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fork tube air pressure

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:57 pm
by hondast1300pilot
Hi All, Can't find my manual ... anyone know the recommended front fork air pressure range? Thanks In Advance

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:02 pm
by Rodney Copeland
Pretty sure you won't find it useful to have any pressure in them. Rod,,,,thinkin how nice it would be to have Progressives in the front --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hondast1300pilot" wrote:
> > > Hi All, Can't find my manual ... anyone know the recommended front > fork air pressure range? > > Thanks In Advance

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:07 pm
by Fred Hink
0psi Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/cmc.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "hondast1300pilot" To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Fork Tube Air Pressure > > > > Hi All, Can't find my manual ... anyone know the recommended front > fork air pressure range? > > Thanks In Advance > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:24 pm
by Mark Sampson
Hi All, Can't find my manual ... anyone know the recommended front fork air pressure range? Zero pressure with the forks extended all the way. Mark Sampson www.bigdogadventures.com

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:09 am
by dooden
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hondast1300pilot" wrote:
> > > Hi All, Can't find my manual ... anyone know the recommended front > fork air pressure range? > > Thanks In Advance
Remove caps, let out the air, replace the caps. The guy at the dealer I bought mine from added 10 psi to each tube and told be it will make a better ride. It did actually, but I was worried I might blow out a seal, I tend to ride kinda hard offroad. I thnk the decal on the tube says something about pressure, but manual says atmosphere or something. Fork seals are not too costly if you pop one I suppose, and changing fork fish oil will not hurt anything. Dooden A15 Green Ape

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:30 am
by kdxkawboy@aol.com
In a message dated 1/27/2005 4:19:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, dooden@... writes: The guy at the dealer I bought mine from added 10 psi to each tube and told be it will make a better ride. It did actually, but I was worried I might blow out a seal, I tend to ride kinda hard offroad. Sounds like he needed more preload on the fork springs. There are only two reasons I can think of for adding air pressure to the front forks. The first would be a way to simulate the effect of different length spacers in the forks. The other would be to compensate for heavy loads, like the systems you find on the big touring bikes. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

fork tube air pressure

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:28 am
by Tengai Mark Van Horn
At 12:07 PM +0000 1/27/05, Dooden wrote:
> >Remove caps, let out the air, replace the caps.
I think it's remove caps, lift front end to extend the forks all the way, let out air, replace caps. Mark

new radar method in louisiana .......

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:13 pm
by Eric L. Green
> > At 10:05 AM -0800 1/27/05, ron criswell wrote: >>Coming back from Florida Monday on my Concourse on I - 10, I noticed >>what seemed to be a new radar technique with Louisiana radar cops. >>Buzzing along luckily doing the speed limit or thereabouts, I noticed >>about 3 cars pulled over with the trunk lids up like they had a flat or >>car trouble. Only when I got up to them did I spy a radar cop standing >>by the right rear tire radar gun in hand pointing at me. With the trunk >>up you can't see the lettering on the car that says police or do you >>notice the lights. Very sneaky! I wonder if it is legal? > > I saw a report about Louisiana cops on 20/20 a few years back. > According to them, anything cops do there is legal, including the > confiscation of personal belongings and taking them home instead of > the evidence locker.
Yes, some of the parish (county) sheriff's departments are as corrupt as a $3 bill. The departments mentioned in the 20/20 documentary are, I believe, the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Department and the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Department, both of which are corrupt as it gets (towards outsiders, they deal with their own constituents fairly). But the Louisiana State Police is thoroughly professional and as honest as any state police department anywhere in the nation (for what that's worth). Since you mention three cars in a row, it was probably the State Police task force, because most Louisiana Sheriff's departments don't *HAVE* three cars all operational at one time (heh! most of the Sheriff's cars in rural parishes are retired State Police cruisers, i.e., already worn out when they get them, and spend more time in the garage than on the road). And yes, if they were doing it, it was most likely that they had an opinion by the Louisiana Attorney General's office saying that it was legal. -E