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Cartridge Emulators

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Ive been searching for some info about emulators as i dont know anything about them. Not much actually comes up about them other than people think they are great.

Can anyone recommend brands and where to buy?

Im currently running progressive springs in my 1980 1000G.

Thanks for any help.
 
basically allows you to split the damping circuits so that they can be adjusted independently. You use the emulator to adjust the compression damping & the oil weight to adjust the rebound damping (you should note that any change in oil weight means you will have to re-adjust the emulator as well).

The only supplier is Race Tech.

There is one for 35mm forks available here: https://www.mikesxs.net/products-19.html#products

I turned up a brass adapter for the outside of it to make it fit the 37mm forks & it works great. Bit cheaper than racetech (if you have access to a lathe & some brass...)

:)
 
salty_monk said:
basically allows you to split the damping circuits so that they can be adjusted independently. You use the emulator to adjust the compression damping & the oil weight to adjust the rebound damping (you should note that any change in oil weight means you will have to re-adjust the emulator as well).
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It also gives regressive damping on the compression side so that the valve will blow off on nasty sharp edged hits but still provide firm damping for good feel at low damper speeds. OP, they are a huge improvement over damper rod forks.


salty_monk said:
I turned up a brass adapter for the outside of it to make it fit the 37mm forks & it works great. Bit cheaper than racetech (if you have access to a lathe & some brass...)

:)
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Are you going to share pics of what you did or do I have to guess?


Mark
 
landshark said:
Ive been searching for some info about emulators as i dont know anything about them. Not much actually comes up about them other than people think they are great.

Can anyone recommend brands and where to buy?

Im currently running progressive springs in my 1980 1000G.

Thanks for any help.
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I thought I would have been ignored if I had asked such a question when I joined a month ago, so I searched the forum for all posts regarding "cartridge emulators" which ultimately lead me to website salty_monk posted a link to and of course the racetech website (that explains the benefit).

Again you guys prove to be a quality and sincere group. Although I'll still continue my habits of searching first.
 
i have the racetech emulators on my es, good stuff. i got a better deal on amazon than straight from racetech.
 
Depending on how many virtual beers you send me I might even be inclined to send you the CAD drawing..... ;)

Of course it might also help if you were a little less blunt in asking.... They are not quite just a sleeve I did have to put a bit of thought into them! :p

I have posted pics before so a search should have found them.

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One of the Canadians made up a few more sets for his mates from memory... Not sure who now. It's only a good option if you can source these cheap enough. Think Racetech's are about $160 so you have $95-$100 to play with (but for the hassle unless I could save at least $50 I would just buy RT's ones personally).
 
salty_monk said:
Depending on how many virtual beers you send me I might even be inclined to send you the CAD drawing..... ;)
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A drawing would be nice, but I can do my own if I have to. I see you did them as I was thinking, with an enlarged step in the bottom of the adapter to properly center them on the top of the damper rod.


salty_monk said:
Of course it might also help if you were a little less blunt in asking....
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Next time I will add a pretty please, I promise. Thanks for the pics.


salty_monk said:
One of the Canadians made up a few more sets for his mates from memory... Not sure who now. It's only a good option if you can source these cheap enough. Think Racetech's are about $160 so you have $95-$100 to play with (but for the hassle unless I could save at least $50 I would just buy RT's ones personally).
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Where are you finding RT emulators for $160? Of course, shipping up north kills us. They probably want $40 to send a small package my way.


Mark
 
Great info guys, thank you.
I looked through a few pages of posts and couldnt find exactly what i was looking for(probably my fault:confused:)
Hopefully this pops up better in a search for the next person!
 
I see they've gone up by $10... about $170 now. This is the 37mm fork part number FEGV S3301
 
mmattockx said:
But sadly only in one size and not the size most (all?) of the GS's need. You have to make a sleeve/bushing like salty_monk did to use the Mike's XS emulators. If you have the resources to do that they are a great deal.


Mark
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Ah, yes. And I also didn't see salty_monk's post about thesame product and the problem with sizing.

I'll just see myself out now.
 
Amazon has the FEGV 3301 on sale. The Specs are identical to the FEGV S3301 except that they are listed as a dirt bike part, not street.
Anyone know what the difference is?
 
Just put them in my 550, the harsh feel over tiny bumps and cracks in the road are gone.
 
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