Re: ZX10 complete front end forks
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:19 pm
No, not 250, been there, done that started my racing career on an Aprilia RS250, great bike, can carry sooo much corner speed
I'm no suspension expert, but am trying to learn and understand the basics. Yes, less offset gives you more trail, therefore will slow the steering down. You can compensate by dropping the front and raising the rear, but this is where I don't know how to work out what making those changes does to the geometry. Also, by doing that, it changes other things too, like weight distribution, squat, etc, but again, that would be lost on me. On my race bike I dropped the front by 15mm and raised the rear as far as it would go on the top zxr adjuster and then another approx 15mm on the bottom of the Ohlins, so in total something like 30mm at the shock, which works out a lot more at the rear axle. So using yokes with less offset will negate some of what I was trying to acheive.
PS, don't try this at home, you will have clearance problems to the rad, stability problems on bumpy roads and you would definitely need a steering damper.
I'm no suspension expert, but am trying to learn and understand the basics. Yes, less offset gives you more trail, therefore will slow the steering down. You can compensate by dropping the front and raising the rear, but this is where I don't know how to work out what making those changes does to the geometry. Also, by doing that, it changes other things too, like weight distribution, squat, etc, but again, that would be lost on me. On my race bike I dropped the front by 15mm and raised the rear as far as it would go on the top zxr adjuster and then another approx 15mm on the bottom of the Ohlins, so in total something like 30mm at the shock, which works out a lot more at the rear axle. So using yokes with less offset will negate some of what I was trying to acheive.
PS, don't try this at home, you will have clearance problems to the rad, stability problems on bumpy roads and you would definitely need a steering damper.