Falco specific Ohlins remote pre load shock question
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:44 pm
How much adjustment should there be for the pre-load on one of the shocks? Anyone got one? Says nothing in the manual.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:12 pm
have got one and am not entirely sure. So pretty useless really.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:37 pm
No you haven't !Willopotomas wrote:have got one and am not entirely sure. So pretty useless really.
The Falco specific Ohlins has a vertically aligned reservoir and no ride-height adjustment. You don't tend to see many of them.
It's one of these:
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:05 am
I guess any remote pre-load adjustable Ohlins would have the same amount of adjustment?
Will ask around.
Will ask around.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:02 pm
Looks familiar...D-Rider wrote: The Falco specific Ohlins has a vertically aligned reservoir and no ride-height adjustment. You don't tend to see many of them.
It's one of these:
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:12 pm
Does yours have remote pre-load on it??
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:15 pm
Not aware that the Falco-specific ohlins came with one - though I think that it would probably be possible to fit one.Nooj wrote:Does yours have remote pre-load on it??
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:27 pm
Nope, it's the same as D's pic above.Nooj wrote:Does yours have remote pre-load on it??
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:30 am
You can fit remote preload to almost any Ohlins shock, it was (is) a separate option on most Ohlins shocks for years. Aprilia have (did) their own hydraulic preload adjuster as an option for the std blue spring Sachs shock (god knows why thoughD-Rider wrote:Not aware that the Falco-specific ohlins came with one - though I think that it would probably be possible to fit one.Nooj wrote:Does yours have remote pre-load on it??
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:02 am
Ah ok.. So I don't have one then.. It's just a bog standard Ohlins with remote thingy which I still have no idea what the total adjustment is..lol.. 
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:03 am
What are you looking for...preload range, ie: how much adjustment the remote adjuster has from top to bottom?
Or
How much space you have on the shock in order to fit the remote adjuster.
I am sure you know how to set the preload for your weight so i don't think that is what you are looking for.
Is this what you mean (This shock has a remote preload adjuster fitted)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/gsxr-600-k1-k2-k3 ... 35b3772cd7
Or
How much space you have on the shock in order to fit the remote adjuster.
I am sure you know how to set the preload for your weight so i don't think that is what you are looking for.
Is this what you mean (This shock has a remote preload adjuster fitted)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/gsxr-600-k1-k2-k3 ... 35b3772cd7
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:19 am
If you still have the same Ohlins that I fitted then you do have remote hydraulic preload adjustment. (it did have this fitted when I sold the bike to Gio anyway) I believe max preload available via the hydraulic adjuster was about 10-12mm if I remember correctlyWillopotomas wrote:Ah ok.. So I don't have one then.. It's just a bog standard Ohlins with remote thingy which I still have no idea what the total adjustment is..lol..
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:08 pm
Not bog-standard Will - the bog standard Mille Ohlins is the one I've got - you have the aftermarket Ohlins one for the Mille - hence the remote pre-load adjuster. Some say this is actually a better Ohlins shock but I've not investigated whether this is true.Willopotomas wrote:Ah ok.. So I don't have one then.. It's just a bog standard Ohlins with remote thingy which I still have no idea what the total adjustment is..lol..
Rich - it is the same one you fitted when you owned the bike.
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:50 pm
Having had a little play with will's shock I think it needs a refurb/service
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:13 pm
My humour is being wasted today I feel..lol..