Originally Posted by baka1969

It seems to me that setting up the front (and rear) suspension is always somewhat of a compromise if you vary the type of riding you do.

Take myself, I ride solo, with bags, two-up and tour fully loaded. Obviously they all have different weights. And the weight that will be on the bike will vary greatly. By at least 100#. Or more.

There never seems to be a perfect setup that will accommodate all of those situations. My only though would be to change the spacer with every different riding condition. Which is impractical. I would like to see a way to adjust the front preload on-the-fly.

Originally Posted by parabellum_9x19

grbrown:

How did you set them up? I hear good things about them when they are dropped into sportbikes, but I have no experience with them in a harley.

I was figuring I would actually just pull my tubes and send them to Racetech and have them do a total rebuild, and set everything up for my weight.

Originally Posted by grbrown

They are easy to install, just drop in, however while they are adjustable I find the instructions for doing that quite meaningless. They don't tell you in terms I can understand how to identify what is wrong and what adjustment will help fix it.

Originally Posted by parabellum_9x19

Here you go, for 39mm, they make them for all sizes:

https://www.denniskirk.com/584839.sk...FaNaMgodIUkAaA

Keep in mind that you may have bar clearance issues.

Originally Posted by baka1969

That's pretty trick. Thanks. I can see how there could be clearance issues. Might need taller raisers.

Originally Posted by parabellum_9x19

Here you go, for 39mm, they make them for all sizes:

https://www.denniskirk.com/584839.sk...FaNaMgodIUkAaA

Keep in mind that you may have bar clearance issues.

Originally Posted by baka1969

That's pretty trick. Thanks. I can see how there could be clearance issues. Might need taller raisers.

Originally Posted by parabellum_9x19

Also, in that picture the preload was set all the way out...so when you actually dial in the preload, those adjusters on the top will drop down into the tube substantially.

You could definitely work out a spacer such that those are out of the way, even with low bars.

In fact, I may take that on a a winter project....

Originally Posted by grbrown

This is the manufacturer of those adjusters.

Originally Posted by parabellum_9x19

Here you go, for 39mm, they make them for all sizes:

https://www.denniskirk.com/584839.sk...FaNaMgodIUkAaA

Keep in mind that you may have bar clearance issues.

Originally Posted by modular

I use the Roland Sands preload adjustable caps. Work great and makes getting the caps started in the threads much easier as you don't have to have such a big spacer in the fork tube.