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So I have an opportunity to buy Ohlins 25mm cartridges. The seller says he has every spring made and will give me whatever spring I need.
This will be for racing only, primarily at LRRS, I weigh 170-175 without gear. Which spring set do I tell him to ship to me???
............ Do you need stiffer springs?
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
I'm upgrading to the cartridges from factory stock forks and want to select the correct spring.
To fill in some blanks....it's a set of factory Showa forks with the Ohlins cartridges installed. The setup is used. He want me to tell him what spring I want.
And yes Pete, I'm bottoming out and can't add any more preload....which isn't the right way to do it anyway. The stock forks are good for the street...
Last edited by jwm2k3; 05-18-15 at 03:51 PM.
What springs do you have now?
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
Just call Dan Kyle and ask?
Pete.......
Ashwin, I would but I'm not buying from him. I'm picking these forks up used.
Probably in the .95 range... I think racetech has an online calculator. You'll need/want to weigh yourself all geared up.
Last edited by CEO; 05-18-15 at 04:38 PM.
Zip-Tie Alley Racing
LRRS/CCS #103
PPS | Dunlop | Boston Moto | Woodcraft & Armour Bodies | 35 Motorsports | Pit Bull | K&N
Have you checked that the right amount of oil is in the forks? The correct weight? Maybe if a heavier oil was in the you could lessen the damping screw and not have it bottom. Just saying if you tried all the cheaper easier stuff first then maybe you are on the right track.
I'm cracking myself up over here...
I'm surprised not to see the standard: give all your money to pk and be happy with what you get.
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Yep, done all that. Want the upgrade. The factory springs in the stock Showa forks really isn't the best bet for racing only. It's kind of a well known deficiency with the Ducati's.
I've done that with a few bikes Chip...this time I'm going another route.
CEO, thanks. It was a toss up between the .95 and the 100 springs....I went with the .95
Zip-Tie Alley Racing
LRRS/CCS #103
PPS | Dunlop | Boston Moto | Woodcraft & Armour Bodies | 35 Motorsports | Pit Bull | K&N
I had .95 in my R6 and they were perfect and I was around 150 with gear.
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
You can turn up the compression and adjust the air gap, but it's just covering up the real problem. Good suspension is based on a good spring and damping is there to control the characteristics of that spring better.
Racetech or sonic springs calculator will be good enough to put you in the ball park that will work.
Zip-Tie Alley Racing
LRRS/CCS #103
PPS | Dunlop | Boston Moto | Woodcraft & Armour Bodies | 35 Motorsports | Pit Bull | K&N
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
Ha. I put 1.0's in my SV. I outweigh most of you.
Give all your money to pk and be happy with what you get.
The harder you ride at Loudon the stiffer you need to go.
Last edited by OreoGaborio; 05-18-15 at 08:32 PM.
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
So I ended up going with the .95 springs.
The change will be Ohlins 25mm cartridges and 30mm offset triples installed at the same time. I'm thinking it's gonna be a HUGE improvement over the factory stock front end....
Excited to rip this bitch at the classic.
(The Ducati suffers from the same shitty factory geometry as we've seen in Jays Daytona 675 thread)
Next year I'll upgrade my already upgraded Ohlins rear shock to a TTX with a linear link....