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Posted by Troll
- September 25, 2011, 18:44:04 PMI put progressive suspension springs in my 1500, and the difference is beyond amazing. It cost like $80 for the springs, and I had a chance to really clean out the old fish oil, and make sure it was clean inside. Fork seals, and springs...I made a fork oil level gauge from a wooden dowel, and used synthetic Dexron ATF for fork oil. I know what it says in the manual, but I've been using Dex in forks since I got my first hydraulic fork, on my '49 pan.
Posted by chief
- September 25, 2011, 15:38:45 PMyou can add a longer spacer in the forks, I replaced mine with progressive fork springs and changed the spacer... does really well.
I'm not sure the mono-shock can be modified. Progressive has a 420 monoshock replacement. Have a look in the accessories section of1 the web site.
Posted by joe28
- September 25, 2011, 15:22:18 PMTook my 2000 out for the first "real" ride today.
New sneakers, windshield, cables lubed, new brakes, fluids, solo seat, saddle bags on her before we set out.
Not a bad scooter, kinda fun to ride, its got a after market exhaust on, a bit LOUD for my tastes, dunno if I can spend the day on it cuz of the noise.
The front forks need a bit more preload to stiffen it up, they take a bounce nice.
The rear shock. spring rate suck!
I had zipped it down to 5 preload when I was fooling @ with it, but it handled crappy, so up to 7 and it still is soft, soft, soft. (hell, I'm only 165#, I should be in the middle of the setting).
The compression is so-so, rebound a bit fast.
So, the rear shock needs attention.
Can this be re-built?
Has anyone ever tried it?
A heavier oil and a stiffer spring rate would hold the rear up, make it handle better, then a bit more preload in the front forks, or a stiffer spring.........
Ideas of what I should do???
Joe
Have the fun of owning a bike is the doing mods on it!