Fork seals
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You might not find any for a DTX, but any conventional fork seals are going to be very similar in nature. Not much to them to be honest very simple job to change.
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Advice I'd give.
It's a simple job, but you want a nice clear work bench and do one at the time.
If you're doing it yourself you will save yourself some dough. That saved money could be invested in some progressive springs and thicker oil to stiffen up the front end. Much more desirable on an SM
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Advice I'd give.
It's a simple job, but you want a nice clear work bench and do one at the time.
If you're doing it yourself you will save yourself some dough. That saved money could be invested in some progressive springs and thicker oil to stiffen up the front end. Much more desirable on an SM
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@Calum I was looking at these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/390929639656
@Ricky I like the fork oil, good choice. No idea about the seals.
Could be amazing, could be terrible.
For confidence go OEM.
If you're happy to do the job twice, grab those and see how you get on.
A chap on here had a garage do it, I suspect they didn't use OEM and it's now weeping. So....
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I actually need to do my fork seals. Clocked the progressive springs on eBay as well but unsure how good they'd be in a DTX. They're only listed for the DTR
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I actually need to do my fork seals. Clocked the progressive springs on eBay as well but unsure how good they'd be in a DTX. They're only listed for the DTR
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@finnerz89 what are progressive springs just stiffer?
@declan Progressive springs are springs that get stiffer as they progress down towards bottoming out. The stock springs can just bottom out quite easily.
Thicker oil will be used to make it stiffer, the progressive springs just help with the dampening.
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@declan Progressive springs are springs that get stiffer as they progress down towards bottoming out. The stock springs can just bottom out quite easily.
Thicker oil will be used to make it stiffer, the progressive springs just help with the dampening.
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You need to add stiffer springs if youre bottoming out, using thicker oil just masks the real problem.
Thicker oil slows the damping, which then gives the springs more time to work. Often resulting in the fork not working through the complete stroke, so you use less of the suspension available. Thats fine for street riding, where the brake-dive is reduced, and theres plenty of suspensiontravel compared to streetbikes.I've always felt that thicker oil makes the ride harsh, in lack of better words. So I use lighter oil (5w-7,5w on theese types of forks.)
At my peak, I was above 110kg in riding-gear, and the bike still didnt bottom out on my stock bike. Make the front end lighter when riding over holes, by using throttle and moving your weight around. Learn how to use small bumps in the terrain as kickers, to get the front end up and over obstacles, wheather it beeing small potholes, or big rocks, logs ect.
Stiffer springs and heavier weight oil wont compensate for drivingskills, no offence ment.
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You need to add stiffer springs if youre bottoming out, using thicker oil just masks the real problem.
Thicker oil slows the damping, which then gives the springs more time to work. Often resulting in the fork not working through the complete stroke, so you use less of the suspension available. Thats fine for street riding, where the brake-dive is reduced, and theres plenty of suspensiontravel compared to streetbikes.I've always felt that thicker oil makes the ride harsh, in lack of better words. So I use lighter oil (5w-7,5w on theese types of forks.)
At my peak, I was above 110kg in riding-gear, and the bike still didnt bottom out on my stock bike. Make the front end lighter when riding over holes, by using throttle and moving your weight around. Learn how to use small bumps in the terrain as kickers, to get the front end up and over obstacles, wheather it beeing small potholes, or big rocks, logs ect.
Stiffer springs and heavier weight oil wont compensate for drivingskills, no offence ment.
@Jens-Eskildsen I didn't have any issues on my DTRE, but my mates DTR was like a pogo stick. Great fun but definitely would have benefitted from stiffer suspension.
USD's I run are just surreal. Massive difference. My riding would be complete noob as I just commuted. So sitying comfortably etc.
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I think his shock was in a bad state, perhaps its lost some of the oil or gas, thus lacking much of the damping. Or it could just be old and worn out. A new stock one would probably be a big upgrade. Setting the sag should tell if the shock is bad or not.
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What would you go for in terms of seals and oil if the forks are abused by wheelies often?
Thicker oil? -
Would you buy OEM seals and buy oil separately?
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Would you buy OEM seals and buy oil separately?
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@irongamer727 I went for Athena oil seals on my RS.
Really you want to ensure that none of the bushes are excessively worn.
@calum What bushes?
