might be a dumb question, but when bike is on bike lift with front wheel clear off the ground should there be any pressure from fork springs on the bolt on top of forks,i thought there should be some but there is none on mine,
thanks hogbag,yer i bought it s/h,dont know how short previous owner was as i never met him,i bought bike a few years back as a do a upper,forks have always seemed to sag a lot and thought it was about time to ask,
hi the preload on most forks is about 3/4' to 1'' , when the bike weight is on the forks it should have 3/4' sag only, i would check or better still change the fork oil the early 35 & 39 m.m. fork's like 30 W oil
i use race teck brand fork springs single rate, as the dual rate or progresive type are 2 soft on the fine windings, dual rate would more than not have a longer preload spacer , late 49 m.m. type stock spring's are shit, 2 soft with 2 many fine windings on the dual rate stock spring set up for crusing along on the speedlimit on smooth roads, you buy a late model bike & then you spend
just investigated a bit further,pulled fork springs out and they have been cut down,i asume for lowering or for short arss rider,looks like i need new springs now,what next,
i could have a set of stock type or progresive brand , the best type is race tech type brand , 35 or 39 m.m.