I can second Mud's observations, I put these(Ricor IAS valves) in my front forks about 3 weeks ago, the difference was amazing. They shipped mine out within 2 hrs of ordering, got them a couple days later.

 

I'm so jealous of your bike mud, that would be my dream bike, built to run all business.

What springs are you running up front?

-Asa

 

Would something like those cartridge emulators improve the performance of the stock springs?

 

They are an IAS valve, racetech makes the emulators. And yes they will work with stock springs and still dramatically improve the front.

 

Valve...emulator...you're lucky I didn't use the ultra technical term "thingy" lol Seriously though, thanks for the reply. I'll have to mull that over.

 

lol, the"thingy"part made me laugh, kind of like the "you know that part" that connects to the whatcha' ma' call it

 

Mud,

IMHO.....go back to the mini apes, and a slammed tail......looked better.

~Joe

 

Actually "THINGY" has been used a lot to destribe our Intiminantor (aka IAS valve). I 'misssspelled" it all the time,
Use Intertia Active System (IAS) or whatever you like... THEY WORK.. but you only get to see them once as once they are installed they have never come out '

Tap in on your hand to get an idea of the action..... or if you are really brave blow in the end and use a credit card or ??? to move the inetia valve back and forth to see how it reacts to flow changes. You can not do it fast enouhh testing to appreciate how fast it really moves to keep the tire on the ground in the dips and the imput from those dips from coming back to your frame.

 

Those apes don't like the dragstrip,that clutch lever looks like it's set for shifting in a tucked position.

 

Think we're hijacking Mud's thread. Sorry big guy but this could turn into a huge learning session for me and maybe some others.

For some of the people who are less in the know than Mud, could someone clarify what an emulator does and how that differs from the product mentioned here? What exactly does an emulator, well, emulate?