Hi everyone!
I have an 03' R6 for my race bike. I've had problems with my front forks since I got it. Their suppose to have Ohlins internals, but couldn't tell when changing the fork oil last. When they are both set the same for comp and rebound, when off of the bike, when you push down on them you can REALLY tell that they are not working the same. Both spring rate bebound and compression feel way different. One may be bent since the bike was a race bike when I got it and said to have been crashed 3 times. Sooo, I'm getting a used set of stock forks. Can anyone please tell me what I should get for them (springs, valves, oil weight, ect.). My first race is in May so I need them done before then. I'm 6 foot, 175 pounds in normal clothing and run 1:16 at BHF. I also have a Ohlins clicker shock in the back.
Thanks!!!
Well, maybe one needs to start at the origin. Are you sure you changed the fork oil that it was done correctly? If air was in the cartridge or the oil height was different between the two, you'd have problems like you talk about. Why not spend the money you'd drop on forks to have these done up correctly by someone that builds/rebuilds motorcycle road racing suspension?
I had the oil changed by a certified Race Tech suspension mechanic, so hopefully they did them correctly. When I first brought them in you could see a very slight ding in the upper tube near the lower clamp. Also, I noticed that on one fork if you turned the boot it would actually unscrew and the fork would become longer. Apparently something on the bottom of that fork he said wasn't right. I also thought he said the washer stacks didn't seem right or different in some way between the two???
Super Dave, you and Scott actually spent some time adjusting my suspension at your race school this summer in June. I had mentioned that when I was fast and hard in a corner, the front end would start to oscillate back and forth. If you remember the black R6 that had no rebound in the forks and had to have them set at fully stiff. You had said that there was something not right with them and to get the oil changed in them and I did... thats when I noticed the difference in them and they still needed to be at fully stiff to slow them down after the oil change.
Scotty's in the suspension business now. Honestly, I'd go to him. He's been able to do things like that for himself before, but now it's business. I'm not going to knock "Race Tech Certification" per se, but it's not a substitute for just doing it all the time rather than a "value added service". That make sense?
I can do work to my stuff too, but there comes a time where I just take it to someone I trust above and beyond just a certification. I need some back ground experience with them to be comfortable.