Hey guys
I picked up an 08 FE450 last week. Im looking for advice on spring weights. Im 6'4" and 230 lbs. What do you guys recommend for front and rear spring weights? What is the crossover KTM rear spring part #? Also who do you guys recommend to do a revalve front and rear.
When I bought my bike the previous owner had it re-sprung for a 110 kg rider. I was speaking to a guy who is fast, he won the experts in the cross country I went in yesterday on a 250 2t Berg, he advised that if it mine hadn't been re-valved when the heavier springs were fitted then both the...
I am looking in to doing a revalve on my 02 fe501. I was thinking about giving it a try myself. I am considering using the Race-tech gold valve fork kit and shock kit. I will also need to change the fork springs to about a .54 rate I believe. I have already changed the rear shock spring to a...
I went with Dicks advice and revalve on my 05 550 fc and I am real happy with the way it performs. In fact I have decided that it will be required on any bikes that I have in the future. I have rode four or five bikes that he has done and all were very good for my 200lbs. I went with a 8.8...
The first word that comes to mind is "WOW!"
This suspension is awesome.
I rode miles of whoops, miles of deep sand washes, hardpack with sand on top, hardpack covered with rocks and boulders. This suspension soaked up everything. Even 10 inch rocks at 40+ mph, the bike just went straight...