suspension, performance. race tech

[e. rhoads]

> I have been sitting on the sidelines on this one. We always encourage > people to check their own valves not knowing anything about their

abilities

> or their resources. To some this is a very complex procedure and to

others

> it is as easy as changing the oil. For me I couldn't have imagined doing > the valve check before I traded my pliers in on a pair of robogrips. Them > babies are nice.> > Biker Mike > >

=== That's right about the Robo grips. Regular pliers were ok up through the 50's and 60's but in this more modern age, with advanced machinery like the KLR, you need an improved plier. Of possible interest, the Crescent tool company has a wider opening jaw on their wrenches now. The 6" will fit the countershaft nut. Imagine that. Quality looks decent. eric

[BCSavWill@cs.com]

Hi Jack, list price is $139.99. The initial most noticable difference is stiffer damping which can be fully varied, like cartridge forks, so you can set them up as you wish. I have mailed a response to you question to the group too. Off /on road, the tendancy for the front to wash out has been eliminated, a combination of springs, damping and fork oil. That gets into suspension tuning. For me, my confidence in not loosing the front went up 100% or more. It no longer feels vague, but taught. For mostly street riding a softer setting, around 2 turns on the valve preload will give a softer, but still taught feeling. You can set the valve preload between 0 and 7 turns (probably feel like a street race bike and brake your wrists . Another noticable difference was much less dive under braking, which reduces weight transfer and improves rear brake eficiency, Its very easy to lock up MT21's on the street anyway, but with street tires you will have a great rear brake (DP MX pro pads). I noticed on improvement in front braking too, again with MT 21's its easy to lock the front, but braking feel (handling, control under braking has improved). Well, I like them. The front end feels NONE KLR, great. Regards, Brian A14 D17 PS. I have no conection with Race Tech.