Race Tech, Worth Doing?

cosmickites · Jun 4, 2015

hey crew,
thinking of doing a full service on my Forks on the Strada.

Anyone do this yet? price seems reasonable, $720.

thoughts?

thanks much in advance

BlueSwede · Jun 4, 2015

IMHO they are very good at what they do. I haven't chosen which way to go for my 13' HS forks yet (and it's now middle of riding season...), but I had Racetech front and rear rebuilds on my 900 SS and I was really very pleased. Make sure you get it set up for your weight and for your own riding preferences.

gatdammit · Jun 4, 2015

Search. Zippy49 has RT front end. He's written about it extensively in the suspension threads.

kuksul08 · Jun 4, 2015

I'd go Traxxion AK-20 if you're spending that much.

cosmickites · Jun 4, 2015

kuksul08 said:
I'd go Traxxion AK-20 if you're spending that much.

never heard of them. thank you

porkrind · Jun 4, 2015

kuksul08 said:
I'd go Traxxion AK-20 if you're spending that much.

Doesn't appear they have anything for the Motard or the Strada, at least according to their site.

kuksul08 · Jun 4, 2015

porkrind said:
Doesn't appear they have anything for the Motard or the Strada, at least according to their site.

If you contact them they have done a few of our bikes. It requires machining the fork to let them use their cartridge and costs a bit more but the results are far better than what you can achieve by doing changes to the stock cartridge or adding stuff to it.

porkrind · Jun 4, 2015

Got it. Thanks. I knew our forks were assembled in such a way to make modification more difficult than normal.

zippy49 · Jun 5, 2015

kuksul08 said:
If you contact them they have done a few of our bikes. It requires machining the fork to let them use their cartridge and costs a bit more but the results are far better than what you can achieve by doing changes to the stock cartridge or adding stuff to it.

"A bit?"

That's a pretty big "bit." The RT setup included a Gold Valve and the mount for it also required machining. Not sure why they want $220 more than I paid but that may include shipping. Or removal from the bike. And unless you've compared the two back-to-back, you can't really comment on relative results.

I'm 100% satisfied with my setup. Traxxion makes good, race-spec stuff, but I don't need it on this bike. It's overkill.

kuksul08 · Jun 5, 2015

zippy49 said:
"A bit?" That's a pretty big "bit." The RT setup included a Gold Valve and the mount for it also required machining. Not sure why they want $220 more than I paid but that may include shipping. Or removal from the bike. And unless you've compared the two back-to-back, you can't really comment on relative results.

I'm 100% satisfied with my setup. Traxxion makes good, race-spec stuff, but I don't need it on this bike. It's overkill.

I was just saying, for a few hundred more you can have entirely new, serviceable cartridges with external adjustments in each leg. I haven't use either one. I'm sure they're both miles better than stock

cosmickites · Jun 6, 2015

Thank you everyone
Prob gonna to race tech in the winter

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