oahu hawk

Per recommendations from the forum, I had Race Tech .85s installed today.

Great improvement in the ride and much less dive under braking.

A side benefit has manifested itself also, the front is a smidge higher than before, which has relieved some of the pressure on my old arthritic hands...

drew_c14

Good stuff. Did you replace just the springs, or fluid as well?

oahu hawk

Fluid replaced also, 10w fork oil I believe...

drew_c14

Cool. I've always been a believer that quality fluid made a difference almost as big as the springs themselves.

nnjhawk02

Yep Racetechs R good, but Ohlins on rear R nicer

I did both - w/ .85 - I'm thinking U weigh about 180 to 195?

oahu hawk

I probably weigh 175-180 with gear on...

skokievtr

With RT .95 and PVC preload spacers at about 3.5" + 2 RT washers top and one below the spacer. I like Silolene's synthetic fluid. Started with 15 wt cut down to about 12 wt with Mobil 1 syn ATF. Fluid level for my 225+# w/gear is about 5.25" from fluid level to top of vertical tubes, springs out and forks bottomed. I run rebound about 1/8" from full in and preload at 3~4 lines showing. Eventually I'm going to have greg do his magic on the forks. A Penske 2-way shock with ride height works just about perfect for the street. The Conti Sport Attack front & Road Attack rear seem like a good match.