greg.m784
Street Cruiser
Thanks to (I think) TurboJoe78.
I think it was Joe, not sure. I was talking about getting new springs. He mentioned he liked the stock springs with 4" lopped off and a spacer in it's place.
WOW. She feels like an entirely different bike.
I picked up some Maxima 15w oil today, and located a stick of 3/4" PVC.
I pulled the forks, and removed the springs, got them draining while i carefully cut off 4" from the tight wound end. I then cut 2 4" pieces of 3/4" PVC. I washed the springs and plastic, filled the forks with 5.8125" (5 13/16") of 15w fork oil, and put everything back together.
Right off the bat, the massive droop it had when sitting on it is GONE. It now settles about 1" (not measured, just watched, will measure soon). I took it for a .5 mile ride (it's 11pm and i'm tired) and it rides quite a bit higher, doesn't dive on the brakes, and feels much less nose heavy than it did.
THANK YOU!
For the cost of a quart of oil, it is a different bike. Oh ya, and the fork oil that came out was disgusting. Smelt nasty, and was dirty. I may flush the fluid again in a few thousand miles if i think of it. I'm sure it hasn't been touched in 15 years.
I think it was Joe, not sure. I was talking about getting new springs. He mentioned he liked the stock springs with 4" lopped off and a spacer in it's place.
WOW. She feels like an entirely different bike.
I picked up some Maxima 15w oil today, and located a stick of 3/4" PVC.
I pulled the forks, and removed the springs, got them draining while i carefully cut off 4" from the tight wound end. I then cut 2 4" pieces of 3/4" PVC. I washed the springs and plastic, filled the forks with 5.8125" (5 13/16") of 15w fork oil, and put everything back together.
Right off the bat, the massive droop it had when sitting on it is GONE. It now settles about 1" (not measured, just watched, will measure soon). I took it for a .5 mile ride (it's 11pm and i'm tired) and it rides quite a bit higher, doesn't dive on the brakes, and feels much less nose heavy than it did.
THANK YOU!
For the cost of a quart of oil, it is a different bike. Oh ya, and the fork oil that came out was disgusting. Smelt nasty, and was dirty. I may flush the fluid again in a few thousand miles if i think of it. I'm sure it hasn't been touched in 15 years.