1995 and Newer Rebound Adjustability For Forks - Product
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1995 and Newer Rebound Adjustability For Forks - Product
Hey. For you 1995 and newer KDX owners, you might find this interesting. I just found a site offering a product to add rebound adjustability for the forks.
http://www.racingsuspensionproducts.com ... bdkit.html
Do you '95 and up guys have a hollow damping rod??
Over the past few days, I was thinking about how one would add rebound adjustability to the stock damper rods, then I saw this company's product. The parts look just like the parts mentioned in my 1990 KX125/KX250 service manual. I don't have any '90 KX125/KX250 forks, but I think there has to be a couple of bleed holes for the needle to adjust the flow. I wondered if one could just use a real long drill bit to do the modification. I saw a 12" long 1/4 drill bit at Sears last night. I am not quite sure how wide the rod in the rebound kit is.
At the very least, it is something neat to see and hopefully discuss.
Thank you.
http://www.racingsuspensionproducts.com ... bdkit.html
Do you '95 and up guys have a hollow damping rod??
Over the past few days, I was thinking about how one would add rebound adjustability to the stock damper rods, then I saw this company's product. The parts look just like the parts mentioned in my 1990 KX125/KX250 service manual. I don't have any '90 KX125/KX250 forks, but I think there has to be a couple of bleed holes for the needle to adjust the flow. I wondered if one could just use a real long drill bit to do the modification. I saw a 12" long 1/4 drill bit at Sears last night. I am not quite sure how wide the rod in the rebound kit is.
At the very least, it is something neat to see and hopefully discuss.
Thank you.
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Those look nice....Gonna have to check into those!
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I just made an inquiry for a price. As soon as I find out.. I will post it!
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I just made an inquiry for a price. As soon as I find out.. I will post it!
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****UPDATE ****** UPDATE *****
My reply from Mr.Seekins....
These are a dealer installed item, and require a lathe to modify the rebound
stem.
Dealer cost 165.49, we can modify the internal parts if you ship them to us.
Thank you,
Craig Seekins
Racing Suspension Products
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These are a dealer installed item, and require a lathe to modify the rebound
stem.
Dealer cost 165.49, we can modify the internal parts if you ship them to us.
Thank you,
Craig Seekins
Racing Suspension Products
12 Davidson Road
Colchester, CT 06415
860-537-4306
Fax 860-537-8260
Web Site: http://www.racingsuspensionproducts.com
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Thanks for passing that information along. What do you think they would charge for labor? I know the damper rod is solid, isn't it? If so, they would have to be drilled (or put on a lathe, etc.) to fit the damper rods. To me, it sounds like it could be a $300 total cost. Even if I had the cash to blow, I doubt it would add $300 worth of performance.Indawoods wrote:My reply from Mr.Seekins....
These are a dealer installed item, and require a lathe to modify the rebound
stem.
Dealer cost 165.49, we can modify the internal parts if you ship them to us.
Thank you,
Craig Seekins
Racing Suspension Products
12 Davidson Road
Colchester, CT 06415
860-537-4306
Fax 860-537-8260
Web Site: http://www.racingsuspensionproducts.com
I'M JUST BLABBERING, but I think that compression control is a whole lot more important than rebound control. Rebound damping is only trying to slow down the expanding spring. Compression is trying to control the spring, plus absorb whatever bump you just hit. I guess that is why less expensive bikes don't come with rebound adjusters (to save money basically).
I still think it would be awesome to have, though. The more buttons and knobs, the better it is, right? :-)
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Hey.... He didn't say anything about COSTING anything! He just said sent em! 8)
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Cool! I am curious to hear how you like it.
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Very cool...Did they have to drill the damper rod to make the rebound work? What was the cost?
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Sounds good! How long were the rods they showed you?
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If they were 12 inches or shorter, then those rods are actually not damper rods. It sounds like they use the stock damper rods and then the rods you are talking about go down into the stock damper rods. It sounds like it would look like the parts in the picture in the first post in this thread. The order is spring, small tapered rod, long rod. Turning the rebound adjuster moves the little rod within the area where a bleed hole is, metering the amount of oil flow.
Well, something like that.
The stock damper rods are hollow for about 6 inches or so (someone help me out here) with a small hole drilled in from the side. The air goes into the little hole, up the hollow part and is released when the air bleeder screw is loosened.
It sounds to me like they drill down further for the rebound damping adjustability, then naturally move the air bleeder screw over to the side like most fork caps are.
Thanks for reporting back on it!
Well, something like that.
The stock damper rods are hollow for about 6 inches or so (someone help me out here) with a small hole drilled in from the side. The air goes into the little hole, up the hollow part and is released when the air bleeder screw is loosened.
It sounds to me like they drill down further for the rebound damping adjustability, then naturally move the air bleeder screw over to the side like most fork caps are.
Thanks for reporting back on it!
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