Ok,
I've gotten the CBR forks apart and cleaned. Well, actually I ran
the recalcitrant leg down to Bloomington Power Sports (thanks guys!)
on my way to the climbing gym and they had it apart in about 2
minutes. The guy came back with it and said "we've put some valve
lapping compound on there for better grip. You really should get new
hardware, as it's pretty messed up." I assured him that I wasn't
planning on using that hardware again. Actually, that socket head
screw is now a 12 point rather than a 6 point! lol
The internals (now clean and wrapped up) appear to be in good shape,
good enough to work, at any rate. I'd sorta like to replace the o-
rings on the cartridges, but I'm not sure whether I can get them
without buying a full revalve kit. Does anyone know whether these
things are available?
My next step is the big one: pull the VFR's forks and do the
transplant. My current plan is to try and crack the lower socket bolt
while the forks are on the bike, then remove and drain them. Once
I've gotten them drained, out come the springs and the damper
cartridge. I think that I'll leave the sliders together for now,
mostly because I'm feeling lazy and uninterested in messing with
perfectly good oil seals.
I'm also faced with a question, brought up by this snippet from
hawkchris:
> Adding a few shims from the F3 to your VFR valves should
> firm the fork without spending the money on a re-valve kit.
> Say 1 16mm shim on the compression valves and two more per
> valve on the rebound stacks. That's about the difference
> between stock VFR and F3 valve stacks anyway.
>
I had thought to use the VFR compression valve (the one that bolts to
the bottom of the fork) and use the CBR rebound valve (the entire
point of the exercise). Given Chris' advice, I think that swapping
the CBR cartridge in removes the need to take the valve apart, and
should firm up my front end a bit. Am I understanding this right?
My long-term plan is to wait a year or two and send the whole works
to Traxxion for the revalve and respring. If I find a set of VTR1000
lowers in the meantime, I might have those mated to my uppers in
order to allow the use of the nissin 4-pots. Or maybe not. I'll worry
about that later...like after I've got a job or something. :-)
later,
Johnj
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