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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: superhondaman on July 05, 2009, 08:46:07 am

Title: 955 vector forks
Post by: superhondaman on July 05, 2009, 08:46:07 am

Can you run the vector forks the reverse way round, with the axle leading forward? or has anyone tried them this way?

Title: Re: 955 vector forks
Post by: shovelon on July 05, 2009, 06:46:19 pm

Quote from: superhondaman on July 05, 2009, 08:46:07 am

Can you run the vector forks the reverse way round, with the axle leading forward? or has anyone tried them this way?

That would be me. I did it with a crosslink and it works well for getting more rake. I did it to offset the dreaded "J-Path". However I did change it out for a slider fork for more travel.
What is your issue with it standard?

Terry

Title: Re: 955 vector forks
Post by: superhondaman on July 06, 2009, 02:37:12 pm

I find the front tucks on slow turns and downhill on steep stuff i always feel like i am going to go over the front. Is ther any problem with the axle being forward of the shock?

Title: Re: 955 vector forks
Post by: shovelon on July 07, 2009, 10:52:22 am

My front wheel tucked in also. The decision to increase the rake was because when the front wheel tucks in, it felt like it would wash out too. Upon full compression of the fork, the fork would shimmy and throw me completely into disarray.

The final decision to swap the fork legs was when I crashed hard when the front wheel tucked in a washed out in a downhill turn, and I broke me clavicle and scapula. ::)