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Cartridge emulators, RaceTech springs, anti-dive Q's

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Keep Going Mac... I want to find a way to do this on the 37mm Skunk forks... they are "ok" with progressives & correct preload etc but could be a lot better!

Dan :)
 
fork oil

fork oil

mac1170 said:
gday guys, i run the gold valves emulators in my 1100et, im 80kg, i found 5weight oil, is good just wound down the adjuster an extra 2 turns,to put more preload on the spring on the shim stack, the oil weight is about adjusting rebound damping, i also use progressive springs, with a 2inch spacer and the lowest spring preload, on the forks, regards.
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gday guys, the fork oil is used for rebound, you adjust the allen bolt, on the shim stack for compression, i never cut the springs, i just machined up a new preload spacer, and remember, you have to work out your static sag, etc, for rider weight, it's all about trial, and error, regards.:)
 
salty_monk said:
Keep Going Mac... I want to find a way to do this on the 37mm Skunk forks... they are "ok" with progressives & correct preload etc but could be a lot better!

Dan :)
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I'll be sure to post back here after I get the 35mm emulators and install them in the GS750 but it's going to be probably a month before I can get the time and money to do it in one shot. I never found anything in that thread about the emulators not working with the spacer and RT DOES say that a spacer can be used if they don't have an exact match so I feel pretty comfortable going with the 35mm emulators in 37mm forks. I put my money down already! :D

I should be putting miles on the GS450 with 550M forks and emulators next week so I'll give some feedback on how they feel. I ended up with 7.5wt fork oil because it was that or 20wt locally. RT seems to suggest a heavier oil than I've seen a lot of people mention running but people seem happy with the thinner oils.

/\/\ac (Another Dan)
 
I have a full spare set of skunk forks to play with so will be watching with interest.

:)
 
Couldn't find a link to the emulators you're looking to fit... do you have one?

Dan :)
 
Here ya go. I wonder if RT is letting this site "slide" with these emulators for some reason? They were all over ebay a few years ago in various sizes but none to be found now which had me thinking that that they might have taken some legal action.

http://www.mikesxs.net/products-6.html?category_id=6.2

They have a few other items on that page that may be good for us GSers. I ordered the 56mm long 8mm hex driver with this latest pair of emulators. I almost had to drill out two damper rod bolts on these GS550M forks, partially due to not having a good impact bit. (Hint, hit those suckers with a hammer and a punch before you try turning them out)

I might talk the new owner of this 450 into some fork gaiters too, they'd look nice on it.
/\/\ac
 
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sschering said:
I have to wonder if these Harley emulator knock off's can be made to work on other 41mm forks.. At only $27 it might be worth a shot even if I had to mill them down a bit.

http://www.debrix.com/41mm-Fork-Damper-Valve-2000-up-Harley-FXST-Softail-p/24-0361-vt.htm
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Nice find, I'd found those a few months ago but then lost the link. Looks like those should equate to an RT FEGV S3802 by application. The RT emulator is 31mm outside dia, 25mm step dia and 16mm height.

/\/\ac
 
For what its worth, my 84 Katana is essentially an 83 750E/85 700E/ESD, etc...
It carries 37mm forks, just like my 82 Kat 1000. The 84 forks look identical to an 1150E's forks.
Don't know if this answers anyones questions, tho....
 
I wonder if the 41mm ones might be able to be turned down easily to fit our 37mm forks... certainly a great price.

For that price I might buy a set to see.

Sure it will be easier to adapt the 35mm ones though.....
 
I know this is an ancient thread but...

Did anyone happen to take a screenshot of phatperformance.com's Race Tech valve listings when they showed the dimensions of each part number? The site no longer does and I haven't turned up the information anywhere else.
The sad thing is that I know >I< have the screenshot I'm looking for but apparently I didn't name it anything useful. I've got all my old hard drives dumped out into my RAID so I know the image is in there but so far I haven't been able to find it. It was very useful in trying to figure out which valves would fit unlisted applications.

If I dig it up I'll post it here but if you beat me to the punch or find the info someplace else please PM me.

-Mac

Edit: Sometimes I think I should just start out asking the stupid questions first... It's like looking around for 20 minutes to find your car keys, finally asking the GF if she's seen them and noticing the keys on the table as you finish the question. I found the info I was looking for in Race Tech's site about two minutes after I posted this.
http://www.racetech.com/HTML_FILES/EMULATOR_CHART.html
 
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greg78gs750 said:
just saw it yesterday, hang on....

this what you looking for?
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Kind of although I think that just links to an .xls file which doesn't do me any good without installing something to read it. The link I put at the the edit in my last message has a text version anyone can use. Thanks though, I'm sure that will help someone out!

-Mac
 
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