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Andy7
3/6/2018 12:52pm
3/6/2018 12:52pm
Hi guys, pretty sure many of you have thought about this. I have a PC link on my KXF 450, with the forks on the second line and it helped the bike a lot,in my opinion. However,I was talking to a suspension tuner about re-valving my suspension and he told that the link was harming the bike. He also told me that new gen chasis(2010 or newer of any bike) shouldn't have the forks slid soo up in the clamps. Does he know a lot and I actually ruined a perfect handling bike? Are re-valves really necessary or they are not the way to go? Moreover,I see a lot of people changing triple clamps with ones with less offset (and I strongly believe that this helps cornering) BUT, why does this contradict the theory as more trail should improve stability and make cornering more difficult?
Ride a bike for 10 hours stock so you can figure out how it works for you. If your wanting to mod it, do one at a time so you can feel the effects, otherwise you won't know how one mod is effecting the other.
Often tuners like to swap stuff like linlages and shock piston to remove variables and shorten their testing time, plus, it makes them extra income from the sale of the parts.
Sometimes bikes have flaws that can't be dialed in my regular valving, springs etc.
Sometimes people will insist that half of the components need replacing so they can make sales.
Very often, aftermarket parts don't fit that well, or mess up something else on the bike. E.g. a new pipe may not work with stock mapping.
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