Hells Dark Lord
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posted June 03, 2004 09:43 AM
try raising the front up.......with the front that low, it will want to fall over...it changes the rake and trail drastically....With the front so low you are putting a lot of weight on it, and its will feel like shit, it will feel like its gonna come out from under you at any second....I run my fork tubes flush with the top triple tree, and with the preload and such set right, it feels a little lazy when turning in, but gives good feedback....one thing you havent mentioned is what tires you are running, some tires give better feedback than others as well....
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jonwright
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posted June 03, 2004 07:38 PM
Yeah - didn't mention that the front was already lowered to the ground! Pick 'em up a bit and see how she does.
But set the static sag correctly FIRST at the STOCK fork setting. Then tweak ride heighth.
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posted June 03, 2004 09:17 PM
Race Tech 1.0 springs will solve the front end dive problem - night and day difference.
Did ya service the forks yet?
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted June 04, 2004 02:58 AM
nothing will solve the front end dive if he has it lowered 1.8" in the front, except lifting it back up to stock heigth. Drag races can get away with lowering their bikes like that , becasue the only go straight lines, and they tend to drop the front and the rear about the same to try and balance things out a bit.....Do what Jon said, raise it up, set the say, set the rebound and compression, tehn tweak the ride height a milimeter at a time....
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Marcos Peguero
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posted June 04, 2004 04:30 AM
I will raise the forks, next week. (Im outside my country) and see what it does.
The front is 1.8cm sorry but it still 2 much from I have talked to a person that have a zx12r.
The things that you are saying to me are the exact thing that my bike is doing.
first it wasnt 2 much because the rear was soft and when I harden up the rear because of a heavy pasenger the thing is like its going to low side.
Thanks for all your help.
I will service the forks as soon as I can spend some time with the bike.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted June 04, 2004 03:44 PM
atleast set the preload and then the compression and rebound dampening....afgter you set the forks back to stock ride heigth...which is almost flush with the top triple treee....that in its self willl manke a drastic difference....
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Marcos Peguero
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posted June 14, 2004 08:32 AM
I set the bike to 8mm of fork lift as a person sugested me (same setup as him) and the bike as a dream to ride. More fast in trasitions, more confortable and super controlable. I softened the rear sag to 23mm aprox. to.
Thanks for all your support, guys.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted June 14, 2004 03:48 PM
23 is kinda stiff...you could drop that down to 30mm if it rides to rough.....but if it works for ya, dont mess with it...... 
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