Tue Nov 26 15:43:15 1996 - Message No. 202
From: Martin Franz <100265.3434@CompuServe.COM>

Subject: RE: Info for Achim and the others........


Hi !
>> Then I mounted a nipple on the valves (which opens the valve).
>> On this nipple I mounted a tube. (sound like a weird kind of
>> sex-game...)
>> I did it on both forks. Then I connected both tubes with a T-connection.
>> On the remaining tube I mounted a new valve.
There is a T-Tupe available at Hein Gericke, which does the same. Statement from
Honda: "you should not add air in the front fork, it will damage the fork. (too
much extenting)". If its true, I don't know, but the guy, who told me, is the
"main" AT mechanic.
A better Idea is to replace the original fork oil with a harder grade (mixing
some grades).
I meantimes removed my T-Tupe (who want's it ? I give it for free !) and did the
harder fork oil.
For biking with socia, there is big gain in performance (turn and especially
breaking). On the other hand, going alone without baggage is now a bit
"uncomfortable".
My tip: if you want to play around with your front suspension, maybe adding more
oil is a better start...its more easy, to revert back to the "original".
...and there is this thing for the FAQ's: at AT's >93 (don't know, if also
before) the original (0km) fork oil is very soft, to let things run in. It's
replaced at km 12.000, so wait, before complaining about a too soft fork (as
some bike magazines did :-)))))

have a nice slide, Martin



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