rwthomas1
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Hello All,
ST1100's have a reputation for being softly sprung. Under hard braking, downhill on off-ramps, over bumps, I believe the forks are bottoming out. It's not a regular occurrence, but being 250lbs, and having 48K on the odo I'm sure isn't helping.
Is there a simple way to increase spring preload? In my old bike days it was a simple thing to add a PVC pipe spacer. I believe that will work on the left side fork, but not the cartridge side? I've looked at the manual, but it isn't entirely clear if it can be done easily. I used to do this with the forks installed, pop each cap off, install the spacers and go ride. I'm guessing it's not that simple, and cannot be done with the forks installed?
Understand I'm planning to go through the forks and rest of suspension this winter. New springs, etc. So this is just a temporary fix to get through the season.....
Thanks, RT
ST1100's have a reputation for being softly sprung. Under hard braking, downhill on off-ramps, over bumps, I believe the forks are bottoming out. It's not a regular occurrence, but being 250lbs, and having 48K on the odo I'm sure isn't helping.
Is there a simple way to increase spring preload? In my old bike days it was a simple thing to add a PVC pipe spacer. I believe that will work on the left side fork, but not the cartridge side? I've looked at the manual, but it isn't entirely clear if it can be done easily. I used to do this with the forks installed, pop each cap off, install the spacers and go ride. I'm guessing it's not that simple, and cannot be done with the forks installed?
Understand I'm planning to go through the forks and rest of suspension this winter. New springs, etc. So this is just a temporary fix to get through the season.....
Thanks, RT