Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:17:52 +0200
- Message No. 5390
From: "Martin Franz"
Subject: Re: Set @ for my weight
Hi Massimo !
>rear and front, are too much soft for my weight .I'm 1 meter 93 centimeters
>tall and my weight is 96 kg., 2 times a month I go to ride with my wife
>(+/-55kg)
>Now, what I have to do to set correctly the dampers and spring?
For the front, you can change the fork oil to a harder grade. Just ask your
mechanic, what SAE grade he used (fork oil changed at 12.000 and 36.000km as
far as I know). Is it SAE10, use SAE15, if it is already 15, use 20. I use
SAE15, it is okay for going a good speed with my passenger, a bit
uncomfortable when going alone (but I'm a lightweight :-)).
The damping of the rear is not adjustable anymore :-(( The only thing you
can try, is to increase spring preload. But this might make it worse also
:-(
An option is to mount a White Power or Ohlins damper for the rear, but this
is a bit costly...
> Is possible to make the @ more high and is it correct?
Correct. There are several ways to do it: for increasing high a little (some
cm), you can use White Power or Technoflex fork springs, or simply some
distance pieces. IMHO: an original AT has a bit too much negativ spring
travel...so a distance piece is not a bad idea in any case...
For the rear, a WP damper will increase high automaticaly, because it is
longer. At the original damper, you can also increase high to some extent
via the spring preload screws.
For even more high, there is a kit from african queens available, containing
an aditional
piece screwed into the fork as well as a different lever for the rear,
together increasing high remarkably (and making any TUEV inspektor blue in
the face !!!). I have no experience with this kit, but personaly, I would
not use it. Manfred also reported, that making the rear too high, the chain
will scratch hard on the swing...
best regards, Martin
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