Ascot Forum
First Generation Ascots => The Thumper Years: Stock To Lightly Modified => Topic started by: troy_mclure on August 17, 2013, 04:31:16 pm
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just changed the fork oil and seals on my 82 ft.
talk about silver/grey/sludge! lol
put new 20wt in it as the roads here are crap.
taking it out for a test ride soon.
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Let us know what you think of the change.
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the difference is amazing!
its like a whole new bike. its a stiffer ride, not quite sport bike, but more than Harley type.
i kept the air pressure at ambient(0psig).
the bike just rolls right over bumps/lumps(well the front end at least), and the steering is so quick!
next is the shock rebuild: :o
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Excellent! I need to do mine also.
When I owned my VT500FT, I had a large syringe type of air pump designed for pumping up forks. I found that 10psi in the forks worked great. I have not seen those types of pumps in a long time. You don't want to use your air compressor unless you want to change your fork seals again.
J.
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10psi??? I thought the max was 5?
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I'm fairly certain that the VT500FT has a higher PSI rating than the FT500 does.
It's been a while though, so I could be wrong. I do know that I ran 10psi in my VT & it handled it just fine.
J.