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Originally Posted by Sweden
I´ve read all the posts about it, but I still wanna ask about the oil spec, Hagon strongly recommend you follow their recommendation, as for my Legend -2000, 10w , 140mm airgap.
Some here says 15w 115 mm air and using original spacers.
My weight is around 215 lbs, those of you that have Hagons progressive springs, how did you do, and are you happy with your settings?
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I have Hagons ('progressives' - really dual rate I think). They are quite soft in their initial travel even for my 150lbs, or, put another way, give great compliance over the rough roads here. I also have Racetech cartridge emulator valves which means, apart from their greater damping linearity, I've been able to adjust compression & rebound damping separately - the former with the emulators, latter by changing oil grade. 15W oil has sharpened up rebound damping nicely (rebound is not altered at all by the emulators). I've also read (on the internet) that many stock bikes are notably under damped for (fork) rebound & certainly agree with that on our triples.
I think the Hagon's with 15W oil could work well with your weight on a stock set up. The increased compression damping from the heavier oil will tend to compensate for the Hagons' initial softness at your weight & increased rebound will help overall control.
I've kept to a stock oil level - really air gap. Others have reduced their air gap, particularly to reduce fork dive under braking I believe. I found reducing the air gap quickly created too much stiffness as the forks compress. Tricky to get a good compromise setting, but it depends where you're trying to optimise performance. Less fork dive inevitably means greater stiffness (less
compliance), at least beyond a certain amount of fork travel - a fundamental compromise with telescopic forks.
My forks dive quite a bit under braking, but in a reasonably controlled way & I feel confident in my braking technique. I often practise extreme braking on a suitably quiet, well-surfaced stretch of road by way of instilling & maintaining skills - vital in an emergency.
I mention this because changing front suspension settings will change how the bike
feels when braking.
All that said, the best change I made to front suspension was probably in fitting a different rear shock - off a 'B' model ZX9R in my case. The thread 'Cheap rear suspension upgrade' gives a lot of info on the options.
Mike
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