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Best suspension setup within stock bones

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tkent02 said:
I'd go with the longer Ohlins, springs from Rich and the emulators. It should ride and handle great compared to the stock stuff.

The Roadriders are great tires. Unlike car tires, I have not seen any advantage to radial tires unless you are talking about the very wide ones on modern sport bikes. The old bikes on skinnier wheels don't get any better traction, radial tires don't last any longer, and when a radial motorcycle tire gets to the wear bars the carcass is paper thin, which to me is very scary. The radial tires are a little bit lighter, on a sport bike with huge tires and modern suspensions it matters a little, but on these big old klunkers with their heavy wheels and brakes there just isn't any advantage. Unless you just want to spend money.
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As far as radial vs bias tires. Pick them up side by side. WAY lighter. More selection of tires and compounds. Close to same price.Sport Touring,Street,Sport. This person could use sport touring and be just fine.I got 10k out of my last set and work great. If you have wire wheels,they make wider rims that will lace up. I have 2 sets now that work fine. 1 is a 18 inch front,helps a lot with turn in with no lose of high speed stability. Heck they probably have 17" rims now to run modern rubber. Yes you can run a tube in a radial, it bumps the speed rating down 1. Thats a good price on a Ohlins, Check out Bi-tubo's for the rear also. Imo and other forums as good as the Ohlins, but less $$$ Before I went an inch longer,I would order those extenders and check 'em out. It would be a $10 experiment. I wanted to go 1/2 inch longer with my Bandit conversion and was told not to. With RT and sonic springs,salty monk brakes w/steel lines and HH pads,wider rims with Avons and a set of old rebuilt Fox shocks on a alum swinger my bike works great. But wait until the next build...
 
mattfeet said:
Yea, I am getting the HD springs with my Ohlins. That, alongside the Sonic Springs and cartridge emulators, should get me in pretty nice shape. I cannot wait.
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A good ohlins dealer would ask for the weight of the bike and the rider and install the correct spring accordingly. If running a longer rearshock is that good, I am using My ZRX shocks on my 1100 resto-mod. They are 1' longer and were just rebuilt by Daughtry Motorsports. A local shop could change the clevis.
 
Good thing I have a good Ohlins dealer. ;) I sent them all of that info so the spring is matched perfectly.
 
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