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Ohlins front end on falco and ready too pick up

He mentioned that there is little lock on steering I knew there wasn't full range ie no steering lock.

anyone done the same and how much lock is there???

he may be overexaggerating it over the phone

cheers in advance

scottyni wrote:Ohlins front end on falco and ready too pick up

He mentioned that there is little lock on steering I knew there wasn't full range ie no steering lock.

anyone done the same and how much lock is there???

he may be overexaggerating it over the phone

cheers in advance

No lock

Absolutely no difference between stock and my Ohlins

Methinks he's talking bollocks

has been mentioned that you lose the steering lock.

on a course but will try see the bike tomorrow and have a look for myself.

i'm using everything mille for the setup

I'm not sure how it's possible to lose lock? Unless there's a steering damper which is a tad too short for the job? For forks I just can't see how steering can possibly be effected, your triples will be the same...
Just to be clear, I'm running standard suspension but I've had forks out bikes countless times. Therefore, it's possible I'm wrong but can't see how.

When I did mid I found that with the RSVR clipons the brake master hit the clock bracket before the steering lock could engage. I swapped them out for shimmed falco bar and problem solved

No damper

Mille r yokes and clips

You can take the bar of the ressy and that cures that.
As said I not seen bike yet as it was done while on holiday and course till wed.

If comes too it will shim falco clips

Errr I think we're talking the lock it up steering lock - not the how far you can turn the bars steering lock.

IF you use the yokes from a GenII RSVR-Factory then you will find that the steering lock no longer aligns with the hole and the pin is not long enough to engage in the hole once you have made it line up.

Of course both of these things are solvable - I've done so on my Falco with Ohlins forks and GenII RSVR-Factory yokes.

You need some spacers to get the alignment right (a stack of washers does the job) and you need to lengthen the steering lock pin (drill the pin, tap it and screw in a bolt with a tall enough head to engage in the hole - loctite it in place of course).

Easy peasy

Gen1 yokes on ohlins forks and there is no issue at all - the steering lock fits fine.

So putting Ohlins on is a pain then ?

flatlander wrote:So putting Ohlins on is a pain then ?

Nope .... but don't think it's going to transform the bike.

The Ohlins shock swap does transform it as the standard shock is rubbish but the standard forks are good so swapping to Ohlins at the front is an improvement but not a quantum leap

D-Rider wrote:

flatlander wrote:So putting Ohlins on is a pain then ?

Nope .... but don't think it's going to transform the bike.

The Ohlins shock swap does transform it as the standard shock is rubbish but the standard forks are good so swapping to Ohlins at the front is an improvement but not a quantum leap

I thought that but he says "little lock on steering".

My apologies, clearly got the wrong end of the stick... Thought we were talking side to side rather than the actual steering lock.

My bad.

anzacinexile wrote:

D-Rider wrote:

flatlander wrote:So putting Ohlins on is a pain then ?

Nope .... but don't think it's going to transform the bike.

The Ohlins shock swap does transform it as the standard shock is rubbish but the standard forks are good so swapping to Ohlins at the front is an improvement but not a quantum leap

I thought that but he says "little lock on steering".

Yeah I noticed that but came to the conclusion that there was a bit of miscommunication or the chap on the far end of the phone had the wrong end of the stick.

The lock it up steering lock is the only interpretation that makes any sense as the how far you move the bars stuff doesn't change.

Just too clarify........

Gen1. Mille/ohlins.

What's he said is there is little steering....ie lock to lock is reduced. As said. He may be over exaggerating..not know until I see it myself

scottyni wrote:Just too clarify........

Gen1. Mille/ohlins.

What's he said is there is little steering....ie lock to lock is reduced. As said. He may be over exaggerating..not know until I see it myself

Well as D said, there is no geometry difference between the models w/r to the yokes so although my Ohlins are in Falco yokes, I can confirm that the steering still goes from stop to stop. i.e. exactly the same amount of steering pre and post Ohlins

cheers anz

will have good look when I can get down for bike, hopefully tomorrow if course finishes early!