AER48 Spring Conversion?

mike546 wrote:

First off I'm a 56 year old vet MX rider. I have a 17 450SXF that I have only put about three hours on because of...

First off I'm a 56 year old vet MX rider. I have a 17 450SXF that I have only put about three hours on because of the upstate NY weather. I'm happy with the AER forks but always looking for the most comfort. Has anyone done either the Racetech or FC/WP spring conversion. I would also be interested in your thoughts on going with Cone Valve or Ohlins complete forks. I would say I'm a slower B rider on a good day and I'm looking for whatever will beat me up the least. Coming off of a 15 with the 4CS the ARE are a major improvement. I did a search but only found a few threads.
Thanks
Mike

Motofinne wrote:

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork...

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork. You could actually feel that the bike turned way different to the left compared to the right. I think it was the worst fork set up i have ever had so i removed it after a few hours of testing and went back to the stock air cartridge.

If you really want a spring fork on the bike you should go with the Öhlins cartridge or the WP CV cartridge. Or the full forks but that is of course more expensive.

Motofinne wrote:

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork...

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork. You could actually feel that the bike turned way different to the left compared to the right. I think it was the worst fork set up i have ever had so i removed it after a few hours of testing and went back to the stock air cartridge.

If you really want a spring fork on the bike you should go with the Öhlins cartridge or the WP CV cartridge. Or the full forks but that is of course more expensive.

BobPA wrote:

That sounds like it might be in your head. Shouldn't the giant exhaust system on the right have balanced everything out?

Motofinne wrote:

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork...

I did the K-tech spring conversion and it was horrible. The balance of the front end was horrible because of the weight on the left fork. You could actually feel that the bike turned way different to the left compared to the right. I think it was the worst fork set up i have ever had so i removed it after a few hours of testing and went back to the stock air cartridge.

If you really want a spring fork on the bike you should go with the Öhlins cartridge or the WP CV cartridge. Or the full forks but that is of course more expensive.

BobPA wrote:

That sounds like it might be in your head. Shouldn't the giant exhaust system on the right have balanced everything out?

Motofinne wrote:

Nope. The front end slowly turned to the left when i had the bike on a stand and the front wheel in the air. It really...

Nope. The front end slowly turned to the left when i had the bike on a stand and the front wheel in the air. It really was noticeable.

So i would not do a single side spring conversion for the AER fork. I would go with the Öhlins cartridge/complete fork or the WP CV cartridge/complete fork.