).
 
If they work the advantage would be huge IMO.
To be able to quickly adjust the front when the bike gets loaded for camping /multiday rides.
 
mario33 said:
My priority is to change the springs. Anybody knows the exact sizing? Cant find any dedicated springs out there...
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There are none that I'm aware of,however you can have a set made for about the same price as you would normally pay.I have the specs at home if I can remember to look them up.

I went thru Alex Martins @ Konflict Motorsports to get mine,nice guy and seems to know his stuff.

For reference I'm at 235 lbs and we ended up with .8kg springs in the forks.I need to experiment with the oil levels a bit before I'm sure they are right,but they are a vast improvement over the stock springs.
 
big-t said:
I went thru Alex Martins @ Konflict Motorsports to get mine,nice guy and seems to know his stuff.

For reference I'm at 235 lbs and we ended up with .8kg springs in the forks.I need to experiment with the oil levels a bit before I'm sure they are right,but they are a vast improvement over the stock springs.
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Are they progressive springs?
 
My WXC250 96 husky had Showa forks with stock spring preload adjusters. this should be stock on every bike. made a noticeable difference.
 
big-t said:
For reference I'm at 235 lbs
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Thats roughly like myself. :cheers: Original springs are very much undersprung for my needs. I switched those on my F800gs and it made a tremendous difference. Eager to do the same to my Terra.

big-t said:
I have the specs at home if I can remember to look them up.
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I would be very much grateful for specs as I would like to seek them locally. Not willing to pay ridiculous postage from US for such heavy items.
 
mario33 said:
Thats roughly like myself. :cheers: Original springs are very much undersprung for my needs. I switched those on my F800gs and it made a tremendous difference. Eager to do the same to my Terra.


I would be very much grateful for specs as I would like to seek them locally. Not willing to pay ridiculous postage from US for such heavy items.
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Sorry to take so long.

40.6 mm OD
400 mm length

I'm thinking a .78kg spring might be the perfect spring for my 235lbs but still need to lower the oil level a little more before final judgment.
 
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