Some real suspension tips (Free too!)

[pritch]

Americans.

You can't really say that, there's some real botch jobs done in this country. An engineering friend of mine who had occasion to work on classic cars and bikes commented that all too few customers wanted the job done right. They wanted cheap. And then there were the ones who did it themselves even cheaper.

By that stage there's probably not a lot of difference between them and the guy in the clip...

[gatch]

....should have used a proper cartridge clamp to avoid distorting the "roundness" of the body.
That's if you care about/have any idea about stiction etc

Edit: or have any appreciation for good engineering practice

I have made clamps for servicing thin wall hydraulics, depending on the hole size it is a piece of cake to machine up fixtures like this.. Stilsons arrggghhhh

[dipshit]

You can't really say that, there's some real botch jobs done in this country .

True.......

[awayatc]

can lower the lot even more by letting out the air of front tyre........

and what that drag racing crap all about?
what's wrong with leathers..?

[hmmmnz]

im all for doing shit yourself, and modding gear, but really, i wouldnt have thought any one would be stupid as that, considering dropping your forks through your yokes does the same job, with out losing any of the travel. with out it costing a penny and would take less than 10minutes

thats just bodgery for the sake of bodgery as far as i can see,

[Yankee Doodle Dandy]

considering dropping your forks through your yokes does the same job, with out losing any of the travel. with out it costing a penny and would take less than 10minutes

1. The Hayabusa has a cover that goes over the top clamp that would prevent this.

2. Some sanctioning bodies only allow you to have xx amount of fork tube above the triple clamp. They do not limit internal mods to the forks though.

[Robert Taylor]

WTF is everyones' problem?? The guy stripped his forks and lowered the ride height with spacers. So fucking what?? I've done it on regular damper forks. Lowers the height without having to raise the forks thru the triple clamps. The guy used the tools he had available. What's he supposed to do, pay some parasite 80 bucks an hour to do it for him? Jesus, the pompous ohlins/latte brigade around here are so far up their own importance it's not funny...

No, we actually have standards and definitely dont drink latte. The sad thing is someone will end up buying such bikes secondhand, blisffully unaware that the fork internals are butchered internally, and the pompous idiots selling them to them will fail to mention same. NOW THATS PARASITICAL.

[Robert Taylor]

I've worked on forks where the cartridges had been stripped with stillsons, flakes of metal that had been chewed up by the jaws had dropped off into the fork oil, circulated and jammed in the valving, 2 broken scaphoids and a trashed bike were the result for that have a go hero.

EXACTLY, and these same pricks will still want top dollar when they onsell them, in spite of the butchery. Thats why we have experts with the right tools and knowledge, and the right to earn a living at reasonable prices. Does the same idiot ( more like wanker ) that posted this trash do brain surgery as well? Hope he doesnt work on aircraft........

[Viscount Montgomery]

Yeah? Finding a very few rare cases of shoddy fucked-up workmanship performed by some doped-up backyard monkey, then getting snotty and hostile towards your average kiwi 'home mechanic' is pretty much just plain old knee jerk reaction..

Broad sweeping statements that basically lump all 'home mechanics' in with the cowboys and pricks and wankers etc.. etc.. well, it's just not true at all - and out of line...

Of course there's dishonest wheeler-dealer arseholes out there who don't give a fuck.

Of course there's a few slippery toads out there who'll flick of known fucked gear/equipment without mentioning a goddam word to the muggins buyer.

Look at those shitheads who were selling bogged and painted over helicopter blades a few years back. Helicopter blades for krissakes! Trust no bastard!

Guess what? YOU BUY 2ND HAND, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. There ain't no bearded, long-haired saint floating around in the clouds looking out for you all.

A rider blaming the previous owner for their own misfortunes won't help them one iota will it? Welcome to real life...

[k14]

Woah that is very sweet, wonder if I have time to do it to my bike before Teretonga!

[Robert Taylor]

The scary thing is that some people reading that litany of butchery will believe its perfectly acceptable to use stilsons on thin wall fork cartridge tubes. I make no bones about sticking up for those who do everything properly and by the book ( irrespective of whether they drink latte or not ) and also condemning those with the finesse of an elephant. And those ( demonstrably ) with rather large chips on their shoulders.

[Yankee Doodle Dandy]

And those ( demonstrably ) with rather large chips on their shoulders.

Are we talking Doritos or just regular potato chips here?

[cowpoos]

Makes me embarrassed to own a snapon battery rattlegun

I reckon....wat a homo...Only cool bugger like me have Makita LXT rattleguns [of torque wrenchs as they are called]

[cowpoos]

geez you guys are so up yourselves with all your poncy factory made anodized gold-plated wanky shit. When have you ever got the fucken hacksaw and file out and made something from scratch?

Steve

Your so cool Steven....if only more people were narcissistic cocks like you, the country would be more arrogant and ignorant and at the same time just as stupid!!

[Skinny_Birdman]

You can't really say that, there's some real botch jobs done in this country.
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Hear hear. When I replaced the fork seals in a mates F650 I discovered two 'spacers' made from rough sawn PVC conduit. They were different lengths too! Styley!!!