The Race-Tech fork tool is available in the UK (can't remember where from), but it ain't cheap - about £140 I think. You'd need to do a lot of forking (or be desperate) to make the cost worthwhile.mangocrazy wrote:Hi Mart,
That's excellent; certainly gives a very good idea of what steps to take and what special tools are likely to be needed. I'm just wondering how easy or difficult it would be to make up a copy of the Race-Tech fork spring compressor. That looks a handy tool.
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Quite so. But seeing as it mainly appears to be some box section steel, I'd fancy getting a copy made for a lot less...MartDude wrote:The Race-Tech fork tool is available in the UK (can't remember where from), but it ain't cheap - about £140 I think. You'd need to do a lot of forking (or be desperate) to make the cost worthwhile.
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Is that travel from rest, or from fully extended? I would have thought the 125mm would be from fully extended to fully compressed, so you can't use it all on compression only as you need some of it for extension when going over a rise. 25-30mm, is that your travel from load (i.e. the bike under static sag only)?mangocrazy wrote:I'm with back_marker, 10mm free travel is about right; 25-30mm is excessive. I mean - Aprilia gave us 125mm travel, why not use it all (or nearly all)?
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125mm is Aprilia's quoted figure for front fork free travel (i.e. total possible suspension movement from full extended to fully compressed).
My 25-30mm figure is the amount of unused travel; i.e. the amount of fork slider visible beneath the tie-wrap I have wrapped around the fork leg. I would expect a figure of around 10mm unused travel, bit others reckon that 25-30mm is acceptable.
My 25-30mm figure is the amount of unused travel; i.e. the amount of fork slider visible beneath the tie-wrap I have wrapped around the fork leg. I would expect a figure of around 10mm unused travel, bit others reckon that 25-30mm is acceptable.
These links no longer workMartDude wrote:Here's a step-by-step guide to dismantling/re-assembling the Futura's Showa forks - courtesy of Pat's Futura site *
Don't know if the Falco forks differ significantly
http://mcnamee.tzo.net/motorcycle/futur ... index.html
* http://www.apriliafutura.co.uk/index.shtml
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