Progressive springs

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zoidberg · #1 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:03 pm

Anyone fit em? What's involved etc ta

#2 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:26 pm

Yup. Really rate Hyperpro progressive springs for forks. Not so sure about the worth of them on the shock. With most kits you get springs, oil and full instructions - or at least you did with the Falco Hyperpros I bought about 5 years ago. I also had a set of gold valves fitted to my Showa forks at the same time, and the combination of the two completely transformed the front end feel.

You probably could get away with leaving the forks in the yokes if you had a headstock front stand, but I'd recommend getting the fork legs out and doing a proper job. I'd also flush the forks out (if you're not dismantling them completely) to get rid of the grey-black gunge that accumulates over time.

zoidberg · #3 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:23 pm

Cheers Mango got myself a pair for 35 quids.
Hopefully worth it.

#4 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:27 pm

What make are they? And is it just springs or springs and oil? £35 seems a steal, to be honest.

zoidberg · #5 Post by **zoidberg** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 9:41 pm

Hagon.
Springs only. Oil is about £20 I think

blinkey501 · #6 Post by **blinkey501** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:38 am

I have had progressive springs fitted to the futura.
Revs fitted them and this really firmed things up. I like them.
The springs you have bought are they suited to your weight.

zoidberg · #7 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:50 am

Tbh. I don't know. I will check when they arrive. If there poop they'll be offered for sale here for what I paid for them.

Ta.

wayno · #8 Post by **wayno** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:24 am

Were these the ones from ebay listed recently? I bought his smoked taillight and footpeg adjusters (although it turns out these are risers and not a lowering kit

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zoidberg · #9 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:45 am

That's them. I bid on em and forgot about em til I had an email telling me I'd won.

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:13 am

blinkey501 wrote:I have had progressive springs fitted to the future.

Have they made things a bit tense (or several tenses at once) ?

zoidberg · #11 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:49 am

zoidberg · #12 Post by **zoidberg** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:42 pm

ok, so can anyone tell me how to replace the springs before i dive in?
Ie any special tools?

zoidberg · #13 Post by **zoidberg** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:02 am

Never mind. Just read the manual and it'll be a job for the bike shop in winter.

MartDude · #14 Post by **MartDude** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:56 am

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.co.uk/ ... essor-tool

IIRC, there are some threads on AF1 about fork servicing/disassembly

zoidberg · #15 Post by **zoidberg** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:00 am

thanks but, by the time i've bought the tool i could have had the bike shop replce them for me.

no point in buying a tool i'll use once