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[dsn_klr650] husbands tales
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2000 3:55 pm
by Jim Jackson
>Your car sits on suspension springs compressed halfway, for years.
>Tom (couldn't help it....)
Good point Tom, but I was under the impression that leaving the forks
compressed for a long duration is more of an issue with the fork seals than
the springs. Am I mistaken?
Jim Jackson II (still learning)
A13 - South Carolina
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[dsn_klr650] husbands tales
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2000 3:59 pm
by Peter Dahlheimer, MD
i was thinking the same thing regarding trailering a bike with the forks
compressed. i doubt the springs would suffer, but it seems like it would
simulate real hard riding and create alot of pressure on the seals.
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>Your car sits on suspension springs compressed halfway, for years.
>Tom (couldn't help it....)
Good point Tom, but I was under the impression that leaving the forks
compressed for a long duration is more of an issue with the fork seals than
the springs. Am I mistaken?
Jim Jackson II (still learning)
A13 - South Carolina
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[dsn_klr650] husbands tales
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2000 4:44 pm
by Tom Myers
Hi Jim, Pete,
If you have worn fork seals, sometimes the increased air pressure can
ooze some oil out (but that indicates a seal problem). Fork seals
should not leak regardless of the pressure inside.
While riding, your forks (at say 6" of compression) generate the same
pressure. However, while riding, the shaft is moving. While
trailering, it's stopped. If the seal can handle the pressure in
dynamic conditions (riding) then handling the pressure while
motionless seems of no consequence.
Tom
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>i was thinking the same thing regarding trailering a bike with the forks
>compressed. i doubt the springs would suffer, but it seems like it would
>simulate real hard riding and create alot of pressure on the seals.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Jackson [mailto:axshon@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 4:55 PM
>To:
DSN_klr650@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Husbands tales
>
>
>>Your car sits on suspension springs compressed halfway, for years.
>>Tom (couldn't help it....)
>
>Good point Tom, but I was under the impression that leaving the forks
>compressed for a long duration is more of an issue with the fork seals than
>the springs. Am I mistaken?
>
>Jim Jackson II (still learning)
>A13 - South Carolina
>
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[dsn_klr650] husbands tales
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2000 7:42 am
by Ted Palmer
Tom Myers wrote:
>
> > >...leaving them under compression overnight? Should I have at least
> > >relieved them a bit?
>
> This is a common misconception.
[...]
About metal springs maybe, but is of genuine concern where fork
seals are involved.
Mister_T
[dsn_klr650] plastic vs steel tanks: nklr
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2000 8:29 am
by Ted Palmer
Seiler, Kevin wrote:
> Considering plastic tanks. Plastic tanks are NOT prohibited by the DOT
> anymore.
[...]
> Seems he dropped the bike in a low speed
> crash, the fiberglass tank split, and it caught fire, burning his legs
> to the extant that they had to be amputated. Never did find a steel tank
> for that bike.
Very much like the situation in Australia. Fibreglass tanks were not
legal after (IIRC) a Ducati rider died under a bike which shattered
the tank. I'm not sure if that covers carbon fibre tanks nowadays.
Mister_T