I recently bought a stock KLX 110. I got a Fox Float shock and now need to do something to the front. A friend of mine has the same shock and BBR damping rods in the front with heavier oil and the stock springs. I am about 150 pounds and his setup seems to feel pretty good. What are some advantages and/or disadvantages between stock springs, damping rods, and heavier oil vs. maybe Two Brothers Mild springs, damping rods, and lighter oil? Thanks
Stock Springs and Heavier Oil vs. Stiffer Springs and Lighter Oil
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I recently bought a stock KLX 110. I got a Fox Float shock and now need to do something to the front. A friend of mine has the same shock and BBR damping rods in the front with heavier oil and the stock springs. I am about 150 pounds and his setup seems to feel pretty good. What are some advantages and/or disadvantages between stock springs, damping rods, and heavier oil vs. maybe Two Brothers Mild springs, damping rods, and lighter oil? Thanks
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Try one stock spring and rods with 15w oil. Should work well.
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Two of you need to ship me your extra and useless heavy spring. I need them both...
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yea i had 2 stiff springs and they wudnt budge at all... im 155lbs...so i put one spring in and it worked alot better ...2 is just too stiff... while ur at it get 10w oil and dampning rods..
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Oil weight is to control the speed of the forks. You can vary oil height to adjust the effective spring rate slightly, but you don't change the weight to account for a few too many Christmas cookies over holidays. : )
Play with the springs, get the rate where you want it, then tune the fork rebound and compression speed by playing with the oil weight.
Play with the springs, get the rate where you want it, then tune the fork rebound and compression speed by playing with the oil weight.
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i could be mistaken.. and i have been before.. oil does not have anything to do with spring rate but more with the valving. the lighter the oil, the faster is goes through the valve, the heavier the oil the slower.
so if you are a heavier guy you need heavier oil unless you change the valving.
so if you are a heavier guy you need heavier oil unless you change the valving.
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Oil needs to match the springs, to some extent. Heavy oil and stock springs will take bumps better, but the rebound will slow and the forks will pack down through a set of bumps.
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