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Scouse
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PostPosted: 13:37 - 27 Jun 2008    Post subject: Mystery Rebound settings... Reply with quote

Was having a fiddle with my fork set up last night and found that one of the forks has 5 clicks of extra rebound than it should have, yes 5 clicks over the supposedly 9 clicks from full in..Laughing

Would I be right in guessing that there's a shortage of oil in the fork?

Or is it just fooked?
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PostPosted: 14:23 - 27 Jun 2008    Post subject: Re: Mystery Rebound settings... Reply with quote

Scouse wrote:
Was having a fiddle with my fork set up last night and found that one of the forks has 5 clicks of extra rebound than it should have, yes 5 clicks over the supposedly 9 clicks from full in..Laughing

Would I be right in guessing that there's a shortage of oil in the fork?

Or is it just fooked?


There are a few possibilities:

Arrow The bike could have been crashed and one of the fork legs is off of another bike. That bike was rebuilt by Maxton or someone.

Arrow The adjuster could be damaged

Arrow The rebound damping could be provided by one leg, and the compression by the other. Its not unheard of in bikes, but I don't think I've heard that about the R6.

I doubt that quantity or quality of fork oil would make a difference, but I think its worth having the front end apart just to make sure.

Are you sure you're not getting 'clicks' and 'turns' confused?
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Scouse
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PostPosted: 14:50 - 27 Jun 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both forks have their own adjusters for compression, rebound etc so it can't be that.

Both forks were stripped last summer to check for broken parts by my then local garage when they were doing the fork seals.

Wether you measure it in clicks or turns though, the adjuster comes quite a bit further out than the other one.

Confused
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