aftermarket fork springs

[Spike55]

About 6-9 mos ago, an excellent site for motorcycle videos (divx- format) shut down. I think I found it as a result of a posting here or another motorcycle forum that I watch. I was able to download and save two 'home movies' taken with helmet-cams: one on a twisty road in Norway that looks like they climbed two-miles of elevation; the other was a bunch of adventure riders (BMW HP, HONDA, KTM, YAMAHA, etc) that ran through the Ukraine. The later movie, along with its eastern European rap music and American pop, really was excitng with the mud, vistas, many tip-overs, exhaust pipes belching water, etc. Anybody out there know of another site similar to the now defunct http://www.stage6.com/ ? No Youtube please. These movies were about 15 mins long and covered about a week's worth of travel. Mark Van Horn - Do you have anything home-ground? Don R100, A6F

[fmhilton]

Don, thanks for the response. Mike H.

----- Original Message ----- From: Spike55 To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:18 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Aftermarket fork springs The Progessive springs are progressive but I'm unclear if they will keep you from bottoming out. Maybe you could pop the tops of the fork tubes and add a spacer / increase the length of an exisiting spacer to add more preload to your exisiting equipment. You could 'cheaply' experiment with increasing preload (wear your safety glasses) to see if this helps your problems (use a piece of PVC pipe to do this). Don R100, A6F --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "fmichaelhilton" wrote: > > Does anyone know the springs on the 08 would be the same as the 07? > > I am bottoming out on the front and want to consider an aftermarket > solution. Does the Progressive fork springs cause the ride to be > harsh, more than stock? Any other suggestions for aftermarket springs? > Mike H. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 12:07 AM +0000 12/16/08, Spike55 wrote:

>Mark Van Horn - Do you have anything home-ground?

I haven't done jack in a while; too busy playing keep-up with my previously-neglected house and now I'm into this slalom kayaking thing. However, I took part in a video that was shot of a 3-day regional PA ride last summer. The rough cut was about 45 minutes, but I think it's in the process of being trimmed for a better 30 minute version. The guy who shot/edited it is Ben Salazar; I think he's on this forum. If not, I'll see what he's up to. Mark