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knocking at front end.

Nordland said:
Very interesting...

I also heard this type of knocking noise coming from the front of my Terra, kind of cklicking or ratteling and i was afraid of something broken.

Had several phone calls to the dealer i bought the bike from. He tested some brand new Terras and Stradas in his show room. All this bikes made this clicking/knocking noise when compressing/rebounding the fork.

So i made call to the german importer of husqvarna. He also tested his brand new Terras... after testing six bikes his result was that all of them make this special noise.

A few weeks after this call i made an appointmend with a husky dealer specialised on shock equipment, because i wanted to know what the cause of this noise is.
He was testing an hearing more than one hour at my Terra.
His result: When compressing/rebounding the fork the springs are beating minimal to the inner fork tube.
His phone call to the importeur gave the same result, nearly every Terra/Strade is making this special noise.

All of them told me that this is nothing to worry about... so i will trust in this statement.

Until now everything works fine, no leaks, no loose... seems to be only an unpleasant thing.
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awesome. thanks!!!
 
Nordland said:
Very interesting...

I also heard this type of knocking noise coming from the front of my Terra, kind of cklicking or ratteling and i was afraid of something broken.

Had several phone calls to the dealer i bought the bike from. He tested some brand new Terras and Stradas in his show room. All this bikes made this clicking/knocking noise when compressing/rebounding the fork.

So i made call to the german importer of husqvarna. He also tested his brand new Terras... after testing six bikes his result was that all of them make this special noise.

A few weeks after this call i made an appointmend with a husky dealer specialised on shock equipment, because i wanted to know what the cause of this noise is.
He was testing an hearing more than one hour at my Terra.
His result: When compressing/rebounding the fork the springs are beating minimal to the inner fork tube.
His phone call to the importeur gave the same result, nearly every Terra/Strade is making this special noise.

All of them told me that this is nothing to worry about... so i will trust in this statement.

Until now everything works fine, no leaks, no loose... seems to be only an unpleasant thing.
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Maybe I'm just skeptical, but BMW maintains there was no problem with the early F650 forks. And they still stick by their story.

Read http://www.f650gs.crossroadz.com.au/FFList.html

What may seem to be an innocent clunk may not be so innocent a couple years from now. This is a one year model. What other bikes use this front fork? Is it time tested as durable? Will it get swept under the rug like the airbox or rear fender issue?
 
Hopefully in about six months I will send my suspension off to Konflict Motorsports to have his fork conversion and a rear shock done.
 
mag00 said:
Maybe I'm just skeptical, but BMW maintains there was no problem with the early F650 forks. And they still stick by their story.

Read http://www.f650gs.crossroadz.com.au/FFList.html

What may seem to be an innocent clunk may not be so innocent a couple years from now. This is a one year model. What other bikes use this front fork? Is it time tested as durable? Will it get swept under the rug like the airbox or rear fender issue?
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Now you know what they did with all the failed ones!
 
Baddrapp said:
Hopefully in about six months I will send my suspension off to Konflict Motorsports to have his fork conversion and a rear shock done.
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I was quoted $1500 for the front forks. I want to do this too. Any word on what the cost is and what they will do to the rear shock?
 
Baddrapp said:
Hopefully in about six months I will send my suspension off to Konflict Motorsports to have his fork conversion and a rear shock done.
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do tell good sir! what's the plan, end result, cost, benefit... give us the details! when I bought my terra i thought, maybe one day i'd swap forks, swing arms, rear shock, hmmm... it CAN be done??? great news!
 
drzcharlie said:
I was quoted $1500 for the front forks. I want to do this too. Any word on what the cost is and what they will do to the rear shock?
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for that much, couldn't you just swap in another set off some wrecked bike? what would be a good swap? off a big heavy dirt bike. Id like the travel, but obviously my terra is no lightweight!
 
He does the Shiver fork conversion. It adds a modern cartridge with adjustable compression and rebound, increases the rod diameter, machines the lower fork lugs to accept compression adjustment. He then valves the forks for your ability and terrain. He has really good reviews on another websites. For the rear he carries the Touratech shocks with his own valving.
 
My TR's front got sorted for $300 including new springs. The rear got totally re-done and now is servicable, maybe cica $800. The front isn't adjustable and might have over done the spring preload by just a hair. But it is absolutely fantastic. Having adjustment is a great thing, but not necessary if you can get it tuned properly and if I want that preload backed off I'll get it done at a service.
I also think and pretty sure that the clicking was caused by the cheap valving and not by spring side slap as descibed by some dealer/import people (book of excuses if you ask me, just like when they say arrrh thats strange never had one of them do that before!) For most of you the secret will be some valve magic alone, as the oem springs are rated pretty well for the job, even for my FA. I needed heavier springs mainly due to the Safari tank on board.
Wish I could help out more but you all should track down a suspension tuner that can think for themselves and outside of the box for some R&D.
If your in Oz the best bet will be Pro Moto Suspension because Ian has it already sorted.

Cheers,

Q
 
RacerAV said:
couldn't you just swap in another set off some wrecked bike? what would be a good swap? off a big heavy dirt bike!
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$s and immortality in the community to someone that happen to find front forks of the other bike that fits 46 mm dia. (so no WP, no Showa, no Wilbers), that fits a big bike (so no small Mx Kawasakis that use 46mm). I've heard that older Hondas CR 500 used that dia (Kayaba), but it has significantly more travel and I dont know if that would be a problem that can be solved. I'm yet to hear someone fitting ready-made rear suspension too.

I believe it takes someone having access to wide range of shocks/suspensions.
 
Did anyone ever figure the cause of this front end noise. My strada used to make a clunk noise when backing and then hitting the front brake. Never thought much about it. Tonight I was idling around in the field behind my house and could hear the clunking coming from the front end. Back into the garage and I can replicate the noise by giving a quick yank on the bars. I can't tell if its coming from the forks or the steering stem bearings. Has anyone else tore it down to figure it out?
 
Thanks! That's what I figured. I took my wife's stethoscope out to the garage a few minutes ago and it was the loudest when I put it on the fork tube caps. Guess I wont worry about it.
 
A member in the german husqvarna forum told me, that it is a socket in the fork that causes this noise, seemingly manufacturing tolerances.
His dealer changed this socket, but after about 10.000 km the noise came again. Now this socket ist actually not available.
He was also told that it is nothing to worry about.
 
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