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Originally Posted by Kev (Post 5308)

A cheep way to get a stiffer feeling front end. Tired of the front end diving excessively when braking hard, fitting the spacers adjusts the preload & raises the sag which alters the caster angle & makes for a better handling front end.

Then this mod is for you, the sizes are 30mm in length, width is 38mm & inside diameter is 20mm

The mod has made a great deal of difference to the feel of my bike, it's a lot more stable on cornering (no more vague weave / wobble), and the front end doesn't dive as much as it used to under braking. To be totally honest it does still feel a little soft to me under braking, but I always used to have my YZ front ends very very hard even in the dirt, and my last bike was a GS1150R, and then front end on them are well known not to dive under brakeing due to the suspension arrangment.

In summary and excellent in-expensive mod, that makes a lot of difference to the bike handling.
I would well recommend this to anybody who feels their front end is soggy :WellDone_OROQR1: Big appluase to Kev for making this available to everybody.

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Originally Posted by sbdevro (Post 96477)

Thanks for the positive feed back, I would also recommend you change the fork oil to 15w as this also make a big difference.

just one question please kev. your spacers and oil height. same quantity of oil as manual says or we have to compensate for bigger air gap?

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Originally Posted by cca (Post 100789)

just one question please kev. your spacers and oil height. same quantity of oil as manual says or we have to compensate for bigger air gap?

Standard oil height if you weigh under 100kgs, if you are over 100kgs then add 10ml more oil.

I have one questuion.....is it nessesarily to use aluminum, or can i use industrial plastic (very hard and resistant) for spacers?

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Originally Posted by GregorL (Post 129185)

I have one questuion.....is it nessesarily to use aluminum, or can i use industrial plastic (very hard and resistant) for spacers?

Not necessary to use Alloy, I got them made out of Alloy so they last for ever.

Hello every one,
I talk with my friend to made fork spacers 35mm from alloy
last week I put that my bike...you are my man Kev you know this job very well, now my bike like a real supermoto, first chance is braking distance and then even in slow corners, very stable, no vibration.in high speed ( windy 160-170)and hard corners no shaking on handlebar:yahoo: small part but big different.I drem when I change fork oil with 15w it will be better.
Thank you my friend Kev,

thanks for the great mod kev.
Ill knock some up in the next few days for the R and look forward to better braking with less dive!

cheers bro!