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Feb 22, 2012 | 10:22 AM

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Wranghondo

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From: Central WA./BFE

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Originally Posted by script

Thank you wrango, I felt like this was going no where. blacken, u have your solution with the spacers, you could also go with a heavier weight oil, f3 front end gsxr front end, lose weight, cut off a leg, yoga, ride from the passengers seat, and another number of things. Hope this helps.

I used an old MXer trick, I mixed ATF with 50 weight oil 50/50. The ATF prevents foaming and the 50 weight, well, it does what 50 weight does! Lol! Haven't ridden it yet but they already feel stiffer. Of course it's still rather cool(40s) around here.

Feb 22, 2012 | 10:34 AM

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74demon

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From: socal 949/951

if the front end sags an inch from full extension with rider, thats about right. look in the manual to see what your preload sag is supposed to be. i think its around 30mm, which is just over an inch. any more than that, you will need to put in spacers to set the preload or replace the springs with stiffer ones for your weight. checking/changing/upgrading you fork oil is a good thing to do anyway.