At 05:03 PM 6/19/98 -0700, Steven X. Schwenk wrote: >I would guess that this thread may be getting a bit old. Still, a few last >words. I now realize that on my motorcyles, the spring adjustment does in >fact compress the spring. You turn a nut that directly compresses it. Of >course, this raises the height of the bike by reducing sag, too. What Fred >and Derek, et al. have said is pretty convincing that inserting a spacer >alone does not compress the spring on the syncro...but only raises the van. >I would accept it at that except that what about the change in firmness. I >swear the suspension is firmer .... it does not have that too bouncy feeling >in the initial range of travel...I don't feel like I am piloting a boat >anymore as much. Has anyone else who has done this noticed any change? I >think the result is more important than the reason, but it would be nice to >know why. Maybe the difference in ride is due to the fact that you are operating in a different range of travel on the shocks. Just postulating... Mark McCulley 87 syncro, stock suspension and shocks |
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