Motorcycles
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@SFMCfranky Such a cool story.
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@SFMCfranky The good bikes never truly leaving the circle is the best part!
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@SFMCfranky This is why I love this thread! Thanks for sharing and enjoy the ride
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@94atromero hell yeah! You go +6?
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@WhiskeySandwich Not quite. I used the tracker die extended damper rods with gained me about 3.5" and cut the rebound spring an inch. So i think im around +4.5"ish.
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@94atromero interesting, I havent heard of that solution to extend forks. So those are factory tubes just pushed to the end (internally)? You had to cut the springs to reinstall the caps? Sorry for picking your brain, i'm just curious. No spacers on top then i imagine?
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@WhiskeySandwich No worries, I love talking about this stuff. So yes, they are the factory tubes pushed up. This is the extended damper rod vs the stock one. Also a benefit is the added fork travel provided.
Then i cut the top out spring underneath the damper rod head which gained me an additional inch. I hadnt seen anyone do this either, but i know the racetech kits come with a 1" top out spring so i wasnt too worried.
Due to cutting the lower top out spring i actually had to add an additional 1" spacer on top of the main spring.
Up next I will probably do the racetech valve emulators though to get better performance out of the setup all around.
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@94atromero That seems like a good solution. I see a couple tradeoffs between that and extended tubes. Those are probably cheaper than tubes, but still require the same fork rebuild. I like that it gets you more travel, but seems like it'd reduce the 'overlap' of the tubes within the sliders, putting a little lateral leverage on the openings of the slider? but maybe a fork brace would help with that? The problem with extended tubes is it just mounts the trees further up and its basically a spacer. I guess both options are better than the extended fork caps...
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From last Thursday at the Club:
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@Choko Thats awesome
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@Choko Doesn't get much better.
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Meet Bloke - the Sgt. at Arms of the San Jose Dons MC. He’s originally from the East Midlands. Nottingham to be more precise. I previously posted a snap of his bike in front of our clubhouse. Now here he is with it at a Bar-B-Que at my place in Sonoma.
To my eyes he has the look of a man who’d be handy in a bar fight. The kind of man who knows how to deliver a decent head butt. He’s a great friend of the Club and I’ve never seen him act anything but the proper gentleman. Still, he has that look
.PS: His actual name is Harold. A fine English name, if you ask me.
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Over the weekend in San Francisco.
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This past weekend I went up north island and rode more of the V.I. 1000. I camped in Side Bay, which isn’t on the route, but I couldn’t resist. Great mix of off-road riding conditions that pushed me out of my comfort zone a few times. Side Bay was definitely the highlight of the trip as it was remote and beautiful. Camped right on the beach and the new sleeping pad I bought was so comfortable. I still have more to complete on the route and should be able to knock out the rest over a couple of weekends. The last map is what I have ridden so far …
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@SFMCfranky Mrs NickD is from very near Nottingham and we live about 30 miles away from there. Does he still have a Notts accent?
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