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I Fitted some Ikon progressive front fork springs to a 2015 scrambler and have been trying to dial them in...
I cut the stock spacer down to 46mm to account for the longer springs (stock spring was 327mm and the ikons are 518mm) which made the spacer finish more or less level with the top of fork tubes and did not alter the oil level. I noticed noise coming from the spings when I compressed the forks so pulled the spings out checked the oil levels which was 280mm from the top of fork tubes which seemed really low as I had thought the stock level was 123mm for the Scrambler? Anyway so I toped up the 10wt oil to 165mm and rode for a bit and the front and was super firm and i was not getting much sag (70kg ridder) so I cut the spacers down to 36mm and still is pretty harsh on small bumps. Considering lowing the fork oil level to say 190 to 180mm or shortening my spacer more so there is minimum preload when forks are fully extended. If anyone else out there has any experience or advice on the matter it would be appreciated.
Dom
I cut the stock spacer down to 46mm to account for the longer springs (stock spring was 327mm and the ikons are 518mm) which made the spacer finish more or less level with the top of fork tubes and did not alter the oil level. I noticed noise coming from the spings when I compressed the forks so pulled the spings out checked the oil levels which was 280mm from the top of fork tubes which seemed really low as I had thought the stock level was 123mm for the Scrambler? Anyway so I toped up the 10wt oil to 165mm and rode for a bit and the front and was super firm and i was not getting much sag (70kg ridder) so I cut the spacers down to 36mm and still is pretty harsh on small bumps. Considering lowing the fork oil level to say 190 to 180mm or shortening my spacer more so there is minimum preload when forks are fully extended. If anyone else out there has any experience or advice on the matter it would be appreciated.
Dom