Tuning springs, anyone tried it?

2000fc501rider · Mar 16, 2007

Hey guys check out this link, its all about stiffening your rear shock spring for your weight, it sounds awhole lot cheaper than the 150+ bucks to buy a new one, and it doesn't seem too hard either. Has anyone tried this?

http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/tech/2002spring/

MaxKool · Mar 17, 2007

I haven't and I believe it works to some extend. But.

Remember you are also shortening the spring. so when you have set the preload correct I assume the back of the bike will sit lower. Or you are going to compensate for that with the preload adjuster? Will you still have enough suspension travel? I can imagine you don't only want a stiffer spring, but you want a stiffer spring that is just as long as the stock one to keep geometry and wheel travel as it was before. So you'd want the coils to be further apart on a stiffer spring. Same length, fewer coils means stiffer spring, right?

My Ã¢â€šÂ¬0,02

2000fc501rider · Mar 17, 2007

That is a good point, I was just thinking that a shortened spring with a spacer and preload adjustment would work, but I probably would need to take into account all of the factors involved. Right now my bike works, it may be sprunt a little light, but it works and that is worth a lot right there.

Haskell · Mar 17, 2007

you can increase your spring rate by making a rubber spring insert this blocks the space between two coils making them act like one, you now have less coils in the spring making it stiffer the percentage of change depends on the number of coils the spring has. I was doing this in the seventies on twin shock bikes and have done this on my single shock bikes also / works great
If you trail ride your race bike you can pull the spring rubber out for the rocky trails!
someone should make these inserts and market them, I think they would sell for fine tuning you suspension.
have a great ride Haskell in Idaho

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