Gents, looking for a bit of advise from those of you that have done the Race Tech Gold Valve and heavy rate spring upgrade. I done the install a couple of weeks ago and after the first ride I thought that the rebound was to harsh in the first part of the stroke. I would describe it as very chattery in /over patched road surface. I mean with compression and rebound at only an inch-two, its like riding stiff as fuck and its not enjoyable at all .At deeper sections of the fork stroke it rebounds quite well, Friday I adjusted the valve out to 3 turns and took 1/2 " inch of the preload spacers. The front end dive under braking is gone but I am still not that impressed with how harsh it feels in the first part of the stroke.
Benno, I played with fork springs and damping with Harley's for ages, had them working ok.
Hilly, wanted to let you know, we changed from the gold spring to the blue one today on the emulators, adjusted it to 1.75 turns as per your advice. Used 15w oil, instead of 20w, am much happier with the front end now, it dives a little more under brakes than with the gold spring installed, still a lot less than the standard set-up though, but shit loads smoother in the choppy surfaces. Wanna thank you for your advice and a shout out to Aaron for posting the link to Hillys article on this thread.
Benno Benno, in your last statement mate..." It does not end", beside keeping active riding and sorting out, there is alway something new that "we" must have. I could write a fucken book on those that are searching. All bloody good fun though.
