winter project
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winter project
Greetings I have a 60/6 with a fiberglass Heinrich fairing on the front. This winter I would like to replace the old springs and do whatever is neccesary to rebuilt the front end. My question is ,are there better springs than progressive , and with the added weight what should I look for. I was riding down the road and had to put on both brakes very hard. The front end went into a wobble and I was told that it was probably from my worn front springs. I know there are write ups on this subject and I will do a little digging but any suggestions are more than welcome Thanks Dave
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Re: winter project
An improperly aligned fork would also be a prime candidate. Since you will be having to align the forks when putting this all back together, I suggest you check out Duane Ausherman's page on fork alignment.
http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/forktool/index.htm
There may be other good ones as well that someone else may point out.
Duane: the link to where you have put Randy's alignment article is not currently working correctly on your site.
http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/forktool/index.htm
There may be other good ones as well that someone else may point out.
Duane: the link to where you have put Randy's alignment article is not currently working correctly on your site.
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Re: winter project
Hmmm...seemed to work fine for me...Major Softie wrote:Duane: the link to where you have put Randy's alignment article is not currently working correctly on your site.
Kurt in S.A.
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Re: winter project
Initially it seems OK but when you click the Next button it goes to a page with Table of Contents at the top, and nothing else. Then if you look at the page source a lot of the code seems to be remarked out.Kurt in S.A. wrote:Hmmm...seemed to work fine for me...Major Softie wrote:Duane: the link to where you have put Randy's alignment article is not currently working correctly on your site.
Kurt in S.A.
Try this link:
http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/fork/chapter1.html
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Re: winter project
Here's what happens to me: on the fork tools page, the link to Randy's article on alignment takes me to the intro page. Clicking on the arrow for the next page leads to a page that says nothing but "Table of Contents" but shows nothing else. "Table of Contents" looks like it is supposed to be a link but does not function as one.Kurt in S.A. wrote:Hmmm...seemed to work fine for me...Major Softie wrote:Duane: the link to where you have put Randy's alignment article is not currently working correctly on your site.
Kurt in S.A.
I posted this as a new topic to make sure Duane sees it. Let me (and Duane) know if the same thing isn't happening to you.
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Re: winter project
Interesting...I did just as you said and get to the Table of Contents. I can click on the forward arrow at the bottom and it goes to the next page. Or I can click on anything on the page and go directly to that page.
Dunno...works for me!
Kurt in S.A.
Dunno...works for me!
Kurt in S.A.
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Re: winter project
Looks like it works in IE but not in Firefox.
Re: winter project
Weirder still, it didn't work the first time, but now it does. I'm using Firefox.Steve in Golden wrote:Looks like it works in IE but not in Firefox.
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Re: winter project
Excellent Thanks Also I clicked on the link that Major Softie posted and went right to the site
Re: winter project
Sonic Springs and Race Tech both list springs for the BMW.
1974 R90/6 built 9/73
1987 BMW K75S
1994 BMW R1100RS
1964 T100SR Triumph
1986 Honda XL600R
1987 BMW K75S
1994 BMW R1100RS
1964 T100SR Triumph
1986 Honda XL600R