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- From: arturo@informix.com (Arturo Vega)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Whole lotta shakin' ...
- Message-ID: <arturo.728154139@infmx>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:02:19 GMT
- References: <arturo.728013241@infmx> <Stafford-260193154642@stafford.winona.msus.edu>
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- Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
-
- >In article <arturo.728013241@infmx>, arturo@informix.com (Arturo Vega)
- >wrote:
- >>
- >> [description of wobble in curve/rain grooves omitted]
-
- >> 2. What might be the possible causes? Is it possible that asymmetrical
- >> fluid levels in the fork tubes could lead to this behavior?
-
- >I doubt it, but that's a good question. A recent article on a hot BMW
- >boxer has a mention of the expert intentionally putting different weights
- >of oil in each tube in order to tune the rebound and dampening!
-
- Yeah, I seem to remember reading this in one of the recent moto.squid
- magazines also; OTOH, I also seem to remember the manual for the bike
- stating rather emphatically that the levels need to be identical (I took
- this to imply that the weights must also be so ...)
-
- If I remember I'll look these up when I get home.
-
- Art
- arturo@informix.com
-