Here is a copy of an e-mail that i sent to jer, but i was hoping to get a quicker answer to some of my questions. At least the questions that anyone else here can answer.
"Mr. Wilkey,
I have used the spring rate gen. on your site and am a little confused about my spring rates. I race motocross and supercross and am looking for a compromise in spring rates. Based on the facts that i ride a 2002 yz426 and i weigh 180 lbs (190 with full gear), your generator suggested running .45 fork springs and a 5.3 shock spring. My stock fork springs are .46. Am i really going to feel the difference between a .45 and a .46 average spring rate? Since noone makes .45 springs would i buy one .44 and one .46 (since the average will be .45)? I can see where i might feel the difference between the recommended 5.3 rear shock spring compared to the stock 5.5 spring; however, you only make 5.2 and 5.4 shock springs. On what side should i err: softer or harder? For supercross your generator suggested the stock fork rate of .46 and a 5.4 rear spring. Since i do ride some supercross, should i just stick with the stock springs in the forks and get a 5.4kg rear spring?
Now, on to the valving questions. I am aware of the old saying "The best that you know is the best that you have had", but is there really a big difference from stock suspension to suspension that is revalved for me? I guess what i am asking is: What will the new suspension "feel" like compared to the way that the stock suspension handles things? And the final questions are reguarding the subtanks. I understand that by running the sub tanks, the forks physically have a higher oil level, but due to the restrictive barrier at the sub tanks, the higher the fork shaft velocity the "lower" the fork oil level feels like. The tanks should therefore make slow speed bumps feel soft and plush, while high speed hits, such as landing from a big jump, feel firm, as though the forks had no tanks and a really high oil level. But, do the tanks really work like all of the "theory" makes them out to be. They sound like the next best thing since sliced bread. I am an amature rider, money is tight and best spent on products/services that pay the biggest divedends at the end of the day. Is all of this suspension mumbo-jumbo as good as everyone says that it is?
Sorry for the longwindedness, but very thankfull for the answers (and the questions) that are sure to come.
Future customer and fellow DRN member,
Yz426King
Phillip Hutchinson"
Any answers to my questions would be helpfull.
"Mr. Wilkey,
I have used the spring rate gen. on your site and am a little confused about my spring rates. I race motocross and supercross and am looking for a compromise in spring rates. Based on the facts that i ride a 2002 yz426 and i weigh 180 lbs (190 with full gear), your generator suggested running .45 fork springs and a 5.3 shock spring. My stock fork springs are .46. Am i really going to feel the difference between a .45 and a .46 average spring rate? Since noone makes .45 springs would i buy one .44 and one .46 (since the average will be .45)? I can see where i might feel the difference between the recommended 5.3 rear shock spring compared to the stock 5.5 spring; however, you only make 5.2 and 5.4 shock springs. On what side should i err: softer or harder? For supercross your generator suggested the stock fork rate of .46 and a 5.4 rear spring. Since i do ride some supercross, should i just stick with the stock springs in the forks and get a 5.4kg rear spring?
Now, on to the valving questions. I am aware of the old saying "The best that you know is the best that you have had", but is there really a big difference from stock suspension to suspension that is revalved for me? I guess what i am asking is: What will the new suspension "feel" like compared to the way that the stock suspension handles things? And the final questions are reguarding the subtanks. I understand that by running the sub tanks, the forks physically have a higher oil level, but due to the restrictive barrier at the sub tanks, the higher the fork shaft velocity the "lower" the fork oil level feels like. The tanks should therefore make slow speed bumps feel soft and plush, while high speed hits, such as landing from a big jump, feel firm, as though the forks had no tanks and a really high oil level. But, do the tanks really work like all of the "theory" makes them out to be. They sound like the next best thing since sliced bread. I am an amature rider, money is tight and best spent on products/services that pay the biggest divedends at the end of the day. Is all of this suspension mumbo-jumbo as good as everyone says that it is?
Sorry for the longwindedness, but very thankfull for the answers (and the questions) that are sure to come.
Future customer and fellow DRN member,
Yz426King
Phillip Hutchinson"
Any answers to my questions would be helpfull.