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thorns
3rd March 2016, 08:52
Do any companies in NZ sell DIY revalve kits?
Im competent enough rebuilding forks to have a go myself, so would be keen to have a go at a proper revalve with some supplied shim stacks.
I'm on a 2013 RMZ450 at present, and the forks are just killing me, just horrible.

scott411
3rd March 2016, 15:56
Do any companies in NZ sell DIY revalve kits?
Im competent enough rebuilding forks to have a go myself, so would be keen to have a go at a proper revalve with some supplied shim stacks.
I'm on a 2013 RMZ450 at present, and the forks are just killing me, just horrible.

both race tech and suspension tech sell kits that you can put in yourself, (or at least they used to, the race tech kits even come with multiple shims for testing, not sold a suspension tech kit so can not say what they come with)

someplaces may sell you shims by themselves, but they are not easy to get so this may be tougher,

nzspokes
3rd March 2016, 19:18
Robert Taylor sells shims and glod valves if you want to go that way.

Mate had the same bike and sold due to the forks.

I re-valved my KX125 forks in my KDX, easy.

thorns
4th March 2016, 13:30
Cheers for the help. Got pricing on the DIY kit which seems reasonable so will prob go down that road for now.
These forks are so horrible from factory, I dont think I can make them any worse!

F5 Dave
4th March 2016, 19:33
Try some 20w fork oil and 3cm of preload spacer cut from conduit on an angle. That should make it worse. No no, its OK.:innocent: