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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Suspension and Handling Upgrades
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 161118" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Very interesting and thanks for letting us all know the results of scientific testing. I wonder whether the results for the front are due to the original girdrauic geometry. This means that the wheel has to go forwards when deflecting upwards over a bump before it starts to go backwards. It is this problem which causes the front suspension to lock up when braking hard with the bike trying to ride up over the front end. If you are in a position to repeat these tests then I would be prepared to LEND you a JE steering stem, the different springs and the brackets to allow you to fit the same hydraulic steering damper to the new stem. I will pay postage from here and all I ask is that the parts are returned in as new condition and that you let us all know the results.</p><p>The amount of steering damping you use is interesting. Most people who have them use a few clicks up from the softest setting but there is one very experienced Vincenteer who uses the system at about half the full setting. He finds that better for him on his Shadow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 161118, member: 456"] Very interesting and thanks for letting us all know the results of scientific testing. I wonder whether the results for the front are due to the original girdrauic geometry. This means that the wheel has to go forwards when deflecting upwards over a bump before it starts to go backwards. It is this problem which causes the front suspension to lock up when braking hard with the bike trying to ride up over the front end. If you are in a position to repeat these tests then I would be prepared to LEND you a JE steering stem, the different springs and the brackets to allow you to fit the same hydraulic steering damper to the new stem. I will pay postage from here and all I ask is that the parts are returned in as new condition and that you let us all know the results. The amount of steering damping you use is interesting. Most people who have them use a few clicks up from the softest setting but there is one very experienced Vincenteer who uses the system at about half the full setting. He finds that better for him on his Shadow. [/QUOTE]
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