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this fork sucks.

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so i rebuilt my cb550 forks. im pretty sure my springs are totally clapped out. there is about 1.5" of sag when i unweight it and then let it drop. then when i sit on it another probably 3/4". i put a zip tie on the tube and it bottoms pretty easily under moderate braking. and i have noticed it sometimes crunches pretty hard in some of our nice city potholes. im running 145cc 10 weight. like the book says. how much of a difference are my new springs going to make??? anyone??? or will it still have that crappy mush feel?

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this is for a 550 though. im already bottom the suspension with the current setup. another 20ccs couldnt hurt i suppose. i ordered some new springs from progressive but i dont want to add a spacer since im already bottoming it. ill just do the same with the spacer, just ill be sitting higher off the ground. keep in mind this is on a street bike. i also have the tubes dropped about 3/4". so i think the weight is transferring that much quicker. so i guess i should try putting that back. it seemed to make a big difference dropping them too. it was really hard to notice on the racebike, but something i ride everyday made a huge difference. i have no problems with them on my 350 at all. but on the 550 i can pretty much bottom them just sitting on it. guess ill just have to wait and see what the new springs do. ill add another 20cc also. maybe go to 30w.

and something else, ive noticed my brakes drag. the front brake. ive pulled it apart, adjusted that stupid little adjuster bolt setup. i cant get it to stop dragging. any thoughts??? it just squeeks and its annoying as shit. and its a disk.

jc

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so, 80w in one of tex's forks, and wd40 in the other.

im hoping just new springs will fix it. i guess ill have to order a rebuild kit of my stupid caliper too. it seems like its getting worse too.

jc
ps, thanks everyone.

jc
yeah, i was finally figuring it was a dirty caliper. ug. off to find the ring for it i guess.


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