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Midknyte
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Can probably imagine the answer to this myself, but ask for confirmation...

What is the effect of the compression damping being set differently on one fork tube from the other?
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M1combat
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The stiffer side will be doing more work (nearly all of it I think) and if the forks aren't very sturdy, it could let the tire do very strange things.
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Biknut
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 02:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i seem to remember honda had a bike that only had damping on one fork leg.
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 03:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Biknut that was an airfork with a crossover tube so they stayed balanced.

Midknyte if you are leaned over and hit a bump, it can cause a bad ocillation as the forks try to stay matched.
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Biknut
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 04:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

oh yea, i think that's right. both legs had the same spring pressure, but only one leg had any damping.
that's been kind of a long time ago. you must be either a phd in motorcycle history, or a geezer.
i agree, it must not work very well, because you don't hear about many racers setting up their forks that way.
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 04:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I resemble the geezer in physical age even if I don't chronologically.. but know about the forks cause I had them on a Honda Ascot FT500...
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