Misano fork cartidge home install?

Started by Privateer, September 22, 2024, 05:36:08 PM

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Privateer

My fast lap is your sighting lap.

stopintime

252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

koko64

You might be fine doing it, but I would suggest using a good suspension shop. You order them yet?
2015 Scrambler 800

Privateer

Quote from: koko64 on September 23, 2024, 12:47:08 AM
You might be fine doing it, but I would suggest using a good suspension shop. You order them yet?

No, I was hoping for someone to talk me out of it, or talk me into something that wasn't $600 for a 20 year old bike.

it seems like it's just dismantling the old 'guts' and replacing the guts with the new cartidges.  But I'm afraid I'll get 1/3 of the way through, get stuck, and then be even deeper in it.
My fast lap is your sighting lap.

koko64

I would discuss options for your forks with a suspension shop. Some shops can graft on parts from other models or makes to get the job done that might give a better bang for buck. They can transplant and modify other valves and play with shim stacks to get a major improvement. Then you can measure the bang for buck ratio.
2015 Scrambler 800

stopintime

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Quote from: koko64 on September 24, 2024, 04:54:20 AM
I would discuss options for your forks with a suspension shop. Some shops can graft on parts from other models or makes to get the job done that might give a better bang for buck. They can transplant and modify other valves and play with shim stacks to get a major improvement. Then you can measure the bang for buck ratio.

Yes!
252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

MonsterHPD

On some Misano kits you have to separate the fork foot from one of the legs, and on some you don't. Helped a friend to install a kit on r
his Scrambler 800, had to on that one.
If you don't have to, it should be possible to do "at home".
Check with the dealer which sort this is.
Monster 900-2002 (sold, alive and well in the UK), 749R / 1100 HYM combo for track days, wifes / my Monster Dark 800-2003 (not entirely "Dark" anymore and a personal favourite) , 50% of 900SSie -2000 track bike for rainy days-now with tuned ST2 motor and Microtec ECU. Also parked due to having been T-boned on track.