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30 mm cartridges added

  • FastHarley
    FastHarley
    14 years ago

    I was looking around and disliked the ride of my 2005 Dyna LR.  I saw Danny Eslick (#1 plate in Superbike AMA USA) running them first (he was the first to have them) and thought to myself there might be something here.  I really dislike not having 2 brakes up front and decided to do something about it.  I made the fork kit fit into a mid glide 2006~current dyna set of forks and V-Rod lowers.  I used the stock front 19" wheel and dumped the rest from the neck.  The new 2006 triple trees are a direct bolt up including fork stops.  The fork lock steering stem needs to be milled to work.  Like most Americans, we should practice safety and always be in close proximity of your motorcycle (one eye on it) and always be armed and take no excuses for poor behavior.  I do not need a fork lock.

     

    Anyhow, here is what I did and it works well.  This unit really points out how poorly the front 19” Dunlap works.  I am going to find a lightweight 17” wheel,  I have a 17” on my other bike for comparison and there are no good points for the 19” I have.  Anyhow, this is how I spent my time:

  • FastHarley
    FastHarley
    14 years ago

    If you look closely at the fork tube caps you will see a spring pre-load on both sides and reb = Rebound on the right  (right = Rebound) and compression on the left as nothing rhymes with compression.  I set them up on Monday with Amy but I used as much sag as a Superbike should (35 mm of total sag).  I will throw another set of springs in (dropping from 1.0 to 0.95 than using 45 mm of total sag in the forks. 

     

    The piston shaft extension (the part that screws into the bottom of the cartridge and attaches to the slider with the bolt) was cut. The damper shaft was switched and cut down & rethreaded to allow the exact same height as the stock OEM 2006~curent Dyna from axle center to bottom of fork cap (cap is above the top triple tree).  The V-Rod is 0.350” approximately w/o looking it up shorter than a 2006~current Dyna.  Short answer is there is now no difference.  I have been working and not riding.  I only use the bike currently for transportation but I have not gone anywhere but next door to work.