Joined Sep 2007
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Hello from downunder , I am a new comer to the world of Husabergs. I have had the 650 for about 4 months now and like it very much :wink:. This site is great with all the info that is available. After a few rides on the bike I came to the conclusion the suspension was not set up right, on inspecting the clickers I found that the previous owner had wound them up to the max. After resetting to the manual things were better, but the front still seemed to hard so I have dissembled the forks to check on how much preload is on the spring. The manual for the 05 says zero preload for the fs model . I checked the Owner`s Doc and it shows how to check the preload by assembling the rod, spring, spring cap and cartridge on the bench with no packing I have done this with the compression adjuster backed right out, and the spring is under about 10mm compression. ( spring length = 485mm, from inside of spring cap to spring seat =475mm with adjuster wound right back.)This is not including 15mm of spacers and 4.5mm of preload that was on the adjuster. So I reckon there was about almost 30mm of compression on the spring. I am not sure if the 15mm of spacers were not added by the previous owner, without these there is still 10mm compression, I will not be putting the spacers back in 8O I also noticed on refilling one litre of oil is not enough. Anyway will have to wait to Tuesday to get some more. Am looking forward to ride again to see if it makes a difference. If anyone can confirm these conditions with bike I would be interested to know. Fork model #14457A03 Cheers and thanks for a great site, Harvey.