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goodmatt78

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Hello everyone. I randomly picked up a 13 HS this week and got exactly 1 day of riding before winter set in for Ohio. Now the winter projects begin. A little background, I haven't been on a street bike since 2009, but I road raced WERA/CCS Expert for 10 years, so I understand suspension well and usually did my own work.

The HS is literally just going to be my commuter for 40min to and from work on back roads. I have no intention of ever tracking it.

First thoughts....bike is Fun as F&CK! Forks suck! LOL

I have read the rabbit hole on these crappy forks and plan to tear into them today. Very quickly, does anyone know if these have a short or long top out spring? What is the actual stroke....I assume they bottom sooner than the 180mm of stanchion showing.

Before I go wild, I will refresh the shocks and forks and go for a baseline ride. Thanks and this should be a fun time suck that I didn't need!
 
Goodmatt78, welcome and cheers! I can't answer any of you questions on the fork internals but will say the following: I never bottomed out the stock travel on the street, they are **** for pushing hard but not bad for casual to moderate riding, I had heavier oil put in mine early in its life and it did nothing. The Andreani drop in is pretty good but, not competition level.
 
Thanks man. I just buttoned up the forks. I tore them down and looked over the compression valve and shim stack. As expected these have 30mm of preload installed..... Which is a ton. I cut and installed a new spacer 8mm shorter and refilled with slightly lighter ohlins oil. The manual stated 553cc which was an 80mm air gap. I used 100mm.

We will see.... Next up may be drilling out the compression valve and adding a more substantial comp stack. The rebound valve isn't easily serviceable.

Just got the shock off.... That bottom bolt was a PITA....
 
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