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    New KXFs


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    Forks look cool. Change of spring rate as easy as a few more pumps of air??

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    Can you let us know what you think of the 450 forks scott? Still a heavy beast though eh

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    Quote Originally Posted by raglanash View Post
    Can you let us know what you think of the 450 forks scott? Still a heavy beast though eh
    yeah, the figures look worse than they did 5 years ago as they are quoting curb mass now, rather than dry weight, they are about the same weight that the 06 was, the fork has dropped the weight that the injection added,

    will be interesting to see how the forks go, the motor is easily the best in the class and every magazine says it, the most comman mod that is done to them is to take HP out of the midrange

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    The best looking green machine ive seen in years. I wonder how reliable those forks will be in years to come..... Makes sense dropping out the springs the mountain bike guys have done it for years. And those little hand pumps are cheap and can pump up to some crazy PSI readings.

    What shocked me was this

    http://www.vitalmx.com/photos/featur...,58709/GuyB,64

    The old split pin in the axle trick i thought that was long gone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    , the motor is easily the best in the class and every magazine says it,
    Sounding like your old man already mate!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CRF119 View Post
    ..... Makes sense dropping out the springs the mountain bike guys have done it for years. And those little hand pumps are cheap and can pump up to some crazy PSI readings.

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    I'm surprised to see them going to air forks. Mountain bike forks I'm sure won't get anywhere near as hot as a KX450's...and I would've thought with air expanding as it heats up causing a few issues. I can tell you from experience that Fox Air Shox do just that. Will be better if nitrogen is used....but who has that on hand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    I'm surprised to see them going to air forks. Mountain bike forks I'm sure won't get anywhere near as hot as a KX450's...and I would've thought with air expanding as it heats up causing a few issues. I can tell you from experience that Fox Air Shox do just that. Will be better if nitrogen is used....but who has that on hand?
    any decent moto x shock that rebuilds shocks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Sounding like your old man already mate!
    as much as i would have bitten to that comment for years, there is probebly worse people to sound like

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    I'm surprised to see them going to air forks. Mountain bike forks I'm sure won't get anywhere near as hot as a KX450's...and I would've thought with air expanding as it heats up causing a few issues. I can tell you from experience that Fox Air Shox do just that. Will be better if nitrogen is used....but who has that on hand?
    i do as do most tyre shops these days
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    Quote Originally Posted by barty5 View Post
    i do as do most tyre shops these days
    And you're at the track with the gas? Free and avail for everyone to use?

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    as much as i would have bitten to that comment for years, there is probebly worse people to sound like
    lol. Love yer work. He's not all bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    And you're at the track with the gas? Free and avail for everyone to use?
    its more to the point than it is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to get than siffer/softer fork springs

    the factory ones i have seen pics off had bladders that hold the air/nitrogen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    And you're at the track with the gas? Free and avail for everyone to use?
    there you new business venture for you $10 a go in a few years someone going to have to do it if they take off as im sure the maker of them will be hoping.
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    The air we breathe is 78% Nitrogen anyway, it would be interesting to see how hot they get. They have a lot more cooling then mountain bike forks because they are a lot larger and the bikes are going much quicker.

    Your other problem is what PSI do they run at, I was told that compressors struggle to pump up to what is needed in some shocks i know my hand held shock pump for mountain bikes pumps up to nearly 300psi according to the gauge.

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